Magnetic toy train tracks and magnetic environment

A first toy train track element segment comprised of a non-magnetic material having at least one end with at least one magnet two magnets having lengths greater than their widths imbedded lengthwise in the end adjacent an edge of the end, with the imbedded magnet magnets being positioned for magnetic coupling with a magnet to be attracted to and not repelled by at least two magnets in an end of another toy train track element segment when respective ends of the track elements, having segments are in abutment with one another regardless of inverted abutment of the respective ends, wherein the respective ends of the track segments are flat and abut in a flush manner regardless of inverted abutment, wherein imbedded magnets are abutted to effect a magnetic coupling between multiple toy train track elements segments to provide a toy train track structure, wherein each track element segment comprises a pair of track elements configured to hold and guide wheels of a toy train during movement of the toy train on the toy train track structure and wherein the abutting magnetic coupling of track elements segments effects alignment of tracks track elements of the respective toy train track elements segments, wherein the first track element segment comprises a cross-over track section comprising a quadrilateral configuration with two pairs of tracks crossing track elements intersecting each other at right angles and configured to guide and hold the toy train travelling in different directions.

A toy comprising:

• a first track segment and a second track segment;
• the first track segment comprising a non-magnetic material having a bottom side, a top side opposite the bottom side, the top side and bottom side being surrounded by an edge that defines a shape of the first track segment, and at least one end with a first magnet having a length greater than its width imbedded lengthwise in the end adjacent the edge;
• the second track segment comprising a non-magnetic material having a bottom side, a top side opposite the bottom side, the top side and bottom side being surrounded by an edge that defines a shape of the first track segment, and at least one end with a second magnet having a length greater than its width imbedded lengthwise in the end adjacent the edge;
• the first magnet and second magnet being positioned such that magnetic coupling of the first magnet and second magnet is achieved when respective ends of the first track segment and second track segment are abutted,
• wherein the respective ends of the first track segment and second track segment are configured to abut in a flush manner when the track segments are inverted and when the track segments are not inverted;
• wherein the top side of the first track segment and the top side of the second track segment each include at least one channel such that a channel of the first track segment aligns with a channel of the second track segment when the first and second track segments are magnetically coupled;
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• wherein the first magnet and the second magnet attract to each other and do not repel regardless of inverted abutment of the edges.