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Well, I can offer some advice on the early days on the hobby in Europe if it's any help - try googling Hornby, Hornby Dublo, Meccano, Triang for the UK market and Marklin, Lehmann (LGB who pretty much invented G scale), Fleischmann and Trix for the mainland European stuff - I'm thinking solely in HO/OO apart from Lehmann here. You could probably get a decent paper from the history of Hornby alone (they've gone through some pretty convoluted changes). Hornby-Dublo (the first OO scale mass-produced system) began pre-WW2 as did Trix Twin (neat system this, could handle two trains independently on one track by having the three rails wired so that the centre was a common return and the running rails the controlled live feeds). Websites I have found: www.triang.com - history of Triang (now Hornby) and links to other sites www.mremag.demon.co.uk - has some articles on interesting models, particularly on how some manufacturers collaborated to make models (such as Liliput making grain hopper bodies for Triang Hornby). Hope this is of some help!
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