The Goingincirclez Gallery of Tyco Trains - it's (almost) all here!

posted by Tony L. on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 19:50

UPDATE 06/12/2011: Slideshow functionality has returned. Simply click on a thumbnail anywhere in the gallery to expand the view, and begin a show from that point. You can navigate via mouse-click, or left/right arrow keys. Captions are still unavailable due to plug-in deprecation and incompatibility; I will need to revisit this concept in the future.

At long last: a gallery of nearly the entire Tyco Trains Brownbox (1971-1993) production run*! My goal here is to create and share a comprehensive photographic resource of value to both the new and seasoned enthusiast alike. There's no published book on Tyco Trains, so in the meantime this will have to do.

The GIC Tyco Gallery is a snapshot of my collection: well over 300 different Brown Box freight cars and 100 locomotives (he says quite sheepishly. Seriously. You have any idea how absurd this "collecting" thing can actually get at times?). In addition you'll find a heaping of related Red Box (1959-1968), a smattering of Bluebox (1955-1959) and Greenbox (1953-54), and even a few prewar/postwar Mantua kit/brass items sprinkled in as well! Not to mention a few interesting custom items from the Saint Canard Midland and other reputable custom shops - which are all noted as such.

Whenever possible, I've noted the original Catalog and/or Box Flap stock numbers, and added comments regarding variations, relative scarcity (when relevant), and other noteworthy or interesting features in the slideshow captions.

More pictures are added in as new Tyco (and pertinent Mantua / IHC / Etc) items are added to my collection; as a general rule I don't use photos from auctions or other websites. There's usually a few items in hand that I've yet to even photograph. And of course plenty I don't have or even know about yet... if you have or know something but don't see it here, please send me a tip!

Just click a section below and enjoy browsing through the pages of thumbnails. Click on any thumbnail item to expand the view and read captions and descriptions, and an interactive slide show will begin.

ENJOY!

Eventually I hope to add an Accessories gallery. And to allay any confusion, I do have a number of redbox cars - but not quite all of them. So at some point I'd like to put them in their own gallery, but not until (if ever) I have a better cross-sampling of them.

Want to see some of 'em in action? The following YouTube vids are my own - check 'em out:



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* While the Brown Box Freight Cars collection is nearly 100% complete - including dozens of variations only the OCD-afflicted might appreciate - I do not have any of the building/structure kits. Locomotives add up $ in a hurry so my pace there is as I can find/afford them, nonetheless I'm 85% there where diesels are concerned. Redbox fills in the gaps and is expanding all the time, until my wife kills me. To my knowledge, this is the largest collection ever shared on the internet or ANY public medium. And once again, I thank and acknowledge the numerous "you know who you are" folks who helped me put it together!