Was the Tyco Pepsi boxcar made during the General Foods years?
Gemini said Actually, the Tyco Pepsi boxcar was not made during the "General Foods" years because Tyco was never owned by General Foods.
There is a common mix-up between two major food conglomerates that owned toy companies in the 1970s: General Mills (which owned Lionel and Kenner) and Consolidated Foods (which owned Tyco).
The Real "Food Years": Consolidated Foods (1970–1981) The Tyco Pepsi boxcar was produced during the Consolidated Foods Era, a period collectors often refer to as the "Brown Box Era." Consolidated Foods (the parent company of Sara Lee) purchased Tyco in 1970 and held it until 1981.
Production Years: The Pepsi 62-foot Boxcar (No. 361-F) was first introduced in the 1974-75 catalog.
Availability: It remained a staple in the Tyco lineup throughout the late 1970s and was still being offered as late as 1982, just after Tyco was sold to Savoy Industries.
Design Versions: * The Prototype: The initial 1974 catalog showed a version with a large blue area and the slogan "It's Got A Lot To Give," but this version is not known to have been mass-produced.
The Production Model: The version most collectors own is solid white with the Pepsi logo, which began appearing in 1975.
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I used that one & the Life-Like Doritos boxcar with the bag of Doritos & a bottle of Pepsi to win a $100 L.L. Bean gift card from that Pepsi Summer Sweepstakes guess they liked the freight cars hehe
yeah other proposed freight cars were Tide grain hopper a Pillsbury & Oreo boxcar never made but a member who hasn't been in here in years made the Tide & Oreo cars he didn't know the logo was America's FavoriteEdited by - microbusss on March 26 2026 11:01:37 AM
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