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 Posted - April 01 2010 : 11:44:33 PM
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I have three Amtrak lighted passenger, a Coach, Combine and an Observation.
Can anyone tell me what years Tyco/ Mantua may have produced them?
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Posted - April 02 2010 : 12:59:28 AM
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Seems like the Tyco Amtrak has been around forever. I believe I would be correct to say that the Plastic bodied Tyco Amtrak come out in the very early 60s...
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Posted - April 02 2010 : 07:18:00 AM
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wrong Walt Amtrak did not come out untill May 1, 1971  But the Tyco passenger cars have been out since the 60s tho 
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Posted - April 02 2010 : 10:40:44 AM
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| Are they still in production? If not when did production stop.
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Posted - April 02 2010 : 12:43:47 PM
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Last cataloged in 1993.
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Posted - April 02 2010 : 8:16:16 PM
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quote:I have three Amtrak lighted passenger, a Coach, Combine and an Observation.
Can anyone tell me what years Tyco/ Mantua may have produced them? |
Tyco made Amtrak cars from the early 70's until the early 80's. There are ways of narrowing down when your particular cars were made. Do your cars have metal of plastic chassis's? What colour(s) is the stripe on the windows? If you can post pics that would help as well.
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Posted - April 02 2010 : 8:18:49 PM
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quote:I have three Amtrak lighted passenger, a Coach, Combine and an Observation.
Can anyone tell me what years Tyco/ Mantua may have produced them?
Originally posted by dpzamp - April 01 2010 : 11:44:33 PM
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The Amtrak Passenger cars debuted in 1972 as the Inter-City set. The Inter-City set contained the three passenger cars you mentioned pulled by an F-9 diesel. The Amtrak passenger cars remained available until 1981. In 1981 the final passenger set EVER by Tyco was the Broadway Limited. This set contained the three passenger cars pulled by an Amtrak GG-1.
Tyco released it's last catalog in 1993 then ceased to exist anymore.
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Posted - April 03 2010 : 08:14:20 AM
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The chassis are metal and have a dark blue stripe across the windows.
The engine that came with the cars was an F9.
I sold the engine and two cars on ebay a few days ago. The only one left is the combine.
I needed to prove to one of the buyers that they are vintage from the '70s.
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Posted - April 03 2010 : 10:24:15 AM
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The blue stripe version ran from 1972-76, in the 1977 catalog they are tri-color striped.
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