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Burlington CB&Q
(No.T228A)
(NEW-1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
This Burlington example is likely the first roadname to have been offered on the TYCO GP-20 model.
According to the Test Track evaluation in the January 1962 edition of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine, TYCO first shipped
its GP-20 packed in the Black Diamond (No.6110) train sets in late 1961. The GP-20 review states that TYCO would begin
shipping GP-20 diesels as separate items by December 1961. Again the CB&Q example is stated as the only roadname
made, but that others would be in the works in the near future. Should this review's info be correct, and one would
have consider it very likely, it adds further evidence to the case that the black Illinois Central GP-20 only exists as a
pre-production catalog model and was never produced for sale.
 Burlington Northern
(No.T228N)
(no catalog appearances; likely early '70s availability)
Over the years, TYCO offered at least three Cascade Green BN GP-20 models.
The first one has been confirmed to have existed in the later part of the Red Box Era and would likely have been issued about
the same time the Burlington Northern came into being itself in March 1970. This first Red Box example BN GP-20 features
the BN logo and railroad name placed below the cab windows. A later TYCO GP-20 in BN from possibly the mid-'70s features
the same lettering, but the BN logo and railroad name has moved down along the lower section of the unit's long hood.
Finally, TYCO produced in large quantity a bright green BN GP-20 first cataloged in 1979. This model had a very large
BN logo on its long hood and remained in the TYCO line until the early 1990s.
Model and photo courtesy Tony Lucio Collection
 Canadian National
(No.T228-K)
There are variations to the numbering
used by TYCO for its GP-20 offerings. The CN model likely survives also into the 1970s and the Brown Box Era and may
also have been a Canadian-only offering at some point in its career. TYCO catalogs this CN GP-20 in its 1966-67 and
1967-68 editions.
Model from the collection of Ken Furnevel
Chicago North Western
(No.T228-J)
(NEW-1966-67;1967-68)
Denver & Rio Grande
(No.T228F)
(NEW-1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Illinois Central
(No.T228-M)
Though it does not resemble the pre-production prototype GP-20 pictured
at the top of this page dressed in IC's Green Diamond black scheme, TYCO did offer an IC GP-20 during the Red Box Era.
The model featured the layout of Illinois Central's late '60s orange-and-white paint scheme, however TYCO used silver and
red for the colors. The white is silver and orange is red on the TYCO GP-20 of the Red Box Era.
New York Central
(No.T228D)
(NEW-1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Santa Fe
(No.T228-B)
The Santa Fe blue and yellow freight scheme GP20 arrives first in TYCO's 1962 catalog
and would remain in the line into the middle 1970s.
Reading
(No.T228E)
(NEW-1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
St.Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)
(No.T228G)
(NEW-1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Southern Pacific
(No.T228H)
(NEW-1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Union Pacific
(No.T228C)
(NEW-1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Click on any of the following thumbnail images to view
TYCO's Instruction Sheets and Parts Diagrams for the GP-20...
How Dealers Might Have Gotten Them...
Below is about as "mint" an example as one might locate for a 1960s TYCO
GP-20 model. The window display boxes were solid with a "Please Remove For Display" flap as seen in the image.
GP-20 Dynamic Brake
(No.6500)
TYCO offered a separate dynamic brake casting for the GP-20 model.
Additionally, I have observed examples of a Santa Fe GP-20 in Red Box Era packaging that included the dynamic brake on the
model and a note on the packaging stated the model was equipped with dynamic brakes.
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