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Atlantic Coast Line (not pictured)
(No.T522-H)
(NEW-1961;1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
TYCO's ACL Observation features a purple band above the window section
lettered with Atlantic Coast Line. The car's name plate below the window section reads Pullman; the ACL Obs also has
a purple colored numberboard near the doors on the car end with the number 1235.
B&O The Royal Blue
(No.T522-A)
(1960;1961;1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Burlington CB&Q
(No.T522-F)
(NEW-1961;1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Canadian National (not pictured)
(No.T522-L)
(NEW-1967-68)
Canadian Pacific (not pictured)
(No.T522-B)
(1960;1961;1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Denver & Rio Grande
(No.T522-G)
(NEW-1961;1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
New Haven
(No.T522-C)
(NEW-1960;1961;1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Penn Central (not pictured)
(No.)
Like the other TYCO Streamline Passenger Cars dressed for Penn Central
service, the Observation example also had a green stripe and red lettering. The Obs carried the roadnumber 6531 in the
plate centered on the side of the car below the window section.
Pennsylvania (not pictured)
(No.T522-E)
(NEW-1961;1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Santa Fe
(No.T522-D)
(NEW-1960;1961;1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Southern Railway (not pictured)
(No.T522-J)
(NEW-1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
Union Pacific (not pictured)
(No.T522-K)
(NEW-1962-63;1963-64;1964-65;1965-66;1966-67;1967-68)
TYCO no longer lists individual roadnames for its passenger cars beginning with the 1968-69 and continuing in the 1969-70
and 1970-71 catalogs. The Penn Central passenger cars are featured in the 1970-71 catalog without information regarding their
letter designation.
The kits also disappear with the 1968-69 catalog.
Listed as "Streamline Dual Lighted Observation Car," this passenger car had retail price of $5.98 in the 1960, 1961,
1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68 and 1968-69 catalogs. The price is $6.00 in the 1969-70 and 1970-71
catalogs.
The 1963-64 TYCO Catalog adds a kit version, #K522A thru #K522K, selling for $2.79 for this car. The kit version is again
found in the 1964-65, 1965-66, and 1966-67 catalogs selling for $2.79. The kits, #K522A thru #K522L, is priced at $3.29 in
the 1967-68.
TYCO lists an "Aluminum Body Passenger Car Kit" for the Observation, #K506, in the 1964-65,
1965-66, and 1966-67 catalog priced at $5.98. The aluminum car kit, #K506, is priced at $6.98 in the 1967-68.
A "Metalized Chrome" version of this passenger car is available in two roadnames, B&O(#T522AC) and Santa Fe(#T522DC),
selling for $6.98 as a Ready-To-Run model only in the 1964-65 and 1965-66 catalogs. The Southern Railway, #T522JC, is added
to the chromed cars in 1965-66.
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