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Train Set
Stock Number and Contents Listing
Railroad Empire II
Special Edition 117 Piece Train Set
(No. 7436)
This set lists its power as being a Lighted Alco 630 Diesel, however many
sets by this late date actually featured a Yugoslovian-made low nose Alco Century 628. This is the same model recently
offered by IHC and in years past by AHM, Life-Like, and Model Power. Just to add a further bit of confusion, the box
artwork shows a GP-20 while the image of the displayed set shows a Super630.
The set also included the Autoloader with Six Autos; Tank Car; Log Dump
Car Set; Pipe Dump Car Set; Stock Car; and Caboose. Also in the Railroad Empire II was a 33-Piece Bridge and Trestle
Set; Auto Unloading Station; Operating Pipe Loader; Operating Crossing Gate; 24-Signs and Poles; 26-sections of track to create
a 40" x 90" figure-8 track plan; Quik-Clik Clips; and Power Pack.
Santa Fe 72
Giant 72 Piece Train Set
(No. 7415)
Similar to the other train sets to be featured in the last TYCO catalog
to include HO-scale electric trains, The Santa Fe 72 set from 1993 suffers from some confusing packaging artwork versus actual
contents. The train set box TYCO uses for this set in '93 clearly shows a red-and-silver Santa Fe GP-20. A GP-20
is seen both as the large graphic representation of the train and as an inset image of the set. The 1993 catalog calls
for an Alco 430, which is what appears to have been found in most of the very late examples of TYCO's Santa Fe 72 set.
The Santa Fe Alco 430 in this set however is not the familiar model that was introduced during TYCO's Red Box Era of the 1960s.
This Alco Century 430 is a Yugoslovian-made model and is very close in appearance to the currently available Model Power Alco
Century 430.
The Santa Fe 72 set of 1993 also included a 40' Tank Car; a 50' Box Car;
Gondola with Pipe; and Caboose. All of these freight cars are European-made models and some do, while others don't favor
original TYCO models from earlier offerings. This train set also included a 17-Piece Bridge & Trestle Set; 14-sections
of track to build a 36" x 45" oval; 36-Piece Poles, Signs and Townspeople Set; TYCO's Quik-Clik Clips; and a 1-amp Tyco-Pak.
Of possible interest in The Santa Fe 72 train set is the 36-Piece Poles,
Signs and Townspeople Set. This particular accessory is not found in any TYCO catalog.
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