TYCO's 1985 Catalog shares a cover art design similar to the 1984 catalog. This 8-1/2" x 11" full-color publication contains 55-pages. For 1985, TYCO offers Super Blocks, US-1 Trucking, Slot Car Racing, Telephones, and Electric Trains.

TYCO's LEGO-like 'Super Blocks' sets are in their second year in 1985 and expand greatly. For '85, Super Blocks offers sets with "space" and "castle and knights" themes. There is a total of twenty Super Blocks sets. Additionally, TYCO adds a Storage Case(No.5299) for this product line.

TYCO's train line arrives on page 14 after the Super Blocks. Train Sets for '85 include: 'Rock Island Express'(No.7403); 'Rail Master 72'(No.7413); 'G.I. Joe'(No.7418); 'Casey Jones'(No.7408); 'The Chattanooga'(No.7416); 'Super Rail Master'(No.7426); and 'Transformers'(No.7430) based on the toy line.

Accessories for 1985 include: TYCOSCENE Layout Board(No.7940) and Expander Board(No.7950); ;17-pc. Bridge & Trestle Set'(No.907); '33-pc. Bridge & Trestle Set'(No.909); 1-amp AC-DC Tyco pack(No.895); Track Layout Expander(No.7903B); and various Tru-Steel Track offerings.

The Action Cars and Accessories includes: 'Operating Floodlight Car'(No.346B) with a free Lighted Bumper Track; 'AutoLoader'(No.349B) with free Lighted Bumper Track; 'Crane Car with Boom Tender'-The Rock(No.865); 'Horse Car and Depot Set'(No.869) 'Piggyback Loader/Unloader'(No.903); 'Crossing Gate'(No.908B) with a free 17-pc. Bridge & Trestle Set; 'Log Loader with Log Car'(No.914); 'Giant Operating Crane'(No.950); 'Operating Log Dump Set with Dumping Station and Log Load'(No.952); 'Operating Pipe Dump Set with Dumping Station and Pipe Load'(No.953); 'Electronic
Sound of Steam in 50' Box Car-B&O'(No.957); 'Operating Pipe Loader with Pipe'(No.958B) with free Lighted Bumper Track; 'Operating Tractor Loader with Coal Load'(No.959); and 'Operating Lighted Crossing Flasher'(No.960).

TYCOKITS for 1985 include the Center Street Series offerings: 'Barber Shop'(No.7771B); 'Movie Theatre'(No.7799B); 'Fruit Store'(No.7787B); 'General Store'(No.7798B); 'School House'(No.7775B); 'Furniture Store'(No.7774B; Drug Store'(No.7772B); and 'Used Car Lot'(No.7796B). All the Center Street Series TYCOKITS for '85 are noted as coming with a free Light Kit. The free Light Kit add the "B" to the catalog number.

Additional TYCOKITS for 1985 are: 'Signal Tower'(No.7768); 'Machine Shop'(No.7764); 'Firehouse'(No.7789); 'Howard Johnsons'(No.7754B) with free Light Kit; 'Trackside Sand House'(No.7763); 'Arlee Station'(No.7761); 'Truck Terminal'(No.7758B) with free Light Kit; 'Crossover Signal'(No.7767); 'Water Tower'(No.7769); 'Exxon Station'(No.7757B) with free Light Kit; 'Freight Station'(No.7785B) with free Light Kit.

Steam Locomotives for 1985 are: The Royal Blue Consolidation & Tender 2-8-0(No.245B-02) with free Remote Control Switch; Chattanooga Steam Loco & Tender 0-8-0(No.256B-15) with free Remote Control Switch; Southern
Steam Loco & Tender 0-6-0(No.257-76); and Western Maryland Steam Loco & Tender 0-6-0(No.257-77).

Diesel Locomotives for 1985 include: Rock Island Shark Nose(No.222B-10); Rock Island Alco 430(No.235B-10); Santa Fe Alco Super 630(No.250-21); Chessie F-9(No.224B-03); Virginian Alco 430(No.235B-79); Pennsy Red GG-1 Electric(No.251-01); Burlington Northern GP-20(No.228B-17); Rio Grande SD-24(No.239-74); UP City of San Francisco E-7(No.255-23); Santa Fe GP-20(No.228B-21); Santa Fe Switcher(No.241-21); and Main Street Trolley(No.214B). Locos with a "B" added to their catalog numbers included a free Remote Control Switch.

The 1985 Freight Car line consists of twelve selections: Stock Car-Laramie(No.312H); 50' Box Car-Santa Fe(No.339A); Skid Flat with Culvert Pipe-Great Northern(No.342D); Tank Car Texaco(No.315A); 50' Box Car-Burlington Northern(No.339E); Hopper Union Pacific(No.344E); Tank Car-Coke(No.315L); Gondola with Culvert Pipe-Union Pacific(No.341B); Hopper-Conrail(No.344H); Reefer-Swift(No.329A); Gondola-BN(NO.341G); and Billboard Reefer-Baby Ruth(No.355C).

The US-1 Trucking line is in its next to last year in 1985, but still consists of five sets and a number of accessories.

Slot car racing arrives on page 36 promoting TYCO's new 'TR-X 4 Car Team Racing' sets. There are a total of eleven slot car racing sets for 1985. New in slot cars for '85 is the 'Transformers' set(No.6211), a sign of things to come for this product line as TYCO begins to move away from realistic race cars into toy and television-inspired race sets.

The 1985 TYCO Catalog concludes with two pages of Telephones on pages 54 and 55. The 'Garfield,' 'NFL' and 'Knight Rider' phones make up this product offering for '85.