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TYCO offered a variety of Power Packs during the run of The Brown Box Era. Train
sets came with the standard 1-amp Tyco-Pak (#899) throughout the 1970s and into the early '80s. In 1982, TYCO introduces
a new 1-amp Tyco-Pak (#895) that is black in color with a blue throttle. The Tyco-Pak (#895) becomes standard in train
sets from 1982 through the end of TYCO's train line offerings. After 1983, the 1-amp Tyco-Pak (#895) remains as the
only power pack listed as a separate accessory in product catalogs.
Power Packs were sold by themselves in the TYCO product line and included
simple models to power a single train operation to more advance units capable of controlling two trains at once.
A note to those attempting to make a train set function, it is not necessary
to use a TYCO Power Pack with TYCO trains. One could utilize any standard model train hobby DC transformer to operate
a TYCO train engine.
Power Pak Models
Stock
Numbers and Catalog Appearances
Tyco-Pak
(1 amp. AC-DC)
-No. 895
(1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 catalogs
This item was introduced in the
1982 catalog and became the standard issue power pack in TYCO train sets through the end of production.
Tyco Master-Pak
(2 amp. AC-DC; on-off switch; overload light)
-No. 897
(1971-1979)
Tyco Dual-Pak
(2 amp. AC-DC; on-off switch; overload light; master power light)
-No.
898
(1971-1979)
Tyco-Pak
(1 amp. AC-DC)
-No. 899
(1971-1981)
Tyco-Pak 3
(Featured Transistorized Proportional Tracking Control; Momentun on/off
Switch; Spring Loaded Brake Switch; Directional Control Switch; Power Monitor Light and Automatic Circuit Protector)
-No. 993
(1981 and 1982)
Tyco-Pak 4 Dual-Pak
(Featured 2 amp; AC-DC; on-off Switch; Dual Overload Lights; Master Power
Light)
-No. 996
(1981 and 1982)
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