62-foot Box Car
Del Monte
No. 361-B -1974
Release
62-foot Box Car
Hunt's Snak Pack
No. 361-G
62-foot Box Car
Nabisco Oreo Cookies
TYCO includes a blue car lettered for Orel Cookies in the original group of cars displayed
in the 1974-75 product catalog. To date, no examples have surfaced and it is assumed not to exist beyond this
prototype example.
62-foot Box Car
Pepsi-Cola
No. 361-F -1974 Release
Note the difference between the Pepsi model presented
in TYCO's original catalog group and the production model. TYCO's
original Pepsi scheme with the large blue area opposite the Pepsi logo containing the slogan, "It's Got A Lot To Give" is
not known to exist beyond this prototype example. The production run 62-foot Box Car lettered for Pepsi is solid white
without the slogan.
62-foot Box Car
Pillsbury Flour
TYCO includes a white Pillsbury Flour 62-foot Box
Car in the introductory group of cars displayed in the 1974-75 product catalog. To date, no examples
have been encountered and it is thought not exist beyond this prototype example.
62-foot Box Car
S.O.S.
No. 361-C -1974 Release
62-foot Box Car
Tropicana Orange Juice
No. 361-H
Uncataloged, TYCO did produce a 62-foot Box Car decorated for Tropicana with a green roof
and ends and white sides carrying FEC reporting marks and car number 254331. The car was included originally in a promotional
train set offering in the mid-1970s.
TYCO's 62-foot Box Car, model No.361, is similar to the Express Reefer, model No.360. In fact, close inspection shows that
the six 62-foot Box Cars from the 1974-75 catalog are actually Express Reefer models. The 1975-76 catalog corrects this mistake
displaying a 62-foot double insulated plug door box car that is different in design from the 62-foot Express Reefer. The car
is first offered at $2.50 retail and remains in TYCO's line into the mid-1980s.
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The 62' Box Car, model No.361, is similar to the
Express Reefer, model No.360. In fact, close inspection shows that the catalog picture of six 62'
Box Cars in 1974-75 are actually Express Reefer models. The 1975-76 catalog corrects this mistake
displaying a 62' double insulated plug door box car that is different in design from the 62' Express Reefer.
The car is first offered at $2.50 retail and remains in TYCO's line into the mid-1980s. Among the more interesting examples
of the 62' Box Car is the Tropicana example, No.361-H, produced for a promotional train set in the mid-1970s.
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