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Alco 430 Diesel Locomotive Burlington CB&Q
No. T235-A -1967 Release
Alco 430
Diesel Locomotive Burlington Northern
No. T235-H
Decorated in Burlington
Northern's Cascade green and black but using a very non-prototypical lettering pattern, TYCO's Burlington Northern Alco Century
430 made no appearances in any TYCO Catalogs. It has been found in both Red Box and later Brown Box examples.
Availability is thought to be early through mid 1970s.
Alco 430 Diesel Locomotive
Canadian National
No. T235-D
Alco Diesel Locomotive
Great Northern
No. 235-F -1970
Release
TYCO's
Big Sky Blue Great Northern Century 430 avoids being pictured in TYCO catalogs, but does make an appearance in mail order
ads in 1970.
Alco
430 Diesel Locomotive Green Bay & Western
No. T235-A -1966 Release
Though used in TYCO catalogs originally to promote the C430,
no known examples have been found for the red Green Bay & Western model. It is thought to not exist and was never
produced.
Alco 430 Diesel Locomotive
New Haven
No. T235-B
Alco 430 Diesel Locomotive
Penn Central
No. T235-C
Alco 430 Diesel Locomotive
Pennsylvania
Alco 430 Diesel Locomotive
Santa Fe
No. T235-C -1967 Release
Alco 430 Diesel Locomotive
Spokane Portland & Seattle
No. T235-C
The Spokane Portland & Seattle TYCO Alco 430 is listed in the 1966-67 catalog, but not picture of the model is
provided. Along with the Green Bay & Western listing, the SP&S Alco 430 is believed to have not been produced
by TYCO.
Alco 430 Diesel Locomotive Undecorated
No. K235-X
Not known
to have been issue in R-T-R form, the plain black shell TYCO Alco 430 is shown here in its kit offering form the '60s.
Notice that of the first year roadnames for the Century 430, only
the New Haven remains in future catalogs. The stock numbers T235A for the Green, Bay & Western and T235C for Spokane,
Portland & Seattle are given to the Burlington(T235A) and Santa Fe(T235C) models.
Beginning with the 1968-69 catalog, TYCO no longer lists individual
roadnames for its diesels.
Retail Price for the Century 430 is $14.98 in the 1966-67, 1967-68, and 1968-69 catalogs.
The 1969-70 catalog has the Century 430 priced at $15.00. The price is $16.00 in the 1970-71 catalog. TYCO no longer lists
kits for its diesels beginning with the 1968-69 catalog.
A Kit, carrying the stock number K235, is listed as available
Fall 1966 with a $10.98 retail price. The Century 430 Kit is $12.98 in the 1967-68 catalog.
Click below on either image to view TYCO's instruction pages for the Alco 430 kit...
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