The Alco Super Action Freight

(No.7329 -Santa Fe with Power Pack)

(No.7229 -Sante Fe without Power Pack)

This set featured a red-and-silver Santa Fe Alco Century 430 at the point of long string of cars.  Rolling stock included a 50' Flat with 2 Trailers, AutoLoader with 6 Autos, Skid Flat with 3 Tractors, 40' Reefer, Pulpwood Car, 50' Plug Door Box Car, Hopper Car, and Caboose.  The set also included a Truck Cab and Truck Terminal and a Remote control Log Dump Set.  The track plan built a 45" x 45" double-oval that included a pair of Manual Switches and an Uncoupling section.  The set was sold with and without a power pack.

The Booster Special

(No.7301 -New York Central with Power Pack)

(No.7201 -New York Central without Power Pack)

The Booster Special train set included a New York Central 0-4-0 Saddle Tank Steam Loco; a 40' Flat Car with 3 Tractors; a Refrigerator Car; Caboose; and 12 sections of track to make a 36" circle.  TYCO lists this set as available with a TYCOPak as No.7301 and without as No.7201.

The Diesel Flyer

(No.7304A -Penn Central with Power Pack)

(No.7304B -Santa Fe Freight with Power Pack)

(No.7204A -Penn Central without Power Pack)

(No.7204B -Santa Fe Freight without Power Pack)

The Diesel Flyer set featured an F-9A pulling a 50' Box Car; a 40' Flat Car with 3-Culvert Pipes; a 40' Hopper Car; and a Caboose.  The Diesel Flyer came with a dozen sections of curved track, including a terminal rerailer section, that created a 36" circle layout. 

The Dixie Belle

(No.7320 -W&A with Power Pack)

(No.7220 -W&A without Power Pack)

This set included a 4-6-0 Dixie Belle Locomotive and Tender, Box Car, Platform Car, Water Car, Horse Car, and Combine.  The track plan made a 36" x 45" oval.  The catalog lists this set as being offered with or without a power pack. 

The Golden West

(No. 7319 -A.T.&S.F.)

TYCO's Golden West train set includes the 4-6-0 Rogers Loco and Tender decorated for Santa Fe (#233); a white 1890 Santa Fe Combine Coach (#372B) and a pair of brown Santa Fe 1890 Coaches (#372A).  The set also provided 14-sections of track to create a 36" x 45" oval track plan and power pack.

The Inter-City

(No.7310D-Amtrak with Power Pack)

(No.7210D-Amtrak without Power Pack)

For 1972, it appears TYCO has joined Amtrak as The Inter-City's roadnames are reduced to only that of the National Association of Rail Passengers aka Amtrak.  The set's contents mirrors that of previous years with an F-9A pulling three Streamline Passenger Cars (Combine, Coach, and Observation).  The set included a 36" circle of brass track and was listed as available both with and without a power pack.

The Long Hauler

(No. 7314 -Union Pacific)

The 1972 edition of TYCO's Long Hauler train set was powered by a Union Pacific GP-20 at the head of a consist that included a Crane Car and Boom Tender, 40' Reefer, Cable Reel Car, 40' Box Car, Truck Carrier Car, Sealand Container Car, and Caboose.  The set is listed as being sold with power pack only and it included enough track to construct a 36" x 45" oval.

The Pacific Freight

(No. 7327 -Union Pacific with Power Pack)

(No. 7227 -Union Pacific without Power Pack)

This set included a Lighted 4-6-2 Pacific Steam Loco and Tender, Pulpwood Car, 50' Box Car, Log Transport Car, Skid Flat with Tractors, Hopper Car, and Caboose.  TYCO sold the set with or without a power pack, but either way it appears to have included a 36" x 45" oval track plan.

The Railroad Empire

(No.7333 -Pennsylvania)

A listing of the contents on The Railroad Empire begins with a Pennsylvania 2-8-2 Mikado Steam Loco and Tender, Pulpwood Car, Cable Reel Car, 50' Box Car, Hopper Car, Piggyback Flat Car with 2 Trailers, Truck Cab and Truck Terminal, AutoLoader with 6 Autos, Log Transport Car, Remote Control Freight Unloading Box Car Set, Remote Control Freight Unloading Depot Set, Flat Car with Pipe Load, Caboose, Operating Crossing Gate, 45" x 45" double oval that included a pair of Manual Switches and Uncoupling sections and a 1-amp power pack.

The Royal Blue

(No. 7331 -Baltimore & Ohio)

The Royal Blue train set listed in the 1972-73 catalog included a Lighted 4-6-2 Pacific Loco and Tender dressed in blue Baltimore & Ohio paint.  A set of three Lighted Streamline B&O Passenger Cars (Combine; Coach; Observation) were included, a 1-amp TYCOPak, plus 14-sections of track with rerailer to make a 36" x 45" oval layout. 

The Shifter Freight

(No. 7308 -Santa Fe with Power Pack)

(No. 7208 -Sante Fe without Power Pack)

The 1972-73 TYCO catalog displays this set with an 0-4-0 Shifter Steam Loco and Tender pulling a 40' Refrigerator Car, Hopper Car, Cable Reel Car, Log Transport Car, and Caboose.  A 36"x 45" oval track plan was included and the set was listed as being sold with your choice of a TYCOPak or without one.

The Super Over & Under

(No. 7315 -Burlington with Power Pack)

(No. 7215 -Burlington without Power Pack)

A Burlington GP-20 was the power for The Super Over & Under set.  Rolling stock included a 40' Gondola with Culvert Pipes, Skid Flat with Tractors, AutoLoader with Six Autos, 50' Plug Door Box Car, and Caboose.  The set's track plan built a 40" x 96" figure-8 and in addition to a Rerailer section, TYCO included an Uncoupling section with control button.  The set also included 24 Signs and Poles and the 33-piece Bridge & Trestle Set.  The set was listed as being one that could be purchased with or without a power pack.

The Super Chief

(No. 7325 -Santa Fe)

Though TYCO's Inter-City passenger train set was reduced to Amtrak-only for '72, The Super Chief train set's power was still the red-and-silver Santa Fe F-9A and a non-powered Santa Fe F-9B.  A set of four red-and-silver Santa Fe cars are included in the set (Combine; 2 Coaches; and Observation).  The Super Chief came with enough track to create a 36" x 45" oval.  The 1972-73 catalog lists this set as being sold only with power pack.

The Switcher Freight

(No. 7300 -Santa Fe)

TYCO's 1972 catalog appearance for The Switcher Freight set has a red-and-silver Santa Fe Diesel Switcher; a yellow Union Pacific 40' Gondola with 3-Pipes; a silver Swift 40' Billboard Reefer; and a red Santa Fe streamline Caboose.  The dozen sections of curved track made a 36" circle layout and a standard 1-amp Tyco-Pak.

The Twin Diesel Freight

(No. 7312A -Penn Central)

(No. 7312B -Santa Fe)

The 1972-73 TYCO catalog states, "Take the popular F-9 Diesel 'A' unit with operating headlight and a matching unpowered diesel 'A' unit, and add to them five authentic freight cars.  That's a great recipe for real railroading fun."  The set is listed as being available with your choice of Santa Fe or Penn Central power.  The rolling stock included a Billboard Refrigerator Car, Skid Flat with 3 Tractors, 50' Plug Door Box Car, Pulpwood Car, and Caboose.  The set's track built a 36" x 45" oval and a power pack was included.