Numbering System

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TYCO Numbering System

Understanding TYCO, By The Numbers...

One of the interesting features of studying and enjoying TYCO's HO-scale train products was the numbering system utilized to label items. During the Brown Box Era, TYCO generally employed a 3-digit number to identify an item's type of model. For example, the 224-series represented TYCO's powered F-9A models. A suffix 2-digit identifier followed and represented the model's specific roadname decoration. For example, 01 at the end of an item's number would denote that it was decorated for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Thus, a 224-01 in the TYCO number system would tell you that you have a powered F-9A unit decorated for the Pennsylvania.

This section of the TYCO Resource concerns itself with listing the various model number series and also the roadname suffix numbers. This provides an interesting insight into the world of TYCO. Consider the holes in the numbering system and what they might or possibly could have represented.

Roadnames

01 - Pennsylvania

02 - Baltimore & Ohio

03 - Chessie System

04 - Delaware & Hudson

06 - New York Central

07 - Amtrak

08 - Virginia & Truckee

09 - Norfolk & Western

10 - Rock Island

11 - Soo Line

12 - Cresent Limited

13 - CB&Q Burlington

14 - Illinois Central and Illinois Central Gulf

15 - Chattanooga

16 - Southern

17 - Burlington Northern

18 - Southern Pacific

19 - Midnight Special

20 - Conrail

21 - Santa Fe Passenger

22 - Santa Fe Freight

22 - Union Pacific (F-7A Deluxe)

23 - Union Pacific

24 - Rio Grande

26 - Great Northern

27 - Rocky Mountain Line

28 - New Haven

30 - Durango

31 - OW&A

33 - Western Pacific

35 - Spirit of '76

36 - Virginian ('79-'80)

43 - Canadian National

45 - Canadiana

46 - CN-VIA

50 - Clementine

51 - Golden Eagle

60 - Silver Streak

62 - Milwaukee Road

65 - Grand Trunk

71 - Gulf, Mobile & Ohio

72 - Northern Pacific

73 - Cotton Belt

74 - Rio Grande

76 - Southern

77 - Western Maryland

79 - Virginian ('82-'93)

82 - CP Rail

83 - USA Express

98 - General Purpose

99 - Undecorated

Locomotives

206 - Pony 0-4-0

208 - Mikado 2-8-2

209 - Shifter 0-4-0

210 - General 4-4-0

212 - Pacific 4-6-2

213 - Booster 0-4-0

214 -Trolley

215 - RF-16 Shark Nose

217 - Little Six 0-6-0

218 - Big Six 0-6-0

222 - Shark Nose

223 - F9-B (Powered)

224 - F-9A (Powered)

228 - GP-20

230 - F-9B

233 - 1890 Loco 4-6-0

234 - Prairie 2-6-2

235 - Century 430

237 - Booster 0-4-0

238 - Shifter 0-4-0

239 - Texas 2-10-4, later SD-24

241 - Diesel Switcher

243 - Super630 (1973-1976)

244 - Spirit of '76 Century 430

245 - Consolidation 2-8-0

246 - Spirit of '76 Super630 (1975-76)

247 - Spirit of America 4-6-0 Steamer

248 - Twin F-9As (Pwr & Dummy)

250 - Super630 (after 1977)

251 - GG1

253 - 1880 Ten-Wheeler 4-8-0

255 - E-7A

256 - 0-8-0 Loco and Tender

257 - 0-6-0 Loco and Tender

260 - Deluxe F-7A

263 - Alco 430 w/Caboose