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Tyco / Mantua

 

 

Tyco cars are plastic ready to run cars / Mantua was mostly kits

 

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Production Company Base Manufacturer Rating Set # Manf # Common Name Clic on Pic Additional Markings Car # Car Type Car Color(s) Lettering Color(s) Special notes Material
Tyco   OOP-3   370C Budweiser Anheuser-Busch none 40ft Wood sides Yellow / Tuscan White / Brown   Plastic
Tyco   OOP-3   359A Budweiser Anheuser-Busch 71529 50ft 3 Bay Hopper White / Red Blue / Red / White Hong Kong Plastic
Mantua Mantua Metal Products OOP-7   ?? Goetz Pic needed Country Club URTC 14313 ?? ?? ??   All Metal
Mantua Mantua Metal Products OOP-7   ?? Iron City Pittsburghs #1 beer MMP 709 ?? White / Red Black / Red / White   ??
Tyco   OOP-2   370B Miller High Life none 40ft Wood sides/ Metal roof & ends White / Green Red / Black / Orange Hong Kong Plastic
Mantua Mantua Metal Products OOP-7   3226 Pabst Pic needed ?? URTCo 91021 ?? ?? ??   Cardstock & Plastic
Tyco   OOP-4   355A-300 Schlitz In Brown Bottles URTX 93391 40ft Wood sides/ Metal roof & ends Yellow / Brown Brown / Blue / White Hong Kong Plastic
Tyco   OOP-2   355A-300 Schlitz In Brown Bottles URTX 93391 40ft Wood sides/ Metal roof & ends Yellow / Brown Red / Blue / White Hong Kong Plastic
Tyco Comparison Photo ---   355A-300 Schlitz Compare the two Schlitz Cars URTX 93391 40ft Wood sides/ Metal roof & ends Yellow / Brown Red-Letters VS Brown-Letters Hong Kong Plastic
Tyco   OOP-7 Special set   Budweiser Anheuser-Busch Eagle on Tender none Steam Loco Silver / Red / Black Yellow  Herald   Plastic
Tyco   OOP-7 Special set   Michelob Pic needed Michelob none 1890s Coach White / Black Red   Plastic
Tyco   OOP-7 Special set   Michelob Pic needed Michelob none 1890s Coach White / Black Red   Plastic

A note from Bill :

Mantua was started in the 1920s by John Tyler and a partner. They made their first trains in the late 1930s. In the mid 1950s they created the name TYCO for their "ready-to-run" line. They used the  Mantua name for the kits.  TYCO stands for Tyler Company. In the late 1960s  they dropped the Mantua name and used TYCO for RTR and kits. They sold the company to Quaker Oats sometime in the late 60s or early 70s. In 1977 or so, Norman Tyler  (John's son) purchased the old dies back and started up Mantua again. Most of what Mantua or Tyco produced until the mid to late 60s was USA  production. After that it was imported.  The new Mantua line was made in the U.S. until the mid 80s. The steam locos were made in the U.S. until Mantua closed in 2001. Most of the rest was made in China.