Wiring diagrams for vintage tyco layouts

[Buckeye2009]

I have a vintage tyco train set. It runs on two (2) transformers, has 10 switches and I can park 4 trains while running one on outside track. The set as been inactive for several years and I am looking for some help in verifying the wiring.

Thanks

 

[UP2CSX]

It's hard to tell exactly what you have by your description. There's nothing special about Tyco train sets that doesn't apply to all HO scale layouts. Do you have a control panel with toggle switches that can cut power to the tracks that you have the 4 trains spotted on? If so, there is a gap cut just beyond the switch and wires soldered to the the track. The wires would run to a bus under the layout that would lead back to the control panel and the two power packs. It's also possible that you have power routing switches. This means that only the mainline would have power until the switch is thrown to the diverging track. You would still have to have some wires from the side tracks back to the power packs. Some pictures of your layout and wiring would be very helpful in determining exactly what you have.

 

[Dan Watkins]

Can't help you with the wiring but seeing the title of this post really takes me back.
My first HO set was a Tyco which I acquired somewhere around 64-65 when I was in junior high school. Still have all 5 cars and the loco that ran em. Even have all the original boxes they came in (the large one which holds all the smaller boxes has a big "Made in the USA" stamped on it). Cost - $29.98 , including power pack - kinda brings a tear to my eye.
Dan

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