TYCO US1 Custom Portable Track Layout
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TYCO US1 Electric Trucking custom layout
Features:
• 44 x 88 inch layout
• All track connections are soldered to 16 gauge wires underneath for consistent and reliable track voltage.
• 3D printed buildings (tire shop, Quonset hut, car dealership)
• Billboards and freeway signs are 3D printed
• Freeway signs are reproductions faithful to the original TYCO designs, plus some unique ones.
• Motorized, 3D printed oil pump jack
• Custom power supply and electrical layout featuring separate lines for lighting and accessories. (12, 9, and 5 volt)
• Switching center with LED indicators for power and track polarity.
• Log loader modified to move in forward and reverse
• Redesigned auto un-loader (3D printed)
• Trucks retrofitted with LED headlights, functional in forward and reverse
• Unique layout designed to be compact and transportable.
• Fiber optic airport runway lighting
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My dad set this up for me and my brother back when I was a kid, and we would play with it for HOURS. Over the years I always looked with envy at the big rigs and dump trucks passing by. Welp, it's never too late. I'm closing in on 50, and got my CDL earlier this year. I go into training to drive a tractor-trailer for a farm/ranch supply chain on Tuesday. 🤠👍
@tamarasilveira4552
4 ай бұрын
😊
@jeremykiahsobyk102
4 ай бұрын
So the farm/ranch supply people ended up being total pieces of shit, so I went OTR. I've now picked up or delivered freight in almost every one of the lower 48, and been through almost every one I haven't. No Dakotas, Wisconsin, or Minnesota, or Maine, but everywhere else, I've been there.
this is amazing I'm 66 years old and I've never seen a Tyco track like this unbelievable
@customcreations-rickkramer5357
3 жыл бұрын
That's nothing...I'm 55 and I'm never seen anything like that at all. Used to do the train thing but too expensive anymore.
Kids nowadays are getting robbed
@byamps422
7 ай бұрын
I feel so incredibly scammed this is so much cooler than anything I had
@SPCLPONY
Ай бұрын
I still have all of my Tyco slot cars and US-1 trucks. That blue cab over was one of my favorites. I love this portable table top set up! I only have a couple of the original buildings and a clothes basket full of the gray US-1 track, but it would be a good start on a old ping pong table I have. I was hoping to see the rare black tow truck with yellow flashing lights on the roof.... and the fire truck with flashing red lights and a sometimes annoying dinging bell on his layout. I'll be sure to include them on mine.
I finally found the missing part of my childhood. I must now acquire it.
Santa brought me the "7 action" set. What a fantanstic toy! TYCO had it figured out right down to the low gearing. Kids of today have no idea what a great toy is! The very fact that you can find these, and they still work ,is a testament to the build quality. Thanks for the memories!!!
@nitrobobgamez865
3 жыл бұрын
And then there's young me who enjoys model railroading, and none of the other kids understand
@ricko3242
3 жыл бұрын
@@nitrobobgamez865 Thats O.K. Old me plays with trains now.
@thephoenixking1086
3 жыл бұрын
@@nitrobobgamez865 Yup, everyone has their faces slammed into their phones these day's, there is no fun, no joy, no interaction or socialising anymore, just "Hey" and "OK"... How society has fallen.
That is cool. If I am not mistaken, tyco also incorporated a train crossing for your HO train to work with Trucking USA set.
@vistalite-ph4zw
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I had one and it was hard to find in my area. I finally got one at a Toys R Us. It was a straight track and was black. Don't know why it wasn't gray.
@joseywilds3133
3 жыл бұрын
I also had one, used for this track and my A-Team HO scale train set
@yodasmomisondrugs7959
3 жыл бұрын
That's what made me click this video.
I remember having basically all of those different little attachments with my full trucking set as a kid. It was one of my favorite things. That's seriously cool! Watching this brought back so many wonderful memories, thank you for that.
The car loading and unloading is genius!
That is fantastic. I remember this line from when I was a kid but the layout and its ability to be transported is next level BRILLIANT.
Your setup is really well designed! Watching this makes me miss my US1 collection! Thank you for sharing!
I have never seen a track like this! So cool! I keep laughing at the trucks working with aggression!!! lol. Catzilla must enjoy taking over the town!
@LesterMoore
3 жыл бұрын
Wait'll they become Teamster organized. That will slow things down.
I had a layout similar to this one back in the early / mid 80's. Hours and hours of fun that was!
I never saw one like this. I often thought of using a slot track with a train layout and have it wired for a two lane road instead of the same direction side by side. Here Tyco did it with a lot of bells and whistles, so to speak. Thanks for the display and video!
I have a number of the accessories in the original package. Fire Station's, Truck Stop, Pipe Unloading Crane, Auto Trailer, and others. Real nice layout.
As a train guy, I have to say that is a pretty awesome setup. Well done.
Not sure why this showed up on my feed but I'm glad it did. So cool!
I've not seen anything as great in my 64 years. Pure genius on the storage part. The thrill is everything works at an astounding level. As an Aurora collector, I can say there was nothing quite like this. The best part - you get to actually play with this incredible set up. WOW
Love it; absolutely love it. You just took most of my 56 years off me; I feel like a kid again. Thank you.
Woman: "I bet he's dreaming of other women" Guy: ......
Totally groovy. Tyco set back in the early 80's my brother and I had a Tyco Trans Am race car set. It was a blast I miss those days.
I still have all these vehicles and accessories. Nice to know I’m not the only one.
I have a bunch of this sitting in boxes in my garage, still have the trucks too, probably don't have a lot of the little stations anymore as I believe those got scattered around a bit. I never saw the car carrier one, I have the airport and the log one and one or 2 others, definitely need to pull it all out and set it up some day. This is totally bringing back so many rad memories, thanks for sharing.
I forgot that I used to have one of these sets... Seeing the green dump popped the memory back.
I had this!! my dad brought the sets, including Howard Hanna building and restaurants.. even had the racers and extra Trax too!😯😮🤯
This is soooo much fun and creative!Well done!Im here because I recently "disover" an old TYCO Formula 1 track set that I have laying around in my old parents house since my childhood!!!So much memories and I think its time to start building something...!!!!Thanks for this video!
I remember these :). I had no idea they were so interactive!!!!
I remember seeing these advertised on tv and wanting one so bad when I was younger. I had forgotten about it until seeing this video.
Love the point of view from the trucks!!
Never knew TYCO made something like this... Awsome
Had 5 sets of these as a kid in the 80s--put them all together...loved it. Including the one that came with the oval railroad added to the tyco truck set.
My god that brought back memories. I absolutely loved this as a kid.
Absolutely love this!!!! I had tyco US 1 electric trucking when I was a kid. Now at 48 I do it for a living here in NYC lol...thank you so much for this
Totally coolness best thing bout having a Tyco trucks or train set is the fact you can cut the lights off and run it at night which makes it even cooler, wishing I could relive my Tyco yrs over again
Great job, thanks for the memories. The only thing missing is Benny Hill music 😂😂
Wow, talk about a blast from the past...I'm 45 now, and still remember having this track when I was really young
When I was younger, all my friends and I had at least 1 of the accessory sets for this line, with the 1 piece of track with the spur... but NONE of us had the actual set with the controller! So here we are, 30 years or so later... and thanks to KZread apparently deep scanning my brain... I now get to see a fully operational set!
This was the best Christmas gift my parents gave me as a child. I spent hours playing with this everyday. I'll never forget this.
Omg!! Thank you so much it felt like 1983 I'm in tears😢😉😉
@scottgrabau7940
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it.
you have brought back so many memories with this, i have recently rekindled my slot car hobby and this my second set I had, I so wish I had kept it.
Made me feel like I was 12 y/o again... probably makes you feel like that too when you’re playing with it... What an awesome build/design for storage...if I only had the time, I’d do this with my slot car track...only part city/part desert highway... THANKS FOR SHARING..!!!👍👍
My eyes got huge when you flipped over the one panel as you packed up the display- super cool- thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the memories. I remember having a two truck set and can recall the green dump truck vividly. It was an amazing toy.
Holy crap. I actually remember having this set. Mine had a cop car with it. Thanks for posting
I had so much fun with my US1 set as a kid. Later in my teen years we would do "Road Warrior" stuff with our slot car tracks. I can tell you that green dump truck, with the bed flipped over like a shell, tooth pick "logs" on the front and sides, turned it into a beast.
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen
That's a great layout and I love the updates and upgrades.
I wanted the trucking set so bad when I was little, I did have a cool tyco cliffhanger set and a really neat tyck turbo hopper dune buggy slot car set with hills and mountains. I always wanted to make a baja 500 style layout for the off road set. Your portable layout idea is great!
I had that when I was little, best Christmas ever.
I had one of these sets as a kid, About 1980? it was a lot of fun. thanks for the memory. Nice layout.
I have a bunch of US1 stuff and some nice trucks I was going to sell, and after watching this I think I’ll set it up and enjoy it.
That was amazing, inventive, creative, innovative, ingenious, and looked like a ton of fun! The video was funny as hell! Really really well done all around! The portability factor was also a work of genius! I had so much Tyco stuff...I even worked for Tyco in the early 80's! I had no idea this existed until recently! Where was I?!?! I now want to dismantle my recently built model RR and start all over with this!
Absolutely gob smacking! This layout is a brilliant display of ingenuity and modelling skill. Thanks for sharing
Wow. Stunning. That looks like hours of fun, especially the car loading/unloading. A great video.
Wow, very cool. I have a small US1 trucking set. Green dump truck with the logs, and a red semi tractor with a Navajo trailer.
I had the Tyco US1 Fire Alert which I integrated with an HO model railroad I built as a "tween." On the layout were Girder and Panel Buildings, Hot Wheels and MatchBox vehicles, and a general mix of Bachmann, Tyco, Lifelike and Atlas products. Great times.
@slashmaster2
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you wanted to be a real good trucker son who knew what you had to do. Get the action going on US1 where the trucks go on through!
Wow , I had some of these as a kid . But they never seemed to function properly like this. Nice memories
Oh…my…god. I wanted one of these soooooooo bad for Christmas one year. It was when it got real popular because there were commercials running all the time. Couldn’t find a set anywhere in New York. I literally cried that Xmas. Never got one 😢
What a great system. Never seen it before (that I recall). Thanks for this.
My brother & I had the basic of basic Tyco semi truck set. he had the red & silver semi truck with the P. I.E. van trailer & i had the green dump truck. His truck would hook & unhook from the trailer at his terminal. My truck would dump the wooden logs at the sawmil terminal. And around & round & round the highway track we would truck. . . .for hours! Thankya for bringing back the memories
Always saw this stuff at slot shows but never saw it in action. That was cool. Thanks
I had the original us1, fire alert and GI Joe US1! I miss that dump truck! It was the fastest one!!!
wow. remember the TV ads but havnt seen them since. very cool to ad to an HO train layout with other Tyco accs like it
Awesome layout brother ! Brings back great memories ! Kids today have NO IDEA the great toys we had growing up !
I had this back when I was a kid-- so much fun
Talk about a blast from the past lol. I had this when I was a kid. It was awesome.
This was my favorite toy as a child thanks for the post
That's an awesome set, I bought a random slot car lot a few years back and it had the turnoff pieces in it.. and I never understood what it was for .. Now I know.. Thanks for sharing
Take it with you on business trips! To the beach! The basketball game! Wherever you go, you'll always be ready for big-rig fun! ; P
These were the coolest! Very nice setup! Race On!
That is just incredible! What a fantastic layout! Very, VERY well done!
I miss these. 😅 The dash cam 😄😄😄 love it.
This is actually real cool! I remember the commercials.
Thanks for posting this awesome video-absolutely loved it -Very inspiring!!
Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about US1! What a neat layout!
Now that is awesome to look at. I enjoyed this video in its entirety. Thanks for sharing
That is a really awesome setup and design for storage! I received one US1 trucking set when I was in high school and I would like to eventually expand upon. The pipe loading crane never worked properly even when new.
Very nice enjoyed this brings back good memories of my Aurora T-jet set
I had this as a kid. I had an airport and when the wheels hit the gears I think it turned a helicopter's rotors. This is a great video!
Oh man that brings back memories lol I wish I had that still
I remember this set. It was a lot of fun. I had a few of the tracks. It's a shame you don't see TYCO sets anymore.
@ToyKingWonder
Жыл бұрын
Tyco, IIRC, bought out by Mattel, and eliminated.
That’s awesome. Never saw this set before
Simplemente: "GENIAL". Yo no conocía esta serie de Tyco. Tengo un Tyco train "Railroad Empire II" hace 30 años. Gran marca. Gracias por el video. Escribo desde Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
WOW I remember those toys. That is the ultimate setup for sure!
I remember those. I didn't realize there were so many accessories. Very nice 👍👍
Really Cool Portable Layout. Nice how it Packs Up!
Wow did I just have flashbacks to being a kid. I had the green tandem, and the yellow tractor with the gravel trailer. Thanks for the memories! Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure it's still in a box somewhere in the basement!
Nice! I had the track with the barricade light that flashed where it came close to crash vehicles in the 80's. Two battery street lights and overhead highway sign!
Besides the one with 4 spd controllers, this is my favorite set. Only because I had the first set and was too old for this one, here I am in my 50’s and I still love it.
Wow! Had a couple of the trucks but nothing like this. Well done. Someone definitely put thought into loading the trucks hands free. Clever storage as well.
I never knew the Marvel comic was a tie-in until tonight. Awesome video showcasing the product. The loading and unloading features are nice
I remember seeing this in the Sears catalog way back.. i wanted it sooo bad. :/
Insane speed of the vehicules!
Awesome video!!! One of my all-time favorite toys.
The storage system is phenomenal!
Christmas 82....best Christmas ever.
This is so cool! I had a truck slot set when I was a kid which had a tipper & a semi-trailer & I remember loving it! No where near as good at this though!
My buddy had one of these as a kid and we loved it
Wicked setup! Wish I still had all this stuff. Mom sold it all at a garage sale when I entered the Service along with all my Star Wars stuff ;(
Thank you for the memories!
The power of Commercials....when Id see these Toys on Commercials as a kid (im 50), I thought I could BUILD THE WORLD if only I had one of these lol........ Look, moves Rocks and Pipes... I could build a WHOLE TOWN with this equipment lol
@cpoky
7 ай бұрын
LMAO.... Cat was like "ITS 3 IN THE MORNING JIM......... ENOUGH" lol