"Région Nord.Pas-de-Calais" TCR & non-TCR - part 1

I'm starting a new decal project and it is about the original VR2N in Nord Pas-de-Calais. It was before the TER and it was named TCR: Transport Collectif Régional. I have a previous post about, but I want here to centralize all the info, mostly pictures about it.

We start with videos:

 https://youtu.be/37y0Ai3FT-Y?t=77

 

https://youtu.be/qe3aMf56ZNg?t=1733

 

https://youtu.be/fae2YHY6Qpk?t=1242

 

And more pictures:

https://forum.lrpresse.fr/viewtopic.php?p=2218221#p2218221

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYgpme-BHc8/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7MQqKgoFy4/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7MRCAlIPVJ/

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=348780734453977&set=a.154266743905378

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3591701881092062&set=pcb.913986896848935

https://forum.lrpresse.fr/viewtopic.php?p=2849650&sid=d05388291775c26163926c300fc4174d#p2849650

https://forum.lrpresse.fr/viewtopic.php?p=2261627#p2261627

https://forum.lrpresse.fr/viewtopic.php?p=2261627#p2261627

 

 

http://transportrail.canalblog.com/pages/transport-ferroviaire-regional--2----1973-1995/36400229.html

https://www.flickr.com/photos/trains-en-voyage/52075750511/

https://www.archives.sncf.com

https://www.archives.sncf.com

La Vie du Rail № 2479 - 18 janvier 1995

La Vie du Rail № 1948 - 14 juin 1984

La Vie du Rail № 1948 - 14 juin 1984

La Vie du Rail № 1948 - 14 juin 1984

FS E.402

I have a couple of formations with FS E.402:

• EuroCity 54/55 "Raffaello" Rome - Zurich
• EuroCity 70/71 "Colosseum" Rome - Frankfurt 

Each requires a different version of the FS E.402A. I got those as ACME 60036 and ACME 60011. Both are analog and decided to convert them to digital. As it turns out, both of them already had a LokPilot installed!

 

 And the next one:

Traxx HLE 29 - part 10

And here's the video:

 

Traxx HLE 29 - part 9 and done

Here's how it looks after the varnish:

 

Removing the masking was very easy with a toothpick:

 

I fixed the couple of issues on the roof and started to look into the DCC decoder:

 

Here's the final result:

 

 

Traxx HLE 29 - part 8

Now the fronts ...