Saturday, October 7, 2023

Y 8000 and 2 wagons Millet

I saw this original formation a while back and I can now finally reproduce almost exactly!

Prototypical formation

The website says: "Petite compo originale avec l'Y 8082 avec la desserte des ateliers Arbel avec le 422015 Douai - Somain qui circule avec 3 heures d'avance !!"

https://lapassiondutrain.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-montigny-en-ostrevent-cote-douai-et.html

Miniature models

A video of the model version with the new Roco Y8000 (ref 72010) and two wagons from LS Models (ref 30586 & 30587)

Thursday, October 5, 2023

AGC X76500 Hauts-de-France from Rails Models Creation

A new model from Rails Models Creation ...

Prototypical cars

This is the new livery of those AGC since the new region Hauts-de-France was formed.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulg40100/52325273148/

Miniature models

A video of the model - same number as the photo above 😁:

And the engine on the ECoS:

Monday, October 2, 2023

X 73500 Nord Pas-de-Calais

Miniature Model

I found a somewhat cheap X 73500 from Jouef:

X 73505 - Jouef HJ2390S

I know that those engines ran in Nord Pas-de-Calais for a short time. While looking online, I found that CJ Models provides decals to make exactly those:

On the page for this item, it says that details are provided in the following magazine: RAIL MINIATURE FLASH RMF N°595 FEVRIER 2015

Real Engine

With the decals and Wikipedia, here's the list of X 73500 that ran in the region:

X 73500
Engin	Mise en service	Radiation	Dépôt	Baptême (date)	Activité
X 73749	12 mars 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée CIC 12/11
X 73762	7 mai 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée Région Midi-Pyrénées
X 73763	1^er juillet 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée CIC 12/11
X 73764	5 juin 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée CIC 12/11
X 73765	1^er juillet 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée CIC 12/11
X 73766	1^er juillet 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée CIC 12/11
X 73767	6 juin 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée CIC 12/11
X 73768	10 juin 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée CIC 12/11
X 73769	1^er juillet 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée CIC 12/11
X 73770	1^er juillet 2003	/	Calais	/	Mutée CIC 12/11

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C3%A9riel_roulant_du_TER_Nord-Pas-de-Calais

And some examples of the real engines:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/depotdelongueau/45078097024/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/depotdelongueau/47188065131/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jobiwannn/10621281373/

I'm waiting for the model, the decals, and the magazine ...

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Rame RRR Nord Pas-de-Calais from Rails Models Creation

I finally took the time to set up both RRR rames NPDC into the ECoS. Here's the link to the previous post about the somewhat complicated light functions of the decoder ...