Ferieekspressen "København - Hamburg - Venezia SL" - part 2

 

ACME released multiple versions of the FS E.652 and so did Rivarossi. It took me a while to pull the trigger, but I got this one at a reasonable price:

ACME 60608 - FS E.625.039 - Ep V.

 

I bought the DC version and added a ESU LokPilot decoder:

 

 

Ferieekspressen "København - Hamburg - Venezia SL" - part 1

 

A while back, ACME released 2 carriage sets for the Ferieekspressen "København - Hamburg - Venezia SL". I wasn't able to find any pictures besides what is in the 2024 ACME catalog:

 

 

Here are the 2 sets:

ACME 55295 - 1x WRD (service car) and 3x Bc-t of the DSB

ACME 55296 - one WLABm 174 (Munich-Kassel bogies) and three Bcmh 246 (2x block brakemen, 1x disc brakemen) of the DB

And here's the train formation on Airtable:

 

I had everything except the engine, at least until recently! 

 

 

New engines

Three new acquisitions: two FS locomotives and one SNCF for NightJet night trains.

 

First FS locomotive: E.402

This is for my Intercity Notte composition. This is the video that triggered my interest, since it is a night train from Rome to Syracuse in Silicy. The train actually goes on a ferry!

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/brenner_pictures/52527567988/

As you can see on the video and the picture, there is an engine on each end of the formation. Here's my first E.402 engine - ACME 69388:

I'm having an issue with the sound of the decoder. It seems that it's a simple diesel sound, nowhere close to all the functions mentioned in the manual. At the same time, they mention a simple and complex mode, so I need to look more into it. For now, I gave it address #4021:

 

Second FS locomotive: E.656

This is for several train compositions:

• EuroCity 54/55 "Raffaello" Rome - Zurich
• EuroCity 70/71 "Colosseum" Roma Termini - Frankfurt(M) Hbf
• EuroNight 313/314 "Roma" Basel SBB - Roma Termini
• InterCity 242/243 "Drava"

and I'm sure many more ...

This is ACME 69396:

I gave it address #6562:

 

 

BR 185 for NightJet night trains

I reserved this one a while back to go with the NightJet night trains from LS Models.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mister_h77290/52897416230/

 
This is Roco 7510053:

 

For some reasons, I didn't manage to configure the address with JMRI as I usually do, so it is still set for #3 as of now.

 

New engines

 Some recent acquisitions ...

Piko 96315 DCC Sound

ACME 60190 & ESU LokSound V5 DCC

MTB H0CD362-040 & ESU LokPilot V4 DCC

Piko 96341 & Piko 56569

Piko 51957 DCC Sound

Roco 63555 & ESU 58820 LokSound V5 DCC Micro 8 Pin