New engines

Three new engines in the depot! Two PKP and one SNCF Infra

BB 79000

This is the new model from Jouef. It purchased the SNCF Infra version - Jouef HJ2439S - BB 679020.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexprevot/52318868842/

It came with an ESU decoder and I gave it address #7920:

PKP EP09

These are the new models from Piko. It purchased the yellow and the IC liveries:

• Piko 97522 - PKP EP09-045
• Piko 97525 - PKP EP09-046

https://www.flickr.com/photos/iks_berto/50222310903/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130444055@N06/31762519242/

 

Piko 97522 - PKP EP09-045

Piko 97525 - PKP EP09-046

I gave them addresses #945 and #946:

Z 24500 NPDC en livrée d'origine

 A while back, I purchased body shells of a Z24500 from Jouef, since the actual train set is almost impossible to find. I had the shells done to match the original livery. I then changed the body from a set I got with a livery I'm not interested in.

 

Prototypical EMU

Here are some pictures from the real thing:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hhhumber/5474243189/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/16412147@N08/8666123100/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/plzen242/49358365702/

 

Miniature Model 

Here's what I got made for me:

Here's the set I'm going to convert:

It's the reference Jouef HJ2122. It's the Métrolor livery for the Lorraine region. The body shell came with no pantograph, so I had to unscrew them from the Métrolor  body to the other one. It was very straight forward.

I added the two ESU decoders from Train Modelisme and some figurines as well. Here's the result:

 

Videos 

Interior lighting for Z 24500 - part 6 of 6

In the previous post, I successfully installed the ESU lighting strips in the intermediary car of my Z24500. Shortly after I removed the "old" LED strip from the two other cars thinking it would be now easy to upgrade with the ESU lighting strips.

I did the tear down and started looking into the ESU strips. As it turned out, there's very little head space in those cars because of the decoders and also in the upper section.

I left that project quite literally collect dust for many months, until today. As I was working on another Z24500 with the original livery, I came to the decision that I will not waste more time on that and gave up on adding the ESU strips.

As we stand today, that Z24500 has only the intermediary car with the ESU trip. I might, at some point, come back to it and reinstall the "old" LED strip. We'll see ....

 

Venice Simplon-Orient-Express - part 2

In this post, I'll focus on the models for the VSOE.

Locomotives

There are many locomotives pulling the VSOE during its journey throughout Europe. I focus on northern France and some of Belgium:

Icon	Description	Image	Reference	In stock
	BB 26000 Fantôme		Jouef HJ2166 Base Roco	✔
	BB 26000 Carmillon		Jouef HJ2214 Roco 73865	✔
	BB 26000 Béton		Jouef HJ2259	✔
	BB 26000 En Voyage		Jouef HJ2014 Jouef HJ2053	✔
	BB 26000 Multiservice		Jouef HJ2083	✔
	BB 26000 Fluo Grand Est		Piko 96149	✖
	BB 67400 En Voyage		Jouef HJ2020 REE MB-169	✔
	BB 67400 Bleue		REE MB-100	✔
	BB 67400 Fret		Jouef HJ2004 REE MB-069 Rivarossi R1682	✔
	BB 67400 Multiservice		Jouef HJ2049	✔
	Traxx BR 186 Lineas noire		Piko 97771 Piko 97775 Roco 73214	✔
	Traxx BR 186 Lineas Railpool		Base Piko	✔
	Traxx BR 186 Lineas blanche		Base Roco	✔
	BB 15000 TEE		LS Models 10489	✔
	BB 15000 En Voyage		LS Models 10485	✖
	BB 15000 Multiservice		LS Models 10490	✔
	BB 22200 Béton		LS Models 10053 Roco 73877	✔
	HLE 18²	\	LS Models	✔
	HLE 12		LS Models	✔
	HLE 27		LS Models	✔
	CC 72100 En Voyage		Roco 62978	✖

Passenger cars

Icon	Description	Image	Reference	In stock
	n°3425 Lits type S1			✖
	n°3482 Lits type Lx		HR4144 HR4321 - n°3525 n°3473	✔
	n°3525 Lits type Lx		HR4144 HR4321 - n°3525 n°3473	✔
	n°3552 Lits type Lx		HR4144 HR4321 - n°3525 n°3473	✔
	n°3539 Lits type Lx		HR4144 HR4321 - n°3525 n°3473	✔
	n°3543 Lits type Lx		HR4144 HR4321 - n°3525 n°3473	✔
	n°3912 Service type Yt			✖
	n°3674 Bar		HR4135 HR4319 - n°3674	✔
	n°4095 Restaurant		HR4322 - n°4110	✔
	n°4141 Salon		HR4322 - n°4141	✔
	n°4110 Restaurant		HR4322 - n°4110	✔
	n°3915 Service type Yt			✖
	n°3544 Lits type Lx		HR4144 HR4321 - n°3525 n°3473	✔
	n°3483 Lits type Lx		HR4144 HR4321 - n°3525 n°3473	✔
	n°3553 Lits type Lx		HR4144 HR4321 - n°3525 n°3473	✔
	n°3473 Lits type Lx		HR4144 HR4321 - n°3525 n°3473	✔
	n°3309 Lits type S1			✖
	FS UIC-X Bc I-IT		ACME 55224	✖

Still some research to do regarding the type S1 and type Yt cars!