Traxx HLE 29 - part 10

And here's the video:

 

Ferieekspressen "København - Hamburg - Venezia SL" - part 3

 And finally, here's the video:

AM08 & AM86

 

Just a quick video while I was running trains ...

 

ČD 359 Západní expres

 

Here's my ČD 359 Západní expres running from München to Praha in 2019. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cosmostrainadventures/40558916783/

Here's the original on vagonweb.cz.

In HO scale, it is as follow:

Description	Image	Reference	In stock
ČD 362		MTB HOCD362-040	✔
ČD Bdmpee		ACME 55293	✔
ČD Bdmpee		ACME 55293	✔
DLB ABbmdz		ACME 55199	✔
DLB Bmz		ACME 55199	✔

And here's the video:

Avala - Winter 1992 - Wien -> Beograd

Sadly I could not find a photo or a video of the Avala with a V63 ; instead ACME provides one with a V43 engine - which is announced by Piko ...

https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=%C3%96BB&cislo=345&rok=1992

It nicely matches exactly what is provided on vagonweb.cz:

Description	Image	Reference	In stock
MÁV V63		ACME 60661	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55074	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55074	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55074	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55310	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55310	✔
JŽ WRm		ACME 55310	✔
JŽ Alm		ACME 55074	✔
ÖBB ABm		RailTop 32301	✔
ÖBB Bm		RailTop 32203	✔
ÖBB Bm		RailTop 32203.2	✔

And here's the video:

 

Ost-West-Express - Summer 1995 - Bruxelles-Midi -> Moscow–Belorussky

 

Here's my first video of a complete Ost-West-Express train formation! This is the original picture:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/157299819@N02/52329486814/in/photostream/

It nicely matches exactly what is provided on vagonweb.cz. I eventually managed to have every single passenger car required for this formation.

Description	Image	Reference	In stock
DB BR 112		Roco 63555	✔
RŽD WLABmee		LS Models 48010, 48011, 48012	✔
RŽD WLABmee		LS Models 48010, 48011, 48012	✔
RŽD WLABmee		LS Models 48010, 48011, 48012	✔
RŽD WLABmee		LS Models 48010, 48011, 48012	✔
RŽD WLABmee		LS Models 48010, 48011, 48012	✔
RŽD WLABm		ACME 55136	✔
UZ WLABmee		LS Models 48023, 48211	✔
PKP WLABd		Roco 6200062	✔
PKP Bcdmnu		ACME 55055	✔
PKP Bdmnu		ACME 55135	✔
PKP Bdmnu		ACME 55135	✔
PKP Bdmnu		ACME 55135	✔
PKP Bdmnu		ACME 55135	✔
PKP Bcdmnu		ACME 55055	✔
PKP WLABd		Roco 6200062	✔

Here's the running formation:

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 

RegioJet

 

I finally found the engine for my RegioJet consist!

 

I also found reasonably priced RegioJet cars from Roco: 3x Roco 74338. The bogie is similar to one of the ACME cars. I think the Roco car is a Bmz Tipo Z ex ÖBB.

 

Here's the video:

 

 

Maubeuge - Paris

 

Before it is too late, here's a formation for Paris - Maubeuge based on a BB 22200 engine with Corail passenger cars. Those will disappear very soon in favor of modern EMUs ...

Prototypical formation

Here are two of many pictures available online:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ferimages/52347745179/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ferimages/53114262409/

Miniature models

The locomotives have been released by LS Models and Roco, and interestingly enough, the same goes for the passenger cars!