Type MU 1968 sleeping car Jouef

(Plastic) spring buffers useless because the gangway rubber joints are in contact (unless coupled directly to a loco).

NEM boxes are removable and have two different possible positions.

According to Pierre B in the Loco-Revue forum, this car does not correspond to the type indicated, because it does not have the two toilets side compartments, as on the photo of Tobias Köhler (car ÖBB), but one on each side. We see that the position of the two small windows does not match. On the other side, there should be only one small window. The ACME car is correct from this point of view.

Warning: this car does not disassemble conventionally: after (easily) unclipped the roof, don’t try to spread the sides of the body by inserting plastic cards, because a false inner frame moulded with the body prevents that. Simply remove the end clips from the inside using a screwdriver, then pull the chassis.

See:

• Loco-Revue Forum for the peculiarities of each series of cars.
• Loco-Revue Forum for the reference 4019 in particular.
• gamos81.altervista.org for the reference list of issued MU sleeping car models.

… But in fact, the HJ car, whose toilets are on both sides, doesn’t belong to the series above. It is however air-conditioned (we can see the air conditioning units under the body). The overall appearance as well as the handrails suggest a FIAT, which can only belong to the series 4806 to 4820, built in 1968-69. The first twelve were under FS management, but the last three, first under DB management, were then transferred (between 1984 and 1986 according to cegesy on the LR forum) to the SNCF. Their UIC numbers then became 71 87 72-70 606-2, 607-0 and 608-8 (the serial numbers remained the same, only the number of the proprietary administration changed from 80 to 87). These would be the most likely numbers for the HJ car.