B⁸tm 3-axle Sud-Est modernized coach Fleischmann

Brand - Reference

Fleischmann 1442

Type

3-axle B⁹tz ex-B⁸tm

SNCF number	Revision date
56 090	—

Weight

90 g (NEM: 67 to 87 g)

Comments

UIC numbering: 50 87 23-17 ...-.

Two units.

As is often the case with Fleischmann (and sometimes even today), this coach is at the same time too short, too wide and too high!

The suspension system and the axle boxes don’t correspond to the French type.

Modifications

• Profi couplings
• Roco elongating drawbars

History

These modernized, three-axle, second-class/van coaches come from the transformation from 1952 to 1959 of Sud-Est 3-axle suburban or stop-train coaches ex PLM A⁶t 2026-2141, A³B³t, 4001-4064, B⁷t 8017-8215, C⁸t 13118-15540 and C⁸tf 16812-16999 (in Loco-Revue sheet).

Documents

• Loco-Revue sheet No. 94 / 111967-65 d 8 (former series).
• Wikipedia article