Original page created on 11/06/2019; updated on 03/08/2020.
Brand - Reference
Jouef HJ4101-1
Type
A7Dtj DEV inox U63.
| UIC number | Revision date |
| 51 87 81-80 504-9 3 | 18.5.73 |
Weight
162 g; 120 g after removing the ballast (NEM: 115 to 150 g).
Comments
Big news: the roof and the body are one. At last, they solve the problem of imperfect junction between these two parts. This requires dismantling the chassis to install passengers or lighting, but this disassembly is much easier than on the former productions.
The wheels, very bright, have a diameter of 10.5 mm, for 10.6 to scale. See axle specifications in the table of dimensions.
The bogies (Y24) and the chassis received the following parts: dynamo, linkage, brake tank and cylinder.
The coach is practically at the right height on the dynamo side and a bit too high (+ 25/100 mm) on the other. There are no more stops to limit the pivoting of the bogies, which are easily skewed, as well as the spring buffers, whose heads are still too small.
Other small improvements: the window panes are more flat; underbody marking plates are no longer glued, but are integral with the body; the handrails are inserted (but it’s not quite obvious!).
In 2013, B. Bayle criticized HJ for not having respected the body
cut-out for the electric heating cables for their Srj. Well, this time,
this is the case on this A7Dtj. See the comparison photo.
See:
- Forum-Train Les DEV HJ
- gamos81.altervista.org for the reference list of issued DEV inox coach models.
Modifications
- Floor and seat headrests painted.
- Ballast (52 g) removed.
- Lighting: current pickup by wires wrapped on the axles; lighting strip with eleven 4000 K LEDs, controlled by latching reed switch. Red lights installed.
- Nickel silver grid on luggage room window. Photo.
History
This is one of the four DEV U63 1st class / luggage coaches with central corridor, No. 51 87 81-80 511 to 514 put into service from 1965 on the fast trains of the Est region. They are equipped with Y24z bogies and UIC rubber joints. I did not find any trace of the number used on the HJ coach, which seems fancy.
Documents
- Le Train, Les archives de la DEV, tome 1.
- Wikipedia article.
- trains-europe.fr website.
Photo J.-M. Frybourg in Encyclopédie des voitures SNCF, 1990 ed., p. 292.
| Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall length | 25 094 | 288.4 | 288.0 |
| Chassis length | 24 036 | 276.3 | 276.6 |
| Width | 2 887 | 33.2 | 33.4 |
| Height | 3 880 | 44.6 | 44.7 |
| Pivot distance | 17 000 | 195.4 | 196.3 |
| Bogie wheelbase | 2 300 | 26.4 | 26.2 |
| Wheel diameter | 920 | 10.6 | 10.5 |
| D | B | U | |
| 1.05 | 14.3 1 | 25.0 | |
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| DEV “inox” long coaches at the Est region in 1970: | |||
| Type | Order | UIC number | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| A9j | 1958 | 51 87 19-87 049 to 085 | 5 |
| A7Dtj | 1963 | 51 87 81-40 511 to 514 | 4 |
| A5rtj | 1964 | 51 87 84-80 029 to 032 | 4 |
| A6rtj | 1963 | 51 87 84-80 305 to 307 | 3 |
| B10j | 1959 | 51 87 20-80 001 to 008 | 8 |
| B10j | 1959 | 51 87 20-87 066 to 080 | 15 |
| B10j | 1959 | 51 87 20-87 094 to 097 | 4 |
| There is presently no model of A6rtj dining-car. | |||
Division des études des voitures of the SNCF.
“inox” = stainless steel,
as opposed to DEV AO, ordinary steel.
Document available as a PDF.
If you are interested, please let me know by e-mail,
specifying the title of the document-s.
For conditions, see page
Loco-Revue documentary sheets. .
The interior is painted uniformly in off-white, but there are now inserted seats, painted red. And, unlike what happens in A9tj HJ4102-2, there are three seats in front.