Original page created on 01/04/2019; updated on 03/06/2019.
Brand - Reference
Jouef HJ4102-2
Type
A9tj DEV inox U56.
| UIC number | Revision date |
| 51 87 19-87 004-1 2 | 16.6.75 |
Weight
164 g; 118 g after removing the ballast (NEM: 115 to 150 g).
Comments
The wheels, very shiny, have a diameter of 10.4 mm, for 10.6 to scale, and a distance between tips of 25 mm. The wheel back-to-back distance is 14.2 mm, not compliant with the NEM 310 (14.5 ± 0.1).
The bogies and the chassis are fitted with dynamo, brake linkage, air tank and cylinder.
The coach is too high by at least 0.5 mm. Beware of the bosses on the bogies, under the drawbars, which serve to limit the rotation of the bogies, and which could lean against the chassis.
The pivoting of the bogies is bad; it will be improved by shortening the pivots.
Spring buffers are still too small and can easily get crooked.
See:
- Loco-Revue Forum Les voitures DEV Inox longues
- gamos81.altervista.org for the reference list of issued DEV inox coach models.
Modifications
- Chassis lowered by 0.5 mm by milling the bogie pivots. Coupling boxes shortened by 0.6 mm.
- 2-point suspension wedges.
- Lighting: current pickup by wires wrapped on the axles; control by latching reed; home made lighting strip.
- Floor and wall decoration by self-adhesive photo paper.
- A line of seats was cut in half to re-establish the 3-seater chart.
- Ballast (50 g) removed.
History
It is one of the four A9 DEV U56 coaches with central corridor, No. 51 87 19-87 001 to 004 put into service from 1957 for the Paris-Lille fast trains (source Le Train, Les archives de la DEV, p. 83). The original bogies are Y20H, often replaced later by Y24Z.
Note: the Paris-Lille “telephone” fast trains were composed of these four types of coaches. Typical composition: three or four A9j, one A5rtj (bar + telephone), one A9tj, one A6rtj (dining car), one A9tj, and one Dd4s luggage coach.
There is no A6rtj dining car model currently available.
Documents
- Loco-Revue sheet
No. 441 / 41973-73 a 37 (former series), about type 1969/1970. Sheet preview.
- Le Train, Les archives de la DEV, vol. 1.
- Wikipedia article.
- trains-europe.fr website.
Photo Coll. Coudert / Le Train.
| 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 | 45.3 1 |
| Pivot distance | 17 000 | 195.4 | 196.3 |
| Bogie wheelbase (Y20) | 2 300 | 26.4 | 26.2 |
| Wheel diameter | 920 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
|
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| DEV “inox” coaches belonging to the Nord Region in 1970: | |||
| Type | Order | UIC number | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| A9j | 1956 | 51 87 19-87 005 to 016 | 12 |
| A9j | 1957 | 51 87 19-87 024 and 025 | 2 |
| A9tj | 1956 | 51 87 19-87 001 to 004 | 4 |
| A9tj | 1963 | 51 87 19-80 064 to 069 | 6 |
| A5rtj | 1956 | 51 87 84-87 011 to 014 | 4 |
| A5rtj | 1964 | 51 87 84-87 033 | 1 |
| A6rtj | 1956 | 51 87 84-87 301 to 304 | 4 |
| A6rtj | 1963 | 51 87 84-87 308 | 1 |
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 uniformly painted in white, but there are now inserted seats painted red. Unfortunately, there are four places abreast, whereas there should be only three! This is all the more stupid since there are the proper seats in the A5rt released under the same reference! Otherwise, there is little change compared to previous productions.