Vru TEE “Mistral 69” dining-car Jouef

Original page created on 27/03/2020; updated on 11/03/2025.

Brand - Reference

Jouef HJ4123-3

Type

Vru TEE 66 dining-car known as “Mistral 69”

UIC number Revision date
61 87 88-89 054-8 5 7.11.74

Weight

167 g; 142 g after decreasing weight (NEM : 118 to 153 g).

Comments

Same comments as for the A8u and A8tu of the same production. Here perhaps more than for the other coaches, the one-piece moulded interior is not up to par with competing products.

A small additional defect here: the real coach doesn’t have built-in tail lights, as shown in the photo opposite.

See:

Modifications

  • One ballast plate (26 g) removed.
  • Installation of home-made electric jumpers.
  • Electrical equipment: 3-pole conductive couplings.
  • Decoration of the floor and walls, and tablecloths made with self-adhesive vinyl for inkjet printers.
  • Steps mounted on the bogie at one end, to improve the running in curve.
  • 23.6 mm long axles changed for longer ones (24.0) due to excessive clearance in the bearings.

History

Cars called Mistral 69, built in two series by Carel et Fouché. First series (type 64-66) of eleven coaches delivered in 1968/1970 for the Paris - Marseille - Nice (Le Mistral) and Paris - Dortmund (Paris - Ruhr) routes. Two additional units (type 70) delivered in 1973/74 to reinforce the previous routes and for the Paris - Milan route (Le Cisalpin).

These coaches have a dining room with 39 seats, and, of course, a splendidly fitted kitchen (in Encyclopédie des voitures SNCF, p. 345).

Main characteristics: tare 47 t; speed limit 160 km/h. Bogies Y26 P.

Sources: Encyclopédie des voitures SNCF, pages 341 to 351 (1990 edition); Le Train, les Archives de la DEV, volume 2, pages 28 to 63.

Documents

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Vru Mistral 69 dining-car - Photo J.-P. Demoy in Encyclopédie des voitures SNCF.

Dimension Actual 1:87 Model
Overall length 25 500 293.1 293.5
Body length 25 140 289.0 289.5
Chassis length 24 200 278.2 282.0
Width 2 858 32.9 33.0
Height 4 050 46.6 46.7
Pivot distance 18 100 208.0 207.8
Bogie wheelbase (Y26) 2 500 28.7 28,7
Wheel diameter 920 10.6 10.5
D B U
1.1 14.3 1 23.6
  1. NEM: 14.5 ± 0.1.
Table of registration from Le matériel moteur SNCF
Type Order UIC No. Number
Vruj 64-66 61 87 88-89 051 to 061 11
Vruj 70 61 87 88-89 062 and 063 2