Vru DEV 1962 dining car LS Models

Then, looking at the ends, I realize that the colour is a little lighter on the roof than on the body.

The frame of the door windows is much too thick and metallic colour, so even more visible. Here too, the “Gril Express” was better. The small handrails next to the doors are still not inserted, as do REE on their however less expensive UIC cars.

Nevertheless, this coach is much better than the Roco.

There is no jamming of drawbar nor difficulty to insert a coupling head, as it may have been the case on previous productions. There is also no significant difference in height between the ends, this height being, however, too low of 0.5 mm.

Here are some comparative photos with other cars.

• with the “Gril Express” LS Models (ref. 40150)
• with the Vru Roco (ref. 45210.1)
• with a UIC A⁹ REE (ref. VB-099-2)

See:

• Loco-Revue Forum.
• gamos81.altervista.org for the reference list of issued dining car models.

Different liveries were successively applied (images from mlgtraffic):

• red with horizontal white and vertical grey stripes around the windows;
• red “Capitole” with a broad off-white stripe under the windows;
• red and metallic grey (the current coach’s) related to C160 livery (“garrigue” green and metallic grey);
• red and cement grey;
• Corail.

Note: the name DEV 66 is often used for these coaches; this is their delivery date. But, according to La Vie du Rail at the time, it’s indeed the type 1962.

Incidentally, one of these coaches was installed in the car park of the secondary school where I spent most of my career (Paul Eluard in St Denis) in the 1990s, to become a … restaurant, named Le Rail d’Ouessant. Painted in turquoise, it served as a training centre for tableware. Warning: this restaurant is now closed. More on the Parisien newspaper website.