Original page created on 30/05/2009; updated on 31/12/2022.
Brand - Reference
LS Models 40127 (three coaches),
40128 (three coaches), 40167, 40168 et 40170
Type
“Corail” VTU 75 coaches, listed below in the order of LS Models references.
| Coach | UIC number | Revision |
| A10tu | 50 87 10-77 049-8 | 14.2.76 |
| B11tu | 50 87 21-77 099-0 | 24.6.75 |
| B10tu | 50 87 20-77 158-5 | 3.8.75 |
| A10tu | 50 87 10-77 065-4 5 | 21.9.77 |
| B11tu | 50 87 21-77 072-7 4 | 12.5.75 |
| B5rtu | 50 87 85-77 009-2 5 | 10.7.78 |
| A10tu | 50 87 10-70 040-7 1 | 11.6.79 |
| B10tu | 50 87 20-77 145-2 3 | 3.10.75 |
| B10tu | 61 87 20-71 259-9 1 | *.*.75 |
Weight
120 g (NEM: 121 to 158 g); 143 g after installation of the lighting.
Comments
The body-to-roof junction is visible. The heating jumper cable location is not high enough.
The access handles are to be mounted, the holes are not drilled originally. A drilling template is available.
The interior is very detailed (two-coloured seats, luggage racks, etc.). It should be noted that LS Models respected the two different diagrams for the number of seats of the B10 and the B11!
There are light guides for the side light bars, but there is no indication of how to dispose of the light sources…
See:
- Loco-Revue Forum.
- gamos81.altervista.org for the reference list of issued VTU coach models.
Modifications
- Mounting of the handles (⌀ 0.4 drilling holes).
- Milling of the jumper plug location. See photo above of the 1st class coach.
The cables, very fragile, were replaced with pieces of wire-wrapping wire. Installation of a lighting strip with one LED per window, above the light guides located along the walls. The total number of LEDs is 24, including access platforms and toilets.- Replacement of the above lighting strip with a new one using flexible COB LED strips to illuminate all the lights in the room.
History
The VTU 75 program, covering 1300 coaches, breaks down as follows:
- 190 1st class coaches A10tu with 58 seats;
- 205 1st class coaches A10rtu with 58 seats, with kitchen area;
- 190 2nd class coaches B10tu with 80 seats;
- 518 2nd class coaches B11tu with 88 seats (closer seat pitch) ;
- 167 2nd class coaches B11rtu with 88 seats, with kitchen area;
- 30 “Corail Bar” coaches B5rtux with 40 2nd class seats.
The Corail 1 VTU programs will extend from 1978 to 1984, for a total of 2335 coaches produced. Some are still in use today (2014).
- Corail is an acronym for “Comfort on rail”, and a play on words with the French corail which means coral.
Source : trains-europe.fr
Documents
- Loco-Revue sheet
No. 578 / 12 / 1977 - 52nd series. Sheet preview.
- Loco-Revue No. 392 of March 1978.
- Ferrovissimo No. 13 of March 2007: Voitures Corail, ultime évolution d’une espèce.
- Wikipedia article.
Photo Demoy.
| Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall length | 26 400 | 303.4 | 303.0 |
| Body length | 26 100 | 300.0 | 300.3 |
| Width | 2 825 | 32.5 | 32.5 |
| Height | 4 050 | 46.6 | 46.8 1 |
| Pivot distance | 18 306 | 210.4 | 210.0 |
| Bogie wheelbase (Y32) | 2 560 | 29.4 | 29.2 |
| Wheel diameter | 890 | 10.2 | 10.1 |
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Document available as a PDF.
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For conditions, see page
Loco-Revue documentary sheets. .
Coaches built from 1975 by the companies Franco-Belge, Alsthom and Francorail-MTE. First introduction of air conditioning in 2nd class in France.