Hey everyone, this is my 100th post đŸ
So... what train will be my 100th post special? None! For my 100th post, on a train blog, I present to you... my cat!
Say hi to Gizmo, who is just lying here without a care in the world!
(I will update this post with a custom Crimson Eole carriage soon, celebrating 100 posts of trains, so stay tuned)
Sorry, it is in English, I drew this ages ago. The Regio 2Ns are shortened to 4 carriages so the poster is not 100 metres long!
It shows an MA51, MF88, MP05, MP14CA, MP14CC, MF19CC, MF19CA and an MF19CC in the inauguration livery.
All the models I took the side details from are designed by either Clem, or me. All of them, except the MF19s, have had remixes by me, except the MA51, which I drew.
Do not make my MP05, it is an abomination. Everything is out of scale. The one shown is made by Clem, it is okay. A full rebuild of it will be coming soon. Even worse, if you try making my MA 51, expect a long and tedious build process, the amount of components that need assembly means each carriage takes over 1 hour to put together. Lastly, do not go looking for an MF19CA model, it does not yet exist, I drew a front window on Clem's MF19CC to make a passable resemblance.
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Pneumatic version of the MF67D
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This is a of full-grip MF67, in the "King Blue" livery, with "full-grip" denoting all cars are powered.
Little history of these fascinating trains:
The MF 67 A was the first version to be manufactured, with the MF67 B prototypes (including the MF 67 W2, Zebulon), following soon after. Initially, all carriages were powered, to match the rapid acceleration of the MP 55s and MP 59s on Line 1 and Line 11, however these full-grip trains were soon broken up into 3M2T formation, instead of 5M formation. Some trains, on Line 3bis and initially Line 7bis, were 2M1T formation.
The MF 67 C was the second generation of MF 67s, and, like the MF 67 A, they initially ran as full-grip. This MF 67 C, known as an MF 67 Cx, was unique, as, unlike many others, it featured plug doors instead of the traditional sliding doors, with such doors later used on the MF 77. MF 67 Cx trains, which were experiments, were soon returned to type, as MF 67 C, before being rebuilt to MF 67 D specifications, along with the MF 67 A type, which were also rebuilt to MF 67 D specifications en masse. Ex-MF 67 Cx trains were among the first to be retired, in 2009.
Little sidenote: I could not find any photos of an MF 67 Cx, so I just made the doors how I assumed they would look, based on the MF 77.
MF 67 A coming soon!
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1951 was a good year for the Paris MĂ©tro, with several technological advancements taking place. As well as the worlds' first rubber-tyred train (the MP 51), the worlds' first articulated metro train, the MA 51/52, entered service.
After a trial period, operations began on lines 10 and 13, where it ran for 43 years until 1994. Several examples of the 42 produced have been preserved. Despite being highly successful, RATP obviously thought otherwise, as no articulated trains were made afterwards, making the 3-car MA 51 and its 2-car version, the MA 52, a unicorn, never to be recreated.
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This is the MP 51, the first driverless train (equipped with GoA2 ATO), and the first rubber-tyred train, to ever run. It ran on la voie navette, a disused section of track between 3bis and 7bis.
It had a pantograph for driving in the workshops. Only one carriage was ever produced.
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Line 1 (Pneumatic subway, Automatic Driving)
Surely you all remember my MP 05? Clem made a model of the MP 05, but it had small inaccuracies, so I tried making one in my style, and it turned out... poorly. So, I decided to make a newer model, changing up door sizes, cabin length etc, and I think it looks... quite accurate.
From my "Materiel Pneu" collection, I present, version 3 of the MP 05, in STĂF/RATP Silver/Jade green livery. It not-so-subtly shows that it is V3 on the base... it is the same width as the V2 MP 05, so carriages from a V2 can run with carriages from a V3, if you already have some V2 carriages.
Enjoy my slightly-more-exact model of an MP 05!
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Remember my MP14/8 CA "Météor"? I also built an MP14/5 CC (Ligne du Chùtelet) train, with a driver's cab, but it was so unsightly from the build process, that I never posted photos of it. Today, I printed a new body for it, and glued it over the old, damaged one. It looks beautiful now!
Cabin and no cabin!
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I love this...
This is an MI2N Eole, but with the layout of a Regio 2N...
This is a 6 carriage, short MI2N Eole, with long and short carriages like a Regio 2N. The carriages are not as pronounced in size difference, however. It has 2 motor cars, P2 and P5, 2 pantograph trailers (P1 and P3), as well as 2 non-pantograph collectors (P4 and P6). P1 and P6 both drive, and P1 is double decker, with P1 being single decker. The bogies on the single deck cars are really squished, I am working on replacement single-axle steerable bogies, which will make this even more cursed. P5 is also equipped with a water closet.
Enjoy!
