EPM turbotrain

[Barry Ten]

After quite a wait for my order I've finally got my hands on the EPM turbotrain. It's a very impressive model, well worth the wait (not to mention the considerable VAT I had

to pay to import it):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Allegheny1600]

It sure is a smashing looking model.

Thanks for showing it, I didn’t know anything about it before.

Cheers,

John

[Gordonwis]

Looks good. The windscreen wipers look a bit heavy

[Fat Controller]

Looks a nice model. I travelled on these a few times; St Lazare to Caen, Gare du Nord to Boulogne Aeroglisseurs. Very comfortable. They were very noisy, though; when visiting the southern Beaujolais, we'd hear them about five minutes before they passed the house.

[Gordonwis]

5 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

Looks a nice model. I travelled on these a few times; St Lazare to Caen, Gare du Nord to Boulogne Aeroglisseurs. Very comfortable. They were very noisy, though; when visiting the southern Beaujolais, we'd hear them about five minutes before they passed the house.

 

I assume by southern Beaujolais, you mean the area close to Tarare / Amplepuis. If so then I'm not surprised as the that is the Lyon - Roanne line traversed by Lyon - Bordeaux RTGs, one of the most steeply graded in France (the legendary Rampe des Sauvages )

Edited June 25, 2021 by Gordonwis

[Fat Controller]

21 minutes ago, Gordonwis said:

 

I assume by southern Beaujolais, you mean the area close to Tarare / Amplepuis. If so then I'm not surprised as the that is the Lyon - Roanne line traversed by Lyon - Bordeaux RTGs, one of the most steeply graded in France (the legendary Rampe des Sauvages )

It's the next valley up, that of the Azergues, which is almost as steep, and has a helix (partially in tunnel) to gain height. These days, it's a single track, lightly-trafficked, but when I first went to the area in 1976, there was quite a lot of freight traffic, along with longer-distance passenger trains

[Gordonwis]

On 25/06/2021 at 17:22, Fat Controller said:

It's the next valley up, that of the Azergues, which is almost as steep, and has a helix (partially in tunnel) to gain height. These days, it's a single track, lightly-trafficked, but when I first went to the area in 1976, there was quite a lot of freight traffic, along with longer-distance passenger trains

 

I'm very familiar with the Azergues line and Claveisolles spiral tunnel, but AFAIK the RTG Turbotrains never went that way though, hence why I thought you were referring to the Sauvages.