The brand REE Modèles offers a BACALAN buffet car, in scale H0 1/87th, under reference VB373.
- Railway equipment with NEM 362 coupler box registration 54863.
- Very detailed bodywork, interior and printing to get as close as possible to the original model.
- Operates under current continuous 2 rails and is fitted with a green livery with old logo of the SNCF finally inscribed in yellow.
- Car running for the railway company SNCF during theIIIb.
- Car BACALAN Buffet B3r of 2nd class possessing a length of 263mm.
- This scaled-down model reproduces the working condition of this rollert in the IIIb era (1950-1955), when the third class disappeared from the trains of the compagnie ferroviaire nationale.
A little history:
The Bacalan carriages were put into service in the early 1930s. At the time, the PLM company ordered 185 of them from the manufacturer Dyle et Bacalan, based in Bordeaux. The metal bodies of these rail vehicles were riveted, a distinctive feature throughout their career. With a length of 22.750 m, they were extremely robust. At the beginning of the 1980s, 50 years after they were built, there were still 89 examples in circulation. 12 models were converted into restaurant cars, known as B3r.
