RMweb Gold TravisM Posted January 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2017 Just spent a enjoyable few days with my girlfriend and here father here in Lille but had a disappointing visit to Lille Flanders station to find only units working the services there. Â Is this the case now or are there still loco hauled services being used. Â I even took a quick detour to Deliverance yard and surprised to see very little there and appeared to see little use. Â What a difference from when I was last there (albeit 16 years ago). Â Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I'm pretty certain the last loco-hauled local services have now been replaced by units of various types. Deliverance is now only used for laying-over freights, and for loco/crew changes; such marshalling of freights that does occur takes place in either Somain or Dunkerque Grande Synthe. The container terminal at St Saveur has been moved to a much bigger site at Dourges, near Lens. There is an interesting blog of rail activity, mainly around Hazebrouck, here:-  https://lapassiondutrain.blogspot.co.uk/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted January 1, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2017 I'm pretty certain the last loco-hauled local services have now been replaced by units of various types. Deliverance is now only used for laying-over freights, and for loco/crew changes; such marshalling of freights that does occur takes place in either Somain or Dunkerque Grande Synthe. The container terminal at St Saveur has been moved to a much bigger site at Dourges, near Lens. There is an interesting blog of rail activity, mainly around Hazebrouck, here:-  https://lapassiondutrain.blogspot.co.uk/  That's pretty much what I got the impression of.  Hazebrouck looks like a pretty interesting place to visit.  Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 That's pretty much what I got the impression of. Â Hazebrouck looks like a pretty interesting place to visit. Â Julian Sprott It's probably one of the busiest locations in the region, being where the Dunkerque- Lens and Calais- Lille lines cross. There's a wagon works next to the station, now owned by Colas, which also does work on locos; it would appear that it's being extended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted January 2, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2017 I just found this on the Hornby International website.  As I saw several, I wouldn't mind getting one but does anyone have any opinions on them and a good source to get one?  Julian Sprott  http://www.hornbyinternational.com/en/jouef/2098-sncf-electric-railcar-z24500-nord-pas-de-calais-hj2201.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I just found this on the Hornby International website.  As I saw several, I wouldn't mind getting one but does anyone have any opinions on them and a good source to get one?  Julian Sprott  http://www.hornbyinternational.com/en/jouef/2098-sncf-electric-railcar-z24500-nord-pas-de-calais-hj2201.html I think the model shop in Carlisle, who advertise on here, may be Hornby International stockists. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted January 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2017 Sadly I think you may struggle to find one of these. The link is for the 2011 website. Â It looks as if they were released around May 2012*. Ebay.fr is probably your best bet. Â Sorry for bring disappointment. Â * My database shows the reviews in that month, but I did not record which liveries were on offer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted January 3, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2017 Sadly I think you may struggle to find one of these. The link is for the 2011 website. Â It looks as if they were released around May 2012*. Ebay.fr is probably your best bet. Â Sorry for bring disappointment. Â * My database shows the reviews in that month, but I did not record which liveries were on offer. Â Shame that the site was so out of date as the model looked and had a quick look on eBay's French site; as expected, no luck. Â I have emailed Hornby International to find out what their plans are and if they ever plan to re-run the model. Â Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted January 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2017 I don't think the site is so much out of date as abandoned. Â Hornby International now have a completely new and different site for their international offerings. It is of course very bad practice for a company to do this - or better said to not delete an out of date site - but I guess there have been rather more pressing issues. Â http://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/brands/jouef-h0-1-87.html is the current web offering for Jouef. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordonwis Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 AFAIK there still some 22200 on push pull double deckers, may only appear in Lille at rush hour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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