TGV La Poste - in paper!

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Well, my first post in an awful while!

I have been busy with work and travelling a lot - mainly overseas. This has left me little time for anything............

One thing though I wanted to do was model though, so recently on my travels I reduced a model I had to 1/220 (Z) scales, printed it out and tackled it with the office scissors, glue and an old Bic razor.

Quite good fun and here is the finished result.Actually pretty small - about as long as a forefinger. The pics are misleading!

The model itself is of a TGV La Poste - this is the postal TGV, in the colors of the French postal service. These trains are entirely dedicated to carrying mail and are quite large, being made up of two Power Cars, two end trailers and six intermediate trailers.

There quite a lot of different versions of the TGV that I have seen - no decent photos though as I was rushing from train to train with my travelling companions pressuring me!

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

The TGV engines are paired with an associated Power Van.

Here it is for the La Poste.....

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he La Poste TGV has two types of connecting cars - both the same except for the livery.......