HJ4162 Jouef Set of 3 luxury coaches "Train Bleu" of the C.I.W.L.

Set of 3 luxury coaches "Train Bleu" of the  C.I.W.L. (Compagnie Internationale des Wagon-Lits)

• 1 x Baggage Car
• 2 x Sleeping Car Lx

Cars are equiped with interior and interior lightning

From 1929, new luxury 1st class sleeping cars with one bed per compartment, 90 units built (LX type sleeping cars n ° 3466 to n ° 3555) were used on the “Calais-Méditerranée Express” and confirmed the exceptional character of this luxury night train from the interwar period. Service gradually resumed after World War II. In June 1949, the section of the “Calais-Mediterranean Express” train with Paris origin was officially designated the “Blue Train”.
To meet the growth in post-war traffic, the capacity of the LX sleeping cars was increased (from 1 bed to 2 beds per compartment). At the same time, to increase catering capacity, an additional bar-lounge car resulting from the transformation of a Pullman type “Côte d'Azur” car without a kitchen, was added to the dining car from 1951 on the “Blue Train” .
In the 1960s, sleeping cars of a more modern design (type P, U, MU and T2 sleeping cars) were gradually introduced into the composition of the “Blue Train” and definitively replaced the LX type sleeping cars in the winter. 1969. The restaurant car and lounge bar disappeared in 1976. For the 1980/1981 winter service, sleeper cars were added to the “Blue Train” throughout the route.
The “Blue Train” then becomes one night train among others.

Epoch: III

Length over Buffers: 773 mm