HJ2621, CC 72056 “La Bourboule” in classic blue livery with the
“Casquette” logo, also joins the lineup. This version will allow
modellers to recreate the famous “Jules Verne” train when paired
with the Jouef coaches from the packs HJ4205 and HJ4206HM, expected
in October. The JOUEF models of baptised locomotives in particular
are very popular as they invite to collect all the baptised models
of a particular locomotive series. Although locomotives were
baptised with city names in France as early as 1870, the SNCF only
revived this tradition on 2 June 1973 with the baptism of the BB
15006 electric locomotive in Metz. Since then, over 600 rail
vehicles have been decorated with the coats of arms and logos of
local authorities, partly as aluminium plates and partly as
adhesive foil, and thus act as rolling ambassadors for these
cities. On 13 June 1976, CC 72056 was ceremoniously baptised by the
SNCF with the name ‘La Bourboule’, a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme
department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. All new
locomotives in the range (HJ2620, HJ2621 and HJ2622) will feature
front and rear twin lights, a 21-pin DCC decoder socket, and a
metal chassis with a detailed plastic body.
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