The brand REE Modèles offers a OCEM Ouest van, in scale HO 1/87th under reference VB311, which has the following features:
- Model underdirect current "2 rails" endowed with a green livery with the black roof.
- Car running for the rail company SNCF during the IIIa era.
- Registered railway equipment 27534.
- Car fitted with functional end of convoy lights.
A touch of history:
Studied by the organisation "Office Central d'Etude du Matériel" (OCEM), these two-axle vans were intended to be integrated into beautiful passenger carriage trains.
In 1930, the PO and the State received these vans, which they used on their fast trains. When the SNCF was created, the OUEST, SUD OUEST and SUD EST networks were allocated these legendary vans. They were used until the 1980s.
Date of construction: 1930.
Maximum speed: 140 km/h.
Unladen mass in running order: 17.5 tonnes.
Loaded mass; 25.5 tonnes.
Length: 13.65 m.
