Product Features and Details
3-piece set “Le Capitole” 1985 consisting of A8u, Vru, A4Dtux
The new contact lighting system
• The interior lighting already works with approx. 5V, no batteries required
• To switch it on and off, simply touch the roof at one end
• High-capacity buffer capacitor for dirty track sections or
other contact problems
• Memory function for the interior lighting status (on/off)
• This function is useful for digital emergency braking, stopping
an entire track section, or stopping a train at a station in an analog system.
• The light can be dimmed separately for each car by simply touching the roof for more than one second.
• The system is integrated during manufacturing; no disassembly of the
car or soldering is required.
Red taillights and sound via Bluetooth or DCC
In a digital network, you can connect this element either via the HMIDCC app (downloadable from the Apple® App Store or Google®
Play) to your mobile phone or to your existing DCC digital control system. This allows you to control the sound of the generator car (F1, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9), various individual sounds (F2, F3, F4, F11, F12, F13), and the red taillights (F21) at one end of this car.
Following the success of the Mistral 69 coaches, SNCF classified the Capitole as a TEE train with Grand Comfort coaches and tilting technology. In the 1980s, the exclusive TEE service was gradually replaced by second-class InterCity trains, causing the Capitole to temporarily lose its name and TEE status. After modifications to the carriages, the name Capitole returned, until the train was replaced by the TGV Atlantique in the early 1990s.
