TT Scale. The Ideal Scale.

France - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français

Not much is available ready-to-run, and the Union-TT CC72000 diesel and de Dietrich railcar are quite difficult to find. Even so, there's a good body of material available to model the SNCF of the 1950s.

Steam locomotives
040-D (Jago BR55.25)
050-TA (Jago BR94.5)
150-D (Kittler BR58.10)
150-X (Roco BR44)
150-Y (Tillig BR52)
230-C (Jatt BR38.10)
230-F (Jatt BR38.10)
232-TC (Jatt or MMS BR78.0/T18)

Diesel locomotives
A1AA1A62000 (UMF/www.eaos.pl SM48 or Kemtron RS2 - kitbashed)
CC72000 (Union TT - kit)
Y50100 (Tillig V36 - RTR):



Electric locomotives
CC7000 (BTTB-Start CC7100 - kitbash from 2 shells)
CC7100 (BTTB-Start CC7100 - kitbash from 2 shells)
CC20002 (BTTB-Start CC7100 - kitbash from 2 shells)

Trainsets & railcars
X3700 (Union or s.e.s. De Dietrich):


Passenger & freight cars
A few freight cars have been released over the years in SNCF versions; for others, many of the existing models can be repainted or kitbashed. For passenger cars, in the 1950s and early 1960s - the ideal time period to model the SNCF in TT given locomotive availability - many cars of German design/manufacture were used, and many of these types are available in TT.

A small number of French-prototype rolling stock is or has been available in RTR form from various manufacturers, the majority of which is era III, thus suitable for the 1950s and 1960s.

The only passenger car (so far) is an ex-German three-axle compartment car, which was produced by BTTB (and possibly Tillig?).

C3(pr) ep III BTTB 13139:


Five freight cars are known (to me) for era III:

Ommps ep III Tillig (gon - no pic found yet)

Lw ep III BTTB 4133:


Tw ep III Tillig 14231:


Wine car ep III Tillig (yes, these really did have a prototype!):


4-axle tank car "Primagaz" ep III BTTB 5413:


Three cars are suitable for the 1970s to early 1990s (eras IV and V), and one for the 1990s to the current time (era V):

Uagps ep IV PH-Modell


Eas-x ep IV-V Tillig 15225:


Kils ep IV-V Krokodil:


Rils ep V Tillig 15542: