The Night Ferry or in French "Le Ferry Boat de Nuit" from London to Paris modelled in 0 Gauge

Before the channel tunnel between France and England was opened there was only one passenger train that travelled between France and England: the Night Ferry or in French Le Ferry Boat de Nuit. This Wagons-Lits train ran every night from London to Dover were the sleeping cars, with (sleeping) passengers were transferred to a ferry sailing to Dunkerque. In Dunkerque the sleeping cars were fetched from this ferry and ran in a train to Paris. Of course every night there was also a train in the other direction.
In October 1936, almost 90 years ago, the Night Ferry had its first run between London and Paris; its last run was in October 1980. The history of the Night Ferry and the rolling stock used in this train is subject of the book Night Ferry by George Behrend and Gary Buchanan (ISBN 0 901845 13 2).
The 25 Night Ferry sleeping cars, which were able to run in France as well as England, were specially built for the Night Ferry in two batches and owned and operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et Grands Express Européens or CIWL. They had the numbers 3788 to 3805 and 3983 to 3989.
Correct models of these cars, which were assigned the CIWL Type F, should of course wear one of these numbers. The original cars were much smaller than other CIWL cars since they were made to the English clearance gauge. Of course models of these cars could be sold in Britain as well as the continent, however the scale difference, especially 00 versus H0, makes this again difficult.
The English kit manufacturer Westdale made a kit of the type F sleeping car in 0 Gauge with a scale of 1:43.5. I have four of these with different numbers which make up a reasonable length Night Fery train at the correct scale to be pulled by French or English locomotives.

[@claudianagel7402]

Will be a nice trip, Fred! I'm going to look for my passport and pack my suitcase....👜

[@roeleisses1542]

En ook de muziek is schitterend

[@tomsmaerklintrainlayout6742]

Fantastic Train again !!! I actually have a set of Night Ferry cars in HO scale from LS models and was already wondering why they are smaller than my other CIWL sleeping cars: th-cam.com/video/up2Ab_rZcHM/w-d-xo.html
Now I only need a British HO scale loco to pull them…

[@sncf231e]

Thank you. It will not be easy to find a correct matching British H0 locomotive.

[@steamon45]

Good video Fred, with information on the train and models as well