Jouef model railways HO scale

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- Distler (Germany)

Collaboration with "Distler" was an important step in the "Jouef" history in the mid 1950's. With the help of the electric motor from "Distler", "Jouef" could reach the electric trains market using this famous motor nicknamed "saucisson". Exchange between those 2 brands allowed in France the introduction of the "Electromatic" car system (electric car with a battery that you can recharging through a filling station), while "Distler" put on the German market some building kits made in injected plastic, as "Distler" did not make such products.

catalogue 1958

- Playcraft (United Kingdom)

Playcraft is a brand used by the Mettoy compagny in Northampton. The Mettoy compagny is well-known for its die cast small scale vehicles Corgi. Jouef manufactured model railways for Playcraft, in HO scale rather than in OO scale which is more often used in United Kingdom. Six Playcraft catalogs were issued between 1961 and 1968, and we can find models from the Jouef range, some of them with specific british liveries. Specifications were the same as for the Jouef models, except the Peco couplings instead the international couplings used on the European continent.

catalogue 1961	catalogue 1962	catalogue 1963	catalogue 1964-1965	catalogue 1965-1966	catalogue 1966
catalogue 1967	catalogue 1968	user manual	40 building kits	50 building kits (1965)	catalogue 1969

- Andre Porte (France)

This high quality small-scale production started around 1959 in Orleans area. It used injected plastic in order to have easy manufacturing of build kits. The buildings were very detailled and the parts (walls, roofs) were tinted from the block. The range included typical buidings from various French regions. As their high quality design, most of the building kits were still in the Jouef range after Andre Porte sold the moulds to Jouef in 1966 (even to the Lima range in 2003, and the rural church still present in the current Hornby-Jouef range).

catalogue 1964-1965

- Bachmann (U.S.A.)

"Jouef" as brand name, was not present in the north american market, but through the well-known brand "Bachmann" which is a very popular brand in the model train market. After a non-successful attempt in 1972 with some building kits from the Jouef range, "Bachmann" put on the market in 1985 two marvellous train sets in the "Classic Collectors series" range: the French High Speed Train (TGV) and the Orient-Express. Those train sets were shown on the front cover of the 1985 Bachmann catalog. But the adventure was for a short time, as these train sets were included only for two years in "Bachmann" 1985 and 1986 catalogues.

catalogue 1972

catalogue 1973

catalogue 1985

- Cyclops (Australia)

"Jouef" as brand name, was not present in the australian market, but through the toys, games and hobbies australian well-known reseller "Cyclops". Collaboration between the two brand names was successuful, as two locomotives with australian livery (an electric CC 7100 SNCF became the CC 4601, an diesel BB 66150 SNCF became the BB 4801) were issued in two australian train sets in 1976, in addition to sell the Jouef regular range.

catalogue 1976

- France Trains (France)

France Trains, is a brand created by Albert Millet in 1967. The range included very high quality models like passenger coaches type OCEM rivets apparents or faces lisses, oldtimer coaches from Est and Nord compagnies, CIWL sleeping cars , travelling post offices and only one freight wagon, the bogie open goods wagon type Arbel.
Some moulds have been reused by Tram and then by Jouef for the range "Voitures Prestige" in 1986.

catalogue 1976

- Fobbi (France)

Fobbi is a model train brand created by Jacques Barret in 1980. The range included low cost models for kids, rather than Jouef and Lima who focussed on high end models for railway modellers. The starter range is build around a diesel locomotive BB 67007 SNCF, shorter passenger coaches and some freight wagons (flat wagons, goods vans). A TGV model was build, using the same driving bogie of the BB 67007 bogies, then an electric BB 22200 SNCF. Trains sets were sold in departement stores and supermarkets during the Christmas period. After the CEJI bankrupcy in 1985, the Jouef electric trains activity was acquired by Jacques Barret. Then, he produced starter train sets range under the brand "Jouef par Fobbi" which were sold in supermarkets until 1990.

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- Keyser (United Kingdom)

The British brand Keyser sold some kits in white metal in the beginning of the 1980's. For French modellers, those kits were difficult to build with the glue technique because approximative assemblies and a poor driving quality. The range was distribued in France by Jouef then by MKD. The range included original models like Buddicom or 4-6-0 G Paris-Orleans steam locomotives, 2-8-2 TC Nord tank locomotive, BB 9004 SNCF and 2D2 5500 SNCF Waterman electric locomotives, Renault VH and X 5500 SNCF railcars . Note also a transkit of the BB 16500 SNCF using the frame and motor of the BB 17000/25500 SNCF Jouef model.

catalogue 1983

- Revell (Germany)

In 1983, Jouef is part of the CEJI group which also owned Revell, German brand of plastic building kits. The Revell HO range had some static rolling stock (several German steam locomotives, a dining car and a Pullman car), and some building kits like the carpentry and the sawmill manufctured by Jouef.

catalogue 1984

catalogue 1986

- Hornby (United Kingdom)

In order to celebrate the launch of "Eurostar" services in 1994 between Paris, London and Brussels using the Channel tunnel, Hornby sold in United Kingdom some "Eurostar" train sets in teh 1995-1996 timeframe, manucfactured by Jouef at HO (1/87^th) scale, before the launch of its own "Eurostar" designed model manufactured at OO (1/76^th) scale.

catalogue 1995

- Lima

The first freight wagons designed by Jouef and with an Italian livery, were shown in Lima 1999 catalog. After Champagnole factory closing in July 2001, a reduced number of Jouef rolling stock range is shown on the Lima documentation issued in 2002.

novelties 1998	catalogue 1999	novelties 2000	novelties 2000-2001	novelties 2001	catalogue 2001
novelties 2002	catalogue 2002	trains leaflet	toys leaflet
Hobby Line 2005	catalogue 2008	catalogue 2009	Lima toys 2009	Lima toys 2011

- Rivarossi

The last "Jouef" designed models are shown in those catalogues issued in 2001, 2003 and 2004.

novelties 2000	novelties 2001	catalogue 2001	catalogue 2003	catalogue 2004
catalogue 2008	novelties 2009 (Germany)	catalogue 2009	novelties 2010 (Germany)	catalogue 2010	novelties 2011 (Germany)
catalogue 2011	novelties 2012 (Germany)	catalogue 2012 international	catalogue 2012 (Italy)	novelties 2013 (Germany)	catalogue 2013 international
catalogue 2013 (Italy)	novelties 2014 (Germany)	catalogue 2014 international	catalogue 2014 (Italy)

- MKD

Last "Jouef" buiding kits are shown in this catalogue issued in 2009.

catalogue 2009

- Electrotren

Some French models (locomotives and freight wagons) and Spanish liveries of the "CIWL" passengers cars sold under the "Electrotren" brand.
Since 2013, Electrotren French models sold under the "Electrotren" brand, are included in the Jouef catalogues.

catalogue 2008 (France)	catalogue 2009 (Spain)	catalogue 2009	catalogue 2010	catalogue 2011	catalogue 2012
catalogue 2013	catalogue 2014

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