Orange-yellow railcar with several carriages in a row on the embankment in the evening light.
Photo: Henrik Reuterdahl, Swedish Railway Museum/SMTM. CC-BY

Railbus trailer UBF7Z 2095

If you watch the Swedish Railway Museum’s railbus train, you have a good chance of seeing railbus trailer UBF7Z 2095. As the name implies, it is an engineless trailer that is pulled by one or two railbuses.

The nice thing is that there is a cab to drive from and then you are pushed by the railbus from behind. The trailer has a seating area with 31 seats and 16 square metres of baggage space.

The trailer was built by Eksjöverken in 1960 in a series of 20. It is currently owned by Örnsköldsviks Järnvägssällskap, but is on loan to the Swedish Railway Museum for its railbus services.

Explanation

UBF7Z is a designation (class) of the railbus type and means:

  • U = Trailer for railbus
  • B = Second class
  • F = Luggage department
  • 7 = Type 7 within the U family (interior same as Y7)
  • Z = Maneuver carriage for both electric and diesel-powered railbuses
  • 2095 is the railbus trailer's individual number  

Manufactured

Eksjöverken, 1960

Length

17.1 metres

Weight

14.5 tonnes

Maximum permitted speed

115 km/h