From Arpini, Trachina, Asopos, Eleftherochori and Papadia Viaduct. The transfer of two six-wheeled B3yg type Umbau-Wagen coaches (2nd class rebuild) that took place on 27th Feb. 2021 from Lianokladi to Bralos Railway Station for future restoration. The little train was hauled by an OSE 55 153 Class A150 (ex BDZ) locomotive, a Romanian built (1976) FAUR diesel engine.
The initiative belonged to the Cultural Society of Bralos (Εκπολιτιστικός Σύλλογος Μπράλου).
* Drone footage by Diakoumis Papadiakoumis (Phantom 4 Pro)
* Ground footage by Vlasios Giannakainas
* Music by Scott Buckley - musicbyscottb:
(Epic Msic)
- 'Titan' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
- 'Horizons' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
- 'Snowfall' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
- 'Age Of Wonder' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
- 'Ascension' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
Origins:
After the Second World War, the DB, like the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in East Germany, had a serious deficit of stock as well as a very aged fleet of coaches, a situation which lasted into the 1960s. The Umbau-Wagen or Umbauwagen was a type of German railway passenger coach operated by the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) which appeared in the mid-1950s. The name means "rebuild coach" and they were made by rebuilding or converting former state railway (Länderbahn) compartment coaches, many of which were over 30 years old.
In 1953 the workshop (Ausbesserungswerk or AW) at Ludwigshafen built the first trials coach from an old Länderbahn wagon. In January 1954 the coach went into full production at the shops in Hanover, Karlsruhe and Limburg an der Lahn. From these wooden-bodied compartment coaches only the underbody (which was rebuilt to a common length of 13 metres), the running gear and the brake system was used. Four-wheeled coaches were given a third, centre axle and the wheelbase varied on individual coaches, depending on their original design, between 7,500 and 7,900 millimetres. The centre axle was given side-play in order to achieve good curve running qualities. The rebuilds were derived from four- and six-wheeled Länderbahn coaches as well as pre-war Reichsbahn stock.
In Greece:
Fifty of them came to Greece in the mid-1960s bought by the SEK (Greek State Railways). After the establishment of OSE in the early 1970s, they received 50 73 23-20 321-370 and OSE inscriptions. They were always used in pairs until the 1980s when they were retired. A small number of them were converted into maintenance wagons and some of them for the needs of the Ministry of National Defense.
Video Editing by Vlasios Giannakainas (sidirodromeas).
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