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Umbau-Wagen

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Train maintenance workshop Leinhausen· railway coach

🚃 carriage / wagon
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Museumseisenbahn1: Ingo2802 at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. CFS preußischer Umbauwagen: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. I20 190 DB-Umbauwagen: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Kaarst DB 185 366 - 2 DB Umbauwagen B4yge (50817792412): Rob Dammers· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. Umbauwagen der DB Bahnbau: Andreas Bogott· CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. Umbauwagen der Gattung B3yg (88 166) der Museumseisenbahn Hanau e. V: Museumseisenbahn Hanau e. V.· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Umbauwagen der Gattung B3yg (88 701 und 88 166) der Museumseisenbahn Hanau e. V: Museumseisenbahn Hanau e. V.· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Umbauwagen der Gattung B4yg (75 911) der Museumseisenbahn Hanau e. V: Museumseisenbahn Hanau e. V.· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. Umbauwagen der Gattung B4yg (75 911) der Museumseisenbahn Hanau e.V: Museumseisenbahn Hanau e. V.· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. Umbauwagen ex DB B4yg im Bahnhof Bederkesa: Geogast· CC BY 3.0
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Umbau-Wagen, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Ingo2802 at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

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.

who runs it

Deutsche Bahn

base stats

  • speed 85 km/htop speed
  • weight 18.3 tin working order
  • built 6,582made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 13.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built
—
number built
6,582
kind
carriage / wagon
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
builders
Train maintenance workshop Leinhausen
operators
Deutsche Bahn
top speed
85 km/h
power
—
length
13.3 m
weight
18.3 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q2478062, Wikipedia: Umbau-Wagen (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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