It seems there are ten WLee cars, numbered 61 78 71-70 001-0 to 010-1. I found some technical details for rebuilt types At, Bee, Beelt and WLee on the Tvornica Željezničkih Vozila Gredelj website.

The first five are fitted with MD 52 bogies, and the latter five with MD 522 type with magnetic track brakes.

Rudolf Ossig sent me this rather interesting picture of a wagon registered as a coach, seen at Bebra on 20/11/04. He writes:

Here is the scan of a very strange wagon. It is said that this was in a former life a "Heizwagen" of Tegernseebahn used with their passenger trains. Now it's owned by BayernBahn (part of Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum at Nördlingen) and renumbered to 75 80 99-03 990-4.

According to a post on www.revisionsdaten.de, it was previously Laabs 21 80 431 9 182-2. Note the new registration D-BYB.

Thanks to Alex Ford:

There was a train to T.J. Thomson at Stockton today (29th November) with a difference!
47854 & 57601 took a 7Z57 from Carnforth with:
33.70.2797 003-3/012-4/019-9/022-3/024-9/008-2/001-7,
33.70.2797 004-1/009-0/006-6/005-8/027-2/002-5/023-1,
33.70.2797 017-3/010-8/013-2/028-0/018-1/020-7

Long time no update :-(

Hopefully you all enjoyed Christmas and the New Year. In total I did eight trips of varying length to the continent last year... let's see if I can equal or beat that this year!

Below are various snippets I've been meaning to post for a while. Hope to continue the update within the next few days.

The latest list from the VRS covers all Swiss stock changes during 2003 and covers locomotives, coaches and wagons! This very comprehensive file in PDF format can be found here.

Details noted on www.railfaneurope.net. Weight 46.0t, 46F, 200 km/h. The end gangway nearest the luggage area has been removed.

Confirmed renumberings so far are 50 85 81-95 001 to 009 ex 50 85 10-73 009, 055, 066, 011, 015, 058, 049, 061, 042 respectively. Up to at least 012 have been delivered.

Many thanks to Clive Haines:

[Readers] may be interested in the gen taken from January 2005 Lok Report relating to the identities of the coaches used by the Allgau Express.
Following are coded Am, previous code was Avmz:
50 46 1933 171-4    61 80 1994 041-9
50 46 1933 172-2    61 80 1994 023-7
50 46 1933 173-0    61 80 1994 040-1
50 46 1933 174-8    61 80 1994 038-5
50 46 1933 175-5    61 80 1994 034-4

Following are coded Bm, previous code was Bomz:
50 46 2133 131-4    51 80 2195 502-7
50 46 2133 132-2    51 80 2195 504-3
50 46 2133 133-0    51 80 2195 515-9
50 46 2133 134-8    51 80 2195 525-8
50 46 2133 135-5    51 80 2195 544-9
50 46 2133 136-3    51 80 2195 549-8
50 46 2133 137-1    51 80 2195 552-2
50 46 2133 138-9    51 80 2195 554-8
50 46 2133 139-7    51 80 2195 559-7
50 46 2133 140-5    51 80 2195 563-9
50 46 2133 141-3    51 80 2195 566-2
50 46 2133 142-1    51 80 2195 573-8
50 46 2133 143-9    51 80 2195 507-6

Following are coded BRDpm, previous code was Bomz:
50 46 8633 191-0    51 80 2195 501-9
50 46 8633 192-8    51 80 2195 545-6
50 46 8633 193-8    51 80 2195 550-6
50 46 8633 194-4    51 80 2195 551-4

I had previously reported this on the e-group but not in these pages.

Numbers 61 78 71-70 001-0, 61 78 71-70 004-4 and 61 78 71-70 006-9 have been recorded on various websites. Does anyone have details of how many are to be converted and any previous numbers?

Apparently SBB's new rolling stock computer system is named EDV... does anyone have any further details of this? Noted in Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue magazine.

Not previously recorded here are the withdrawal of 61 85 09-94 514 & 520 during 2003.

Further to my posting in November, I now have some more details of these!

B
Double-deck Second Open
Built: Simmering-Graz-Pauker, Graz 1994.
Dimensions: 26.4 x 2.78 x 4.606m.
Weight: 45.5t.
Seating: 132S ?L.
Bogies: SGP.
Maximum speed: 120km/h (74.56mph).
Notes: Fitted with independent oil heating.

50 45 26-26 101-2 ... 50 45 26-26 110-3

BS
Double-deck Second Open Control Car
Built: Simmering-Graz-Pauker, Graz 1994.
Dimensions: 26.89 x 2.78 x 4.606m.
Weight: 47.5t.
Seating: 112S ?L.
Bogies: SGP.
Maximum speed: 120km/h (74.56mph).
Notes: Fitted with a diesel powered electric generator and independent oil heating.

50 45 26-26 201-0 ... 50 45 26-26 205-1

Latest batches are:

50 80 26-81 050 to 055 DBpkza 781.9
50 80 26-81 056 to 060 DBpza 781.0
50 80 26-81 061 to 070 (tba)
50 80 26-81 071 to 078 DBpza 780.1
50 80 36-81 016 to 019 DABpza 785.2
50 80 86-81 018 to 026 DBpbzfa 766.0

All built Bombardier, Görlitz 2004.

Details noted on www.revisionsdaten.de. As always, observation of depot allocation and technical details would be very much appreciated.

Vehicles 86-81 018 to 021 and 36-81 012 to 015 are based at Dresden.

Noted recently on www.railfaneurope.net was a photo of another new car, this time 69 22 70-71 224-7 (Soviet number 03502242) REV date 10/10/03. Built by PESA Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Once again, if anyone has the full number series of these it'd be appreciated.

These NOB-operated coaches are ex-DB Bybdzf 482.1 and I now have the former numbers: 50 00 80-35 001 to 004 were previously 50 80 80-35 629, 539, 547 & 533 respectively.

Weight 42.0t; seating 61S 1L; fitted with toilet retention tanks, wheelchair area and disabled persons toilet.

All four were seen by my good self during a trip to northern Germany in October 2004.

Seems my list was missing some stock :-) Go here for the full EK list!

The coaches originally rated at 160km/h upon conversion (09-70 4xx range) are now rated 200km/h and renumbered into the 09-90 series keeping the same serial number: 61 85 09-90 400 to 405 & 407.

I noted 404 and 407 at Köln Hbf during August 2004.

Old news now, but some details of the stock for anyone who is interested...

Photos can be found here, on the Railfaneurope website.

Wagons damaged:
31 55 5426 230-5 Eas-y
31 55 5426 323-8 Eas-y
plus four or five ÖBB container flats.

Locos damaged:
V43 322.

Crane attending:
MÁV MD 1253.

Apparently the GySEV train crashed into a container train which was being shunted by M47 1305. The driver was injured.