Railbuses and trolleys

  • Red-and-white passenger train parked with open doors in front of a smaller station.

    Railcar Y1 1343

    In the mid-1970s, SJ's old Y6–Y8 railcars were wearing out and SJ was looking for new ones.

  • Orange-yellow railbus on a bridge over water on a summer's day.

    Railbus Y6 1109

    Y6 1109 is a railbus built by AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna (ASJ) in Linköping in 1957.

  • Orange-yellow railbus with several carriages parked at the platform.

    Railbus Y7 1113

    Y7 1113 is a railbus built by AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna (ASJ) in Linköping in 1957.

  • Orange-yellow railcar with several carriages in a row on the embankment in the evening light.

    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.

  • Black car running on rails.

    MDR 2907

    In the 1930s, SJ ordered a number of inspection draisines from Hilding Carlssons Mekaniska Verkstad in Umeå. Our motorised draisine was called 137 when it was delivered, and it was later given the number it has today, 2907.

  • A small red locomotive (trolley) on rails in autumn landscape.

    Trolley MTR 033 3091

    In the past, it was common for railway maintenance personnel to use small motorised trolleys to transport personnel and materials on the track.