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At the beginning of the 1960s, the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) organised a survey for travellers preferences and it appeared that about 3/4 preferred compartment coaches while 1/4 preferred salon coaches. Following this survey, the first prototypes revealed 2-seater and 4-seater compartment coaches designed for the Rheingold and Rheinpfeil trains. But the Dutch and Swiss railway companies (countries concerned by the Rheingold and Rheinpfeil services) rejected the idea as they believed the number of seats in each coach was too small. As a compromis, the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) developed a 9x 6-seater compartment coach.

Sources: http://www.dbtrains.com/en/coaches/epochIII/rheingold-tee/avm

1962

The first 10x units are built in 1962 by WMD in Donauwörth for the Rheingold service.

Each compartment coach has 9 compartments with 6 seats each (54 seats in total) compared with previously 1st class coaches that used to have 10 compartments. The compartments are separated from the corridor by sliding doors and separation walls equipped with large windows. Each compartment is equipped with ceiling lighting and individual adjustable reading lights above each seat. The seats are all individually adjustable. Because the compartments are 2,322 meter wide there is plenty of legroom. The windows are 1,40 m wide.

These coaches were painted in a blue/ivory white colours and were recognisable by their rounded roofs.

Technical details:
- weight: 43,4 t
- gauge: 2500 mm
- length: 26400 mm
- distance between bogies center: 19000 mm
- width: 2825 mm
- height: 4050 mm
- bogies: MD 50 (Minden Deutz)
- maximum speed: 160 km/h (later, in epoch IV, 200 km/h)
- all coaches are equipped with an axle generator for the energy supply (they are removed in epoch IV)

The coaches are originally planned as SA4üms but upon delivery they are already registered as Av4üm-62, numbers 10401 to 10410.

Sources: http://www.dbtrains.com/en/coaches/epochIII/rheingold-tee/avm

1963

12x additional units are built in 1963 by WMD in Donauwörth for the Rheinpfeil service.

The coaches are registered as Av4üm-62, numbers 10411 to 10422.

Sources: http://www.dbtrains.com/en/coaches/epochIII/rheingold-tee/avm

1964

14x units are built between 1964 and 1965 by WMD in Donauwörth for the TEE trains Blauer Enzian and Helvetia services.

The coaches are painted in the TEE bordeaux red/ivory white colours.

The coaches are registered as Av4üm-62, numbers 10423 to 10436.

Sources: http://www.dbtrains.com/en/coaches/epochIII/rheingold-tee/avm

1965

As the Rheingold and Rheinpfeil services receive TEE status in 1965, the coaches initially built for these services receive the TEE bordeaux red/ivory white colours between 1966 and 1967. These coaches started also to be used on other TEE connexions and often during this 2 years period there were TEE trains with mixed compositions of coaches in both blue/ivory white colours and bordeaux red/ivory white colours.

Sources: http://www.dbtrains.com/en/coaches/epochIII/rheingold-tee/avm

1968

By 1968, the registration changes from Av4üm-62 to Avümh¹¹¹ and all coaches receive UIC registration numbers 61 80 19-80:
- coaches 10401 to 10422 receive registrations 61 80 19-80 001 to 022;
- coaches 10422 to 10436 receive registrations 61 80 19-80 101 to 114.

Sources: http://www.dbtrains.com/en/coaches/epochIII/rheingold-tee/avm

1968

Between 1967 and 1968, 30x additional units are built:
- 6x units are built in 1967 by WMD in Donauwörth and are registered 61 80 19-80 023 to 028;
- another 15x units are built in 1967 by WMD in Donauwörth and are registered 61 80 19-80 115 to 129;
- 9x units are built in 1968 by Wegmann and are registered 61 80 19-80 130 to 138.

Compared with previous units, these coaches have straight roof ends.

Sources: http://www.dbtrains.com/en/coaches/epochIII/rheingold-tee/avm

1977

The "ü" from the registration, standing for "corridor between coaches", is dropped in 1977. The new registration: Avmh¹¹¹.

Sources: Horia - https://www.1zu160.net/scripte/forum/forum_show.php?id=700565

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