Portrait of the Henschel & Sohn narrow gauge locomotive #75-004 at the Dobrinichte station.

The 01-23 is hauling the Korona Express. This train is consisting of four luxury cars built in Germany in 1938 specially for the Bulgarian Tsar Boris III and the Bulgarian Royal Family.

Arrival of a steam hauled train at the Velingrad South station.

The 75 004 locomotive is so clean it looks like a new toy just out of the box. These 760 mm narrow gauge diesel locomotives were built by the German company Henschel & Sohn of Kassel, and were put... (more)

The BDZ narrow gauge steam locomotive #609-76 hauling a mixed train has left Septemvri a few minutes ago and will soon arrive at the Varvara station.

The BDZ diesel locomotive 55 032 is resting at the Sofia shed. It has been built by FAUR in Romania. Engines of the 55 class are the most common locomotives in the BDZ fleet.

The BDZ diesel locomotive 06 111 is resting at the Sofia shed. It has been built by Electroputere S.A. (which translates as Electropower in English) in Romania.

BDZ class 75.004, here with a regional train From Septemvri to Dobrinishte , few seconds before reaching Bansko station. Bansko it´s a very famous ski resort village at Bulgarian Pirin mountains,... (more)

BDZ class 75.006, here with a regional train From Dobrinishte to Septemvri, at Avramovo station, the highest point of this bulgarian narrow gauge railway. (1267m above sea level). The Septemvriâ€... (more)

44185 stands beneath the formidable brutalist architecture of Sofia station having arrived with a passenger service. My full trip report from Bulgaria in 2012 is available Railroad: BDZ - Bulgarian Railways
Locomotive: Class 44
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Locomotive #: 44185
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 20, 2012

Back in 2005, narrow gauge Henschel No 75005 is seen near Dagonovo with the 1227 Avramovo to Dobrinishte. The line had suffered serious flood damage on the middle section, so hence this short work... (more)