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TBD-TP 46 014 with freight train carrying straw is waiting for a meeting at Svetovrachane station in Sofia.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUhsMCMxN3c
There would be no traffic on the line Niš - Dimitrovgrad on Friday 22 March, so we went to Bulgaria. Main goal was TBD-Tovarni Prevozi and when we arrived in Voluyak, near Sofia, TBD was inmediately presented to us!
This coal train probably came from the Beli Breg mine and after changing direction in Voluyak it went to the thermal power plant Bobov Dol.
Several months ago TBD-TP expanded their fleet with another LE5100 locomotive (060EA) - 46 110 (ex 40 1100, from Constantin Group, Romania). So, both locomotives class 46 of TBD - 109 and 110 are ex-Serbian locomotives (JZ 461), acquired in the past by Constantin Group in Romania. The expectations are TBD to continue to expand their fleet with at least one more class 46 locomotive.
On the photo the second 060EA loco - 46 110 is seen on the Sub-Balkan railway line near Pirdop with an empty train towards Lyubenovo (30 April 2023).
The only one class 43 locomotive of TBD-TP - 43 556 (ex-BDZ 43 556, Skoda 64E) with a classic coal train, captured between the stations of Hrabarsko and Razmenna (5 February 2023).
This is the closest I got to a freight train in Bulgaria: after having been treated to a Ludmilla in lieu of the planned Faur machine, BDŽ Cargo finally gave me a class 55 loco, and one in quite a splendid state at that - but without a payload. Still, could be worse... Strashimirovo, 02-03-2022.
44 072 of TBD-TP passes over the international road E80 near Kalotina (BG) with a coal train from Stanyantsi mine. At this place in the next months a big reconstruction will take place. Due to the building of the highway, this old iron bridge will be destroyed. The railway line will be temporary shifted, while the rough construction of the highway is ready. Then the railway line will be returned on its old place, but on a new bridge over the highway. On the left side of the photo, a small temporary bridge is already build, on the place where the line will be temporary shifted. A lot of work has to be done here, and surely the place will look quite different after the works over. But this iconic iron bridge will definitely missing.
Locomotive 44 083 of TBD with an empty coal freight from Golyamo Selo to Stanyantsi. Sister Skoda 44 073 is banking.
44 083 & 44 073 of TBD-TP on a coal train towards Bobov dol power plant.
A trainspotting video with the coal trains of TBD Cargo:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAIZKPOw1Gk
, 31.08.2018 Veles, Macedonia
TBD 44 143 on a coal train consisted by recently overhauled Falls cars.
Three of the four electric locomotives class 44 of the private railway operator TBD Cargo are serving a heavy coal train between Dimitrovgrad and Sofia. All of these locomotives were bought from the State railway operator - BDZ before a couple years ago. After a major overhaul in Czech Republic, now they are operating only on these coal trains for the Bobov dol thermal power plant. The photo is taken at Pobit kamak stop, near Sofia.
TBD's 44 083 ahead of a coal train for Bobov dol power plant. Due to the lack of enough electric locos TBD still get some help from BDZ with some of their trains. In this case the helper machine of this 2000 t freight train is the BDZ Cargo loco 44 108.
