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BDZ 55 020 with a freight train passes Poduyane station. Photo: Alexander Kovatchev, rexkos@abv.bg

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BDZ 55 020 shunts at Zaharna Fabrika, Sofia. Photo: Alexander Kovatchev, rexkos@abv.bg

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BDZ 55 020 at station Poduyane Photo: Nikolay Petrakiev, niki_pet@mail.bg

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55024-1 on railway station Drujba , shunting with freight cars. Digital photo Veselin Malinov , e-mail: malinov.veselin99@gmail.com Website: http://nightphotos.fotopic.net

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55024-4 shunting on central railway station Burgas. Digital photo Veselin Malinov, e-mail: veso_bog@abv.bg

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55024-4 on railway station Vladimir Pavlov , before shunting with freight cars. Digital photo Veselin Malinov , e-mail: malinov.veselin99@gmail.com

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55029-3 damaged in depot Sofia. Digital photo Veselin Malinov , e-mail: malinov.veselin99@gmail.com

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55029-3 on railway station Iskar with freight train. Digital photo Veselin Malinov , e-mail: malinov.veselin99@gmail.com Website: http://nightphotos.fotopic.net

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55029-3 (home depot Sofia) standing in depot Iambol. Digital photo Veselin Malinov , e-mail: malinov.veselin99@gmail.com Website: http://nightphotos.fotopic.net

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BDZ 55 029 at Podujane station, 17.04.04 Photo: Nikolay Petrakiev, niki_pet@mail.bg, http://trolley-bg.by.ru/

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Diesel locomotive 55 024.4 takes a deserved rest at the station of Yambol after completing its morning duties. On 27 July 2005 these included putting together the cars for the local freight train to Karnobat and distributing the cars which arrived in the early morning from Stara Zagora to the numerous freight yards around the station of Yambol. Photo and scan by Miroslav Georgiev (Miroslav_SG@all.bg)

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Diesel locomotive 55 024 is about to enter the station of Yambol with some grain hopper cars coming from the branch line to Elhovo. 2 August 2007 Photo by Miroslav Georgiev (miroslav_sg@all.bg)

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The diesel locomotive 55 027.7 (home-depot Burgas) has completed its daily shunting duties at the station of Yambol and is seen here taking a rest. 21 May 2005 Photo and scan by Miroslav Georgiev (Miroslav_SG@all.bg)

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FINALLY!!: After a whole summer of anticipation a train from Elhovo appears at Yambol. The regular passenger trains between Yambol and Elhovo were stopped in 2002 and from then on the fate of the line has been quite grim. At least the railroad is still in place, but the only trains passing are short freight affairs done once or twice a month. You can probably understand how lucky I felt when one of these trains appeared from the direction of Elhovo on 8 September 2005. A modest set-up of three cars hauled by diesel locomotive 55 027.7. Photo and scan by Miroslav Georgiev (Miroslav_SG@all.bg)