You know how it happens - you see a train in the distance, you position yourself, get your camera ready and then suddenly you hear another train thundering from the opposite direction at the same time. And, of course, this is the very last frame of your film, so it has to be one of the two. You take a glance at the sun, make a quick decision and choose the better positioned train eventually. In the case of this photo, the chosen one was a freight train hauled by locomotive 46 007. The train is composed of 6-axle heavy-load freight cars full of pure copper coming from the port of Burgas and heading towards the Umicore Copper plant in Pirdop. In the background is the train which got left behind - hauled by locomotive 45 190 and consisting of various freight cars on the move from Stara Zagora to Burgas. Photo taken just outside Yambol on 27 July 2006.

Photo and scan by Miroslav Georgiev (miroslav_sg@all.bg)