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BDZ 77 009 leaves Velingrad-Iug with PV 16103.
Photo: Alexander Kovatchev, rexkos@abv.bg |
77009-9 on railway station Velingrad with Regional train from Septemvri to Dobrinishte.
Digital photo Veselin Malinov , e-mail: malinov.veselin99@gmail.com |
77009-9 (home depot Septemvri) on railway station Velingrad , using a local train from Dobrinishte. Before several years , there were a mixed local trains , who carried regularity a passenger and freight cars , but in nowadays , the freight conveyance are stopped.This photo is taken in June 1997.
Scan Veselin Malinov , e - mail: veso_bog@abv.bg |
BDZ - Bulgaria The narrow gauge train hauled by 77 009 has almost reached Velingrad. You think that - coming from Dobrinishte - the mountain area has ended, but after Velingrad there is another beautiful stretch through a gorge towards Septemvri. Close to Velingrad, 30-05-2007 Digital photo by Marco van Uden |
BDZ - Bulgaria Locomotive 77 009 at the head of a narrow gauge train towards Septemvri. Velingrad, 30-05-2007 Digital photo by Marco van Uden |
77009-9 on railway station Velingrad with local train from Septemvri to Dobrinishte.
Digital photo Atanas Galabov, e-mail: bdz_bg@mail.bg |
Septemvri_76cm gauge_Velingrad_station_1. The train eventually reached Velingrad almost two hours late where, unsurprisingly, diesel 77009-9 was waiting to double-head the train forward in an attempt at losing no further time. As it transpired, 2-10-2T, 609.76 would spend nearly two more hours of maintenance and steam-raising before being able to proceed so most of the passengers elected to go on from Velingrad by bus, to the hotel at Bansko. The train, with diesel and steam, finally reached Dobrinishte several hours late with a few diehard “track-bashers” still aboard! It was a sad and disappointing end to the day and an ominous portent for the future of steam over the line. 6 October 2016 Roger Griffiths. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |