36.01 /Fr.Krupp-Essen;2272/1943;1-D-2 h3 St/ loco, photographed at Gorna Oryahovitza depot on the 27.08.1999. It is a representative of the unique series high speed steam locomotives /V max =100 km/h/ without separate tender in BDZ. Ten of them were delivered in 1943 by the German company "Fr.Krupp"-Essen. These locos have been operated with fast and slow trains initially around Plovdiv, Stara Zagora and Karlovo and later with the diesel loco delivery – in Shoumen and Varna. 
Decommissioned between 1979 and 1982.

Photo:Petko Ivanov (PetkoIvanov@chelmine.com)