Railway Herald
One of six Skoda Class 44 electric locomotives purchased second hand from the Bulgarian State run Railway (BDZ) by TBD Freight Transports BG No. 44-083 arrives at Aldomirovtsi with empty coal hoppers in tow. The distinctive TBD-liveried Skoda has brought the equally distinctive yellow hoppers from the Bobov Dol power complex near Dupnitsa in south west Bulgaria. At Aldomirovtsi the hoppers will be swapped for a rake of fully loaded coal from the open cast mine at Beli Breg situated close to the Serbian Border; 44-083 then retracing the route back to the Bobov Dol power station on 25th March 2022.
Stephen Ginn
