Railway Herald
TBD Freight Transports (Bulgaria) sole Skoda Class 43/5 No. 43-556 arrives at Voluyak on the outskirts of Sofia with a rake of Bobov Dol yellow coal hoppers on 18th March 2022. Class 45/5 is a regeared Skoda 43/0 giving a lower maximum speed more suitable to freight workings. Running parallel alongside is BDZ (Bulgarian State run Railway) Class 30 EMU working train number SUB 13205, the (11:10) Bankja to Sofia Central local passenger service. The Bankja branch leaves the Sofia to Dragoman main line at Voluyak, just out of sight in this view on the extreme left of the picture.
Stephen Ginn
