Railway Herald
If you are bored with DMU and EMU sets and long for the days when loco-hauled trains were plentiful, then a trip to Bulgaria could be for you. In a country where the majority of train services are still hauled by locomotives the dominant type is by far the four classes of Skoda electrics, Classes 42, 43, 44 and 45. Of the latter, Mezdra-based 45-159 really looks the part in the early evening Balkan sunshine heading south through Iliyantsi on 5th May 2023 working the SUB 20206 (16:10) Mezdra to Sofia service.
Stephen Ginn
