Martin Zahariev
Martin Zahariev
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A snowy day along the narrow rails, January 2024
Despite the relatively warm weather in Bulgaria in the second half of January, a sudden burst of snow opened a one-day opportunity to take some snowy footage on the Septemvri - Dobrinishte narrow gauge railway.
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On sixth main line with 16.27 and 07 106, October 2022
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🇧🇬 Видео компилация на атракционния товарен влак с локомотиви 16.27 и 07 106 по шеста линия в участъка между Радомир и Кюстендил. 🇬🇧 Video compilation of the attraction freight train, pulled by locomotives 16.27 and 07 106 on sixth main line in the section Radomir - Kiyustendil. Check out my pictures on: ✅ Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/88901013@N05/ ✅ Trainspo: trainspo.com/martin.zahariev
Branded narrow gauge train
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In the beginning of the summer of 2021, BDZ realized a marketing partnership with one of the biggest beer brewing companies in Bulgaria - Pirinsko. One of the trains on the 760mm Septemvri - Dobrinishte line was branded with commercials of the brewery inside and outside. The train has in its composition a special bistro - wagon, whose interior was entirely branded in the colors of Pirinsko - ye...
Trainspotting on the Rheinbahn, April 2021
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The Rhein railway (Rheinbahn) is one of the buisiest train lines in Germany as it is the main frieght connection between Germany and Switzerland. After Rastatt the line merges into the Rhein Valley railway (Rheintalbahn), which reaches the swiss border. The intensity of the traffic here can be seen in the video, which was made in the time interval of only two hours between Friedrichstal and Gra...
DB Cargo locomotives on passenger trains
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In 2020 the state passenger operator of Bulgaria - BDZ PP experienced another lack of enough technically functioning locomotives to service all trains in the daily schedule. For that reason they had no other option but to hire some locomotives from one of the private operators in the country. The auction was won by DB Cargo Bulgaria, which rented two of their locomotives to service passengers t...
BDZ Cargo 46 037 & 46 041 with heavy trains
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During the summer of 2020, the National Rail Infrastructure Company of Bulgaria did a major overhaul of the longest railway tunnel of the country - Koznitsa, which is situated between the stations Koprivshtitsa and Striama on the Sub-balkan line and is almost 6 km long. Due to this overhaul, the train traffic through the tunnel was stopped for more than half a year and all trains were diverted ...
Smartron №3: 80 037 "Khan Kardam"
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After receiving the first two brand new Siemens Smartron locomotives in the end of December 2020 (ua-cam.com/video/JSI3AdngMFY/v-deo.html), BDZ PP received the third one from the series one month later in January 2021. 80 037, named "Khan Kardam", was scheduled on the daily fast trains 1611/1614 (Sofia - Svilengrad - Sofia). След като в края на месец декември 2020 г. БД - ПП получи първите два ...
From the archives: Celebrating 70-th anniversary
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Build in 1949 in Chrzanow locomotive factory in Poland, the narrow gauge steam locomotives 600 series celebrated their 70-th anniversary in Bulgaria in the autumn of 2019. Nowadays only one locomotive from the series is still in movement - 609.76. It was restored from the state passenger operator BDZ in 2004 and since then has been used for attraction trips on the 760mm narrow gauge line from S...
New Siemens Smartron locomotives for BDZ PP
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The state passenger operator in Bulgaria - BDZ purchased 15 brand new Siemens Smartron locomotives in 2020. The first two of them - 80 035 "Khan Asparuh" and 80 036 "Khan Tervel", named after the the first two rulers of Bulgaria, arrived in mid-December and after rebranding with "Green Force" livery, they immediately began pulling trains across the country. БД - ПП закупи през 2020 година 15 бр...
Transporting a locomotive for an overhaul
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During the summer of 2020 the state passenger operator in Bulgaria - BDZ announced that it will do a major overhaul of two of the narrow gauge locomotives which run on the Rhodope 760mm narrow gauge railway from Septemvri to Dobrinishte. The order was won by Express service - a Bulgarian locomotive manufacturer and service-station, based in Ruse, Bulgaria. On 01.12.2020 the first of both locomo...
Train traffic near Karlsruhe, Germany, July 2020
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This video is a compilation from the several days which I spent trainspotting in Karlsruhe and the region - Friedrichstal, Graben-Neudorf, Helmsheim, etc. and includes various freight and passenger trains. The whole video is captured with an OnePlus 6 mobile phone at 4K resolution and 60 frames/second. You can also check my profiles of Flickr and Trainspo for more pictures: ➡️ Flickr: flic.kr/p...
Cabview: Dobrinishte - Yakoruda / През очите на машиниста: Добринище - Якоруда
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Cabview footage between Dobrinishte and Yakoruda stations on the 760 mm narrow gauge railway in Bulgaria. 00:00 Dobrinishte station / гара Добринище 05:56 Sveti Georgi stop / спирка Свети Георги 11:23 Bansko station / гара Банско 13:13 bridge over Glazne river / мост над река Глазне 20:00 Razlog station / гара Разлог 29:42 Guliyna banya stop / спирка Гулийна баня 33:07 bridge over Glazne river ...
GoPro Hero 5 Session: Narrow gauge trip to Bansko
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The 760 mm narrow gauge line 16 from Septemvri to Dobrinishte passes through several marvelous places in Bulgaria, including the gorge of Chepinska river, the Rhodope mountains and small towns and villages such as Razlog, Bansko and Dobrinishte.
DB Schenker EA 3000 locomotives
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Freight trains of DB Schenker Rail Bulgaria captured at different locations in Bulgaria.
Under the train at Avramovo station / Под влака на гара Аврамово
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The usual meeting between trains 16105 (Septemvri - Dobrinishte) and 16106 (Dobrinishte - Septemvri) occurs at the highest station of the Balkans - Avramovo - almost 1268 m above the sea level. Обичайната среща между влакове 16105 (Септември - Добринище) и 16106 (Добринище - Септември) се случва на гара Аврамово - най-високата гара на Балканския полуостров с височина от почти 1268 метра над мор...
Cabview: Septemvri - Velingrad / През очите на машиниста: Септември - Велинград
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Cabview: Septemvri - Velingrad / През очите на машиниста: Септември - Велинград
Siemens ES64U2 locomotives in Bulgaria
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Siemens ES64U2 locomotives in Bulgaria
BDZ Ludmilla in north-eastern Bulgaria
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BDZ Ludmilla in north-eastern Bulgaria
Special train with 05.01
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Special train with 05.01
Spring 2017 with 609.76 and 46.03
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Spring 2017 with 609.76 and 46.03
Special train for the new governance
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Special train for the new governance
Winter in the forest
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Winter in the forest
First delivery: Schindler Waggon AG Be 4/6 for Sofia
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First delivery: Schindler Waggon AG Be 4/6 for Sofia
Chasing the coal
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Chasing the coal
Snowy trains at Voluyak station
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Snowy trains at Voluyak station
After an accident
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After an accident
Cabview: Pernik-razpredelitelna - Razmenna
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Cabview: Pernik-razpredelitelna - Razmenna
ČKD T6A5 in Sofia
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ČKD T6A5 in Sofia
First snow
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First snow
Train traffic near Dragichevo
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Train traffic near Dragichevo