Railway Herald
Another consist of coal from the Beli Breg colliery to the Bo-Bov Dol power complex passes Voluyak on 5th October 2016, 'top and tailed' by Skoda electric Class 44 No. 44-083 and Class 60 diesel No. 60 1128. A slightly unusual pairing by TBD Freight Transports and even more unusual the fact that the train proceeded on to Sofia Central station to reverse direction to take the direct line via Pernik towards Dupnica and Bobov Dol. A similar working was observed the following day suggesting that the more common routing via Hrabarsko with a run round at Voluyak being unavailable, presumably due to daytime engineering work which is not uncommon in Bulgaria. A pair of BDZ Class 55 diesels, 55 118 and 55 078 await their next shunting duties.
Stephen Ginn
