List of BDŽ locomotives explained

This is a list of the Locomotives of the Bulgarian State Railways (BDŽ).

Steam locomotives

Express locomotives

Number(s)	Type	Number(s)	Type	UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
from 1908		from 1936
	S 3/5 c	08.01–06	Б 2-3-014	2′C n4v	8		1897–1904
	S 3/5 c	08.07–17	Б 2-3-014	2′C n4v	12		1905–1908
	S 3/6 v	09.01	Б 2-3-116	2′C1′ h4	1		1912	First superheated locomotive of the BDŽ; rebuilt in 1933
8.002–8.014	S 4/6 z		Б 1-4-117	1′D1′ h2	23	Hanomag (3) Chrzanóv (10) Borsig (2) Henschel & Son (2) Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works (6)	1930–1935	Bulgarian standard locomotives
			Б 1-4-117	1′D1′ h3	5	Henschel & Son (2) Chrzanóv (3)	1935–1938	Bulgarian standard locomotive, three-cylinder version of class 01
			Б 2-4-117	2′D1′ h3	12		1941–1942	Bulgarian standard locomotive
			Б 2-3-117.5	2′C1′ h3	5		1941	Bulgarian standard locomotive, were numbered 07.01–05 until 1942

Mixed traffic locomotives

Numbers(s)	Type	Number(s)	Type	UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
from 1908		from 1936
	P 3/3 z			C n2i	9	Beyer, Peacock & Company (1) Sharp, Stewart & Company (8)	1868–1869	ex CO 279–286 and 288; acquired in 1888 with the Ruse-Varna railway
	P 3/3 z			C n2	7		1887–1890	ex 21–27 (and until 1897: 1–5 and 64–65)
	P 3/4 z			1′C n2	6		1890	ex 14–19 (and until 1905: 6–11); as PO class 85
	P 3/3 c	16.01–??	П 0-3-014	C n2v	8	Vulcan (Stettin)	1896–1897
	P 4/5 c	17.01–73	П 1-4-014	1′D n4v	74	Henschel & Son (62) Škoda Works (12)	1912–1925	Universal locomotives
	P 4/6 c	18.01	П 1-4-114	1′D1′ h4v	(1)		(1928)	Rebuilt from 801 after accident damage
	P 5/6 c	19.01–70	П 1-5-014	1′E h4v	70		1913–1918	Universal locomotives
9.001–9.010	P 5/6 z		П 1-5-017	1′E h2	16	BMAG (13) Krupp (3)	1931–1935	Bulgarian standard locomotive
			П 2-5-017	2′E h3	17	Henschel & Son (10) Borsig (7)	1941–1943	Bulgarian standard locomotive. Five locomotives (11.11 – 11.15) cancelled
			П 1-5-018	1′E h2	17	Henschel & Son (9) Krupp (3) BMAG (5)	1939–1940	Ordered by TCDD as part of class 56.0 12.01–07 bought from the factory in 1940 12.08–17 bought from the DR (58.2501–10) 1941
			П 1-5-016	1′E h3	42	MBG Karlsruhe (6) Borsig (8) Linke-Hofmann (9) Henschel & Son (9) Hanomag (6) Schichau-Werke (2) Rheinmetall (2)	1919–1921	ex Prussian G 12 (DR class 58); Soviet war booty, acquired in 1946
			П 1-5-015	1′E h2	50	Henschel & Son (12) Borsig (1) Krupp (5) Krauss-Maffei (8) Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf (3) Škoda Works (3) Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik (2) Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (1) BMAG (4) Orenstein & Koppel (1) Schichau-Werke (3)	1939–1942	ex DR class 50 14.01–30 bought from the DR in 1943 14.31–50 bought from the ČSD (555.1) in 1958
			П 1-5-015	1′E h2	275	(various)	1942–1944	ex DR class 52 15.01–85 Soviet war booty, acquired in 1946 15.86–105 bought from the DR in 1956 15.106–125 bought from the ČSD (555.0) in 1958 15.126–135 hired from the DR in 1959, purchased in 1961 15.136–275 bought from the SŽD (ТЭ) in 1961–1964
			П 1-5-017	1′E h2	33		1947–1949	DR class 42 purchased in 1952

Goods locomotives

Number(s)	Type	Numbers(s)	Type	UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
from 1908		from 1936
	G 4/4 z			D n2	4		1878	Ex CO 243–246, né StEG 1243–1246; StEG V class; acquired in 1888 with Ruse-Varna railway
	G 4/4 z			D n2	7		1887	Ex 51–57; as Südbahn 35d
	G 4/4 z	25.01	Т 0-4-014	D n2	6		1891	Ex 58–63
	G 4/4 c	25.02	Т 0-4-014	D n2v	4		1896–1899
	G 4/5 c	29.01	Т 1-2+2-014	(1′B)B n4v	1		1900	Ex 68; Mallet locomotive; exhibited at the 1900 World's Fair, purchased in 1901
	G 4/4 c	26.01–38	Т 0-4-014	D n2v	53	Hanomag (16) J. A. Maffei (6) Wiener Neustädter (10) Henschel & Son (21)	1901–1909	Ex 71–94 (old numbering); initially referred to briefly as K series
	G 4/4 c	25.03–04	Т 0-4-014	D n2v	5		1905
	G 5/5 c	28.01–83	Т 0-5-014	E n2v	87	J. A. Maffei (7) Hohenzollern (7) Hanomag (61) Škoda Works (12)	1909–1925	c. 60 rebuilt as simple expansion and with superheaters (1939–1960)
	G 4/5 c	27.01–17	Т 1-4-014	1′D n4v	18		1910	Some rebuilt with superheaters from 1934
			Т 1-4-115.5	1′D1′ h2	8		1939	Ordered by Manchuria but not delivered, acquired 1942

Tank locomotives

Number(s)	Type	Numbers(s)	Type	UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
from 1908		from 1936
	T 3/4 z			C1′ n2t	1		1868	Ex 314; Acquired in 1888 with the Ruse-Varna railway
	T 3/3 z			C n2t	2		1870–1873	Ex MÁV 6601 and 6605; MÁV XIIe class (né StEG II 601–605), date of acquisition unknown
	T 2/2 z			B n2t	2		1887–1889	Ex 1918 (builder's number) und 1 TL; construction locomotives
	T 3/3 z	47.01–03	Тт 0-3-014	C n2t	3		1897–1898	Ex 102–104; similar to Palatine T 3
	T 3/3 z	47.04–08	Тт 0-3-014	C n2t	5		1900	Ex 105–109; as Bavarian D II^II, Diverted from an order from the Royal Bavarian State Railways
	T 3/3 z	47.09−18	Тт 0-3-014	C n2t	11		1909	Modified Bavarian D II^II
	T 3/5 z	35.01–45	Пт 1-3-114 or ПТ 1-3-115	1′C1′ n2t	45	Hanomag (20) BMAG (25)	1910–1921
	T 5/5 c	49.01–24	Тт 0-5-014.6 or ТТ 0-5-015.3	E n2vt	25	Hanomag (15) BMAG (10)	1917
	T 6/6 c	45.01–10	Тт 0-6-017	F n2vt	10		1922	All rebuilt as simple expansion with superheaters after World War II
	T 3/3 z	47.19−38	Тт 0-3-015	C n2t	20		1925	Modernised version of 1000 series
	T 4/5 z	48.01–06	Тт 0-4-115	D1′ n2t	6	Hanomag (3) BDŽ Sofia (3)	1930–1949	1401–1403 built for the Pernik coal mine, acquired in 1931; 48.04–48.06 only steam locomotives built in Bulgaria
	T 5/5 z	50.01–10	Тт 0-5-015	E h2t	10		1907–1913	ex Prussian T 16; left behind in Bulgaria after World War I; Purchased in 1931 and returned to service
4.501–4.512	T 6/9 z		Тт 1-6-217	1′F2′ h2t	12		1931	Bulgarian standard locomotive
			Тт 1-6-218	1′F2′ h3t	8		1943	Bulgarian standard steam locomotive, three-cylinder version of class 46
			Бт 1-4-215.7	1′D2′ h3t	10		1943	Bulgarian standard steam locomotive

760 mm gauge locomotives

Number(s)	Type	Numbers(s)	Type	UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
from 1908		from 1936
	T 3/4 c	1^76–10^76	Пт 0-3-19	C1′ n2vt	10		1922
	T 4/4 z	400^76	Тт 0-4-05	D n2t	1		1920
	T 5/5 z	501^76–504^76	Тт 0-5-010	E h2t	4		1927
	T 5/5 z	505^76–506^76	Тт 0-5-09	E h2t	2		1931
			Тт 1-5-110	1′E1′ h2t	20	BMAG (10) Chrzanów (10)	1940–1949	Similar to DR class 99^73–76

600 mm gauge locomotives

Number(s)	Type	Numbers(s)	Type	UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
from 1908		from 1936
		201^60–??	ТТ 0-2-03	B n2t	min. 3		from 1906	align=left rowspan="3"	ex Deutsche Heeresfeldbahn; Acquired after the end or World War I
		301^60–??	ТТ 0-3-03	C n2t	min. 9		from 1900
		401^60–493^60	ТТ 0-4-03	D n2t	93		1914–1925
			ПТ 2-3-04	2'C n2t	4		1917	Acquired in 1942 with the line to Rila Monastery

Diesel locomotives

Class	Type	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Power (kW)	Power (hp)	Notes
04	B′B′ dh	50	Simmering-Graz-Pauker	1963	NaN-1NaN-1	ÖBB prototyp diesel class 2020.01
06	Co′Co′ de	130	Electroputere		1566-1NaN-1	Similar to Căile Ferate Române class 62
07	Co′Co′ de	90 + 2 from CSD	Luhanskteplovoz	1971	2200-1NaN-1	USSR locomotive class ТЭ 109	Identical to Deutsche Reichsbahn class 131
51	diesel		Ganz				Identical to ŽS class 641 and MÁV M44
52	D dh		LEW				Identical to Deutsche Reichsbahn class V 60
55	dh		FAUR				Most common locomotive in the BDŽ fleet.
66	B dh		Humboldt-Deutzmotoren A.G.				Former WR 200 B 14 of the German army (DB and DR Class V 20)

760 mm gauge locomotives

Class	Type	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Power (kW)	Power (hp)	Notes
75	B′B′ dh	10	Henschel & Son	1965	820	1100	Three still in service
76	B'B' dh	15	FAUR	1976-1978	820	1100	All retired
77	B′B′ dh	10	FAUR	1988	820	1100	One still in service
81	B′B′ dh	10	Kambarka Engineering Works	1982	294-1NaN-1	Soviet class ТУ7 (TU7) shunting locomotive

Surviving locomotives are only used on the Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line, Bulgaria's only remaining narrow gauge railway.

Electric locomotives

Class	Type	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Power (kW)	Power (hp)	Notes
41	Bo'-Bo'	41	Škoda Works	1962-1963	3000
42.1	Bo'-Bo'	90	Škoda Works	1966-1970	3020
43	Bo'-Bo'	56	Škoda Works	1971-1974	3040
44	Bo'-Bo'	89	Škoda Works	1975-1980	3140		As class 43, but with electro-dynamic brake
45	Bo'-Bo'	60	Škoda Works	1982-1983	3140		As class 44, but with different gear ratio for working 1100NaN0 freight trains
46, 46.2	Co'-Co'	45	Electroputere	1986-1987	5100-1NaN-1	Model LE5100. Identical to Căile Ferate Române class 40.
60	B'-B'	4	Škoda Works	1982-1985	800
61	Bo'-Bo'	20	Škoda Works	1994	960		Used for shunting and light works trains.
61	Bo'-Bo'	15	Siemens	2020-2021	5600

References

• Book: Dejanow, Dimiter . 1990 . Die Lokomotiven der Bulgarischen Staatsbahnen . Slezak . Vienna . 3-85416-150-6 . German .
• Book: Durrant, A. E. . 1972 . The Steam Locomotives of Eastern Europe . . Newton Abbot, Devon . 0-7153-4077-8 .
• Book: Stöckl, Fritz . 1975 . Eisenbahnen in Südosteuropa . Bohmann . Vienna . 2284625. German .