List of BDŽ locomotives

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		UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
	S 3/5 c	08.01–06	Б 2-3-0₁₄	2′C n4v	8	J. A. Maffei	1897–1904	Prototype for Bavarian C V
	S 3/5 c	08.07–17	Б 2-3-0₁₄	2′C n4v	12	J. A. Maffei	1905–1908	As Bavarian P 3/5 N
	S 3/6 v	09.01	Б 2-3-1₁₆	2′C1′ h4	1	Cockerill	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	Henschel & Son	1941–1942	Bulgarian standard locomotive
			Б 2-3-1_17.5	2′C1′ h3	5	Krupp	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		UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
142–150	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	StEG	1887–1890	ex 21–27 (and until 1897: 1–5 and 64–65)
	P 3/4 z			1′C n2	6	StEG	1890	ex 14–19 (and until 1905: 6–11); as
	P 3/3 c	16.01–??	П 0-3-0₁₄	C n2v	8	Vulcan (Stettin)	1896–1897	ex. 28–35; Similar to Prussian G 4.2
	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)	Henschel & Son	(1928)	Rebuilt from 801 after accident damage
	P 5/6 c	19.01–70	П 1-5-0₁₄	1′E h4v	70	Hanomag	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 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	Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf	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		UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
	G 4/4 z			D n2	4	StEG	1878	Ex CO 243–246, né StEG 1243–1246; class; acquired in 1888 with Ruse-Varna railway
	G 4/4 z			D n2	7	StEG	1887	Ex 51–57; as
	G 4/4 z	25.01	Т 0-4-0₁₄	D n2	6	Hanomag	1891	Ex 58–63
	G 4/4 c	25.02	Т 0-4-0₁₄	D n2v	4	Vulcan (Stettin)	1896–1899	Ex 64–67; similar to Prussian G 7²
	G 4/5 c	29.01	Т 1-2+2-0₁₄	(1′B)B n4v	1	J. A. Maffei	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	Hanomag	1905	Ex 42–46; similar to Prussian G 7²
	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	Hanomag	1910	Some rebuilt with superheaters from 1934
			Т 1-4-1_15.5	1′D1′ h2	8	Škoda Works	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		UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
	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; class (né StEG II 601–605), date of acquisition unknown
	T 2/2 z			B n2t	2	Hanomag	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	J. A. Maffei	1897–1898	Ex 102–104; similar to Palatine T 3
	T 3/3 z	47.04–08	Тт 0-3-0₁₄	C n2t	5	J. A. Maffei	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	Henschel & Son J. A. Maffei	1909	Modified Bavarian D II^II
	T 3/5 z	35.01–45	Пт 1-3-1₁₄ or П_Т 1-3-1₁₅	1′C1′ n2t	45	Hanomag (20) BMAG (25)	1910–1921
	T 5/5 c	49.01–24	Тт 0-5-0_14.6 or Т_Т 0-5-0_15.3	E n2vt	25	Hanomag (15) BMAG (10)	1917
	T 6/6 c	45.01–10	Тт 0-6-0₁₇	F n2vt	10	Hanomag	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	Škoda Works	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
3501–3508	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	H. Cegielski	1931	Bulgarian standard locomotive
			Тт 1-6-2₁₈	1′F2′ h3t	8	BMAG	1943	Bulgarian standard steam locomotive, three-cylinder version of class 46
			Бт 1-4-2_15.7	1′D2′ h3t	10	Krupp	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		UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
	T 3/4 c	1⁷⁶–10⁷⁶	Пт 0-3-1₉	C1′ n2vt	10	Rheinmetall	1922
	T 4/4 z	400⁷⁶	Тт 0-4-0₅	D n2t	1	Henschel & Son	1920
	T 5/5 z	501⁷⁶–504⁷⁶	Тт 0-5-0₁₀	E h2t	4	ČKD	1927
	T 5/5 z	505⁷⁶–506⁷⁶	Тт 0-5-0₉	E h2t	2	BMAG	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)	Numbers(s)	Type	UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
from 1908	from 1936		UIC class	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Notes
	201⁶⁰–??	Т_Т 0-2-0₃	B n2t	min. 3		from 1906	ex Deutsche Heeresfeldbahn; Acquired after the end or World War I
	301⁶⁰–??	Т_Т 0-3-0₃	C n2t	min. 9		from 1900
	401⁶⁰–493⁶⁰	Т_Т 0-4-0₃	D n2t	93		1914–1925
		П_Т 2-3-0₄	2'C n2t	4	Baldwin	1917	Acquired in 1942 with the line to Rila Monastery

Diesel locomotives[]

Type	Quantity	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Power (kW)	Power (hp)	Notes
B′B′ dh	50	Simmering-Graz-Pauker	1963	2 × 809	0 × 1,080	ÖBB prototyp diesel class 2020.01
Co′Co′ de	130	Electroputere		1,566	2,100	Similar to Căile Ferate Române class
Co′Co′ de	90 + 2 from CSD	Luhanskteplovoz	1971	2,200	2,950	USSR locomotive class ТЭ 109	Identical to Deutschen Reichsbahn class
diesel		Ganz				Identical to ŽS class and MÁV M44
D dh		LEW				Identical to Deutschen Reichsbahn class V 60
dh		FAUR				Most common locomotive in the BDŽ fleet.
B dh		Humboldt-Deutzmotoren A.G.				Ex Deutschen Reichsbahn

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
	B′B′ dh	10	Kambarka Engineering Works	1982	294	390	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[]

Quantity	Manufacturer	Power (kW)	Power (hp)	Notes
	Škoda Works
	Škoda Works
	Škoda Works
	Škoda Works			As class 43, but with electro-dynamic brake
	Škoda Works			As class 44, but with different gear ratio for working 110-kilometre-per-hour (68 mph) freight trains
45	Electroputere	5,100	6,840	Model LE5100. Identical to Căile Ferate Române class .
	Škoda Works			Used for shunting and light works trains.

References[]

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