43-309 arrives on Septemvri (September) station in September 2007, pulling a very long freight train composed mostly from non-Bulgarian freight cars. Because the locomotive would otherwise stand between the passengers embariking/disembarking from the fast train to Burgas (from where the picture was taken) and the station building, 43-309 stops very far away from the exit signal. As a result, the other side of the train (pushed by 44-060) does not fit inside the station. The train is being stopped for a very short while to wait for the fast train to depart and the passengers to move unobstructed. The freight train has started to pull towards Sofia even before the fast train reaches the pushing 44-060. 

Photo by A. B. Kantchev (assenkantchev@yahoo.com)