Two locomotives of the Skoda brethren at the west side of Sofia's Central Railway Station. In the foreground is 45 170.8 from the depot in Mezdra heading a freight train. The machine in the bright red colour behind it is 44 113.9 from depot Gorna Oryahovitsa at the helm of the international train Thessaloniki - Sofia - Bucharest - Budapest which includes Bulgarian, Romanian and Hungarian sleeping cars. 44 113 will pull the train from Sofia to Ruse where a diesel locomotive takes over. 3 February 2005

Photo and scan by Miroslav Georgiev (Miroslav_SG@all.bg)