BDZ1 (Heeresfeldbahn) 0-8-0T No. 470.60 (HF 1052)
Septemvri , Bulgaria 		Location: Septemvri depot
Status: Stored
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1 BDZ Balgarski darzhavni zheleznitsi Bulgarian State Railways
Posted: Dec 1, 2022 @ 04:12:16 by Dale W Fickés
This was delivered to the Heersfeldbahn replacement park in Berlin to become No. as HF 1052. After the end of the war, the locomotive went into the inventory of the Bulgarian State Railways in 1920, which classified the locomotive as BDŽ No. 47060. For the period from 1946 to 1965, the locomotive was used on the 57-kilometer route Kaspican - Todor - Ikonomovo. Upon retirement it was placed in Ruse railway museum which has since been redeveloped and/or closed. Since 2009, the 47060 (parked on a 760 mm goods wagon) together with two other steam locomotives from Ruse has been in the Rodopi Railway depot in Septemvri. The locomotives were supposed to receive an optical refurbishment there, but no work has yet been undertaken. The Ruse Railway Museum has also been completely redesigned in recent years, so there should hardly be any space left for the return of the three locomotives.
Posted: Aug 8, 2018 @ 16:08:47 by Dale W Fickés
Stored on a low loader depot (being of a different gauge) outside Septemvri depot on 06 October 2016.

This locomotive was previously at Ruse Museum (now closed). The 60 suffix to the loco number defines the locomotive gauge

Posted: Aug 7, 2018 @ 05:08:20 by Dale W Fickés
The depicted locomotive is NOT HF 1052 but a Sharp Stewart locomotive that was based in Ruse (see 0-6-0 No. 148. In fact this ex German Army 600mm locomotive is actually BDZ No. 470.60 dumped (October 2016) on a low-loader outside Septemvri depot and workshops. Photograph to be supplied.

This has now been corrected and correct photo added (Ed)