BDZ1 0-8-0T No. 489.60 (1142)
Barakovo, Bulgaria 		Location: Private Museum of Ivan T. Balabanov
Status: Display
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1 BDZ Balgarski darzhavni zheleznitsi Bulgarian State Railways
Posted: Dec 7, 2022 @ 06:12:37 by Dale W Fické
It turns out that the locomotive was only built to the Brigadelok design, not for tha latter whose last lok was No. HF 1140. This is actually one of four locomotives built by Smoschewer, Breslau (now Wroclaw) who never previously constructed Brigadeloks. The four locomotives with the serial numbers 775 to 778 were the last brigade locomotives built in 1925. The Bulgarian State Railways used the existing brigade locomotives for the first allocation of numbers, with the last HF number being 1140. Accordingly, the four new locomotives were assigned the numbers 1141 to 1144 Without the preceeding HF being relevant) though the railway line on the Black Sea was built primarily for the transport of salt, it was mainly used for passenger traffic when it was completed. pIn the summer of 2014, the locomotive was transferred to the Bulgarian town of Barakovo in the Rila Mountains, where it is intended as a monument to commemorate the 600 mm industrial railway there.
Posted: Jan 29, 2022 @ 04:01:48 by Dale W Fickés
Many a enthusiast, including myself, have been fooled by the ‘false’ plate it bears! Mystery solved. This is NOT a Henschel & Sohn, nor is it’s alleged construction number still extant! It is in fact Smoschewer, Breslau (now Wroclaw) No. 776 built for the Heeresfeldbahn (HF) after WWI as No 1142, although being delivered straight to BDŽ as their No. 489.60.
Posted: Nov 16, 2019 @ 16:11:33 by Steve Frost
ILFORD reports that the loco carries the works plate from 449.60 (Henschel 14269 of 1916). Boiler carries plate with the number 777.
Posted: Nov 6, 2019 @ 06:11:10 by Dale W Fickés
The builder is Henschel & Sohn No. 14269 of 1916. I am not aware of the German Army HF number.