what is it?
After 1973 the acquisition of additional high-speed diesel locomotives was considered to complement the BDZ park for the Septemvri - Dobrinishte line and especially for the replacement of the steam tram along the line Cherven Bryag - Oryahovo. The acquisition of class 75 locomotives failed for a number of reasons. Thus a construction and supply contract was signed with the Romanian plant "23 August" (now FAUR) - Bucharest.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 50 years ago, in 1976.
- 820 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1976–1978
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- builders
- FAUR
- operators
- Bulgarian State Railways
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 820 kW
- gauge
- 760 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 52 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25483219, Wikipedia: BDŽ class 76 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.