BDŽ class 82 01-04

The three four-axle narrow gauge railcars of BDŽ class 05 01-03 which were procured in 1941 had proven very good in operation on the Rhodope Railway. In order to cope with the increase in traffic after the Second World War, the BDŽ procured four diesel railcars from Ganz Works Budapest in 1952 again. They were similar in construction and appearance to the vehicles of 1941, but more powerfully motorized with a power of 320 hp (240 kW). Originally, they were given the same series designation 05 with the ordinal numbers 04-07. From 1965, the four new vehicles were assigned the new class designation 82. With the railcars, six in appearance identical trailers were procured, of which two more followed in 1961.

Originally, the railcars were used as well as the three prewar railcars in Septemvri. Among other things, they handled the total traffic between Varvara and Pazardzhik commuting six times a day.^[1] Their use on the Rhodope Railway lasted until 1966, when the new class 75 took over all traffic on the route. All railcars were relocated to Cherven Bryag, where they took over a large part of the passenger train service. They could not completely replace the steam locomotives. The use of the narrow gauge railway to Oryahovo lasted until 1977, when the new class 76 took over the traffic.

Some car bodies have been preserved after being removed from storage. Thus, a sidecar wreck in Oryahovo behind the station building and in Cherven Bryag two rail car body and a trailer body have been preserved.^[2] As a monument, the railcar 82-01 was set up in Bansko.

At their delivery, the vehicles had a very modern silver-gray paint. Later, some vehicles were painted blue in the lower half and white in the upper half. Whether vehicles of this series, is not known, all known photos with vehicles of the series 81 have a silver-gray paint.