Second Train Derails in 24 Hours: Three Injured Near Tryavna After Landslide
A passenger train traveling from Ruse to Plovdiv derailed early this morning after striking rocks from a landslide along the railway line between Tryavna and Tsareva Livada
Bulgarian Railways
Smiles | January 9, 2012, Monday // 00:40
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A passenger on a BDZ train in Bulgaria gets extremely angry as the train moves very slowly, and makes stops every five minutes.
"Excuse me! Why the heck are we stopping again?!?" he yells at the conductor.
"Umm.. There is a cow lying on the railway tracks," explains the conductor.
"But this is probably the 15th stop that we've made!"
"Well, yes, the cow has been walking in front of the locomotive..."
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