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The Last Narrow Gauge Railroad - Bulgaria20

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The Rhodope Narrow Gauge railroad is the last of its kind in Bulgaria. Due to the isolation and, until recently, lack of good roads, many communities have depended on the Rhodope Narrow Gauge Railroad to reach bigger towns, schools and hospitals and in order to make a living.
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A woman in the frame of a barn door in the village of Sveta Petka, one many small Muslim villages in the Rhodope Mountains. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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A woman in the frame of a barn door in the village of Sveta Petka, one many small Muslim villages in the Rhodope Mountains. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Nearly every day, Sabie Djikova carries 20 liters of fresh milk from her home in Ablanitsa to the station Tsvetino. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Nearly every day, Sabie Djikova carries 20 liters of fresh milk from her home in Ablanitsa to the station Tsvetino. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
The station master stops an incoming train at Station Dolene. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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The station master stops an incoming train at Station Dolene. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Nearly every day, Sabie Djikova carries 20 liters of fresh milk from her home in Ablanitsa to the station Tsvetino. She waits in the little station before boarding the train to Velingrad.In Velingrad,... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Nearly every day, Sabie Djikova carries 20 liters of fresh milk from her home in Ablanitsa to the station Tsvetino. She waits in the little station before boarding the train to Velingrad.In Velingrad,... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Sabie Djikova uses a military knapsack to transport about 20 kilos of milk to the nearby station from where she catches the train to the big town of Velingrad, a 40 minute ride. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Sabie Djikova uses a military knapsack to transport about 20 kilos of milk to the nearby station from where she catches the train to the big town of Velingrad, a 40 minute ride. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
A female train conductor checks rail passes and sells tickets to a group of Pomak women heading home by train from the town of Velingrad after selling their milk and other products. Some gets a pensio... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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A female train conductor checks rail passes and sells tickets to a group of Pomak women heading home by train from the town of Velingrad after selling their milk and other products. Some gets a pensio... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
A customer greets Sabie Djikova , a Pomak (Bulgarian Muslim) woman in front of his apartment in an apartment block in the town of Velingrad. Djikova goes door-to-door nearly every morning, delivering... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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A customer greets Sabie Djikova , a Pomak (Bulgarian Muslim) woman in front of his apartment in an apartment block in the town of Velingrad. Djikova goes door-to-door nearly every morning, delivering... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Sabie Djikova, a Pomak (Bulgarian Muslim) woman who owns cows and sells their milk, delivers bottles to customers in the town of Velingrad. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Sabie Djikova, a Pomak (Bulgarian Muslim) woman who owns cows and sells their milk, delivers bottles to customers in the town of Velingrad. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Pomak (Bulgarian Muslim) women wait for the first morning train to travel from the Tsvetino station to Velingrad, where they sell the milk and products they produce at market. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Pomak (Bulgarian Muslim) women wait for the first morning train to travel from the Tsvetino station to Velingrad, where they sell the milk and products they produce at market. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Sabie Djikova and other women disembark from a train at station Tsvetino, a station that serves several small communities that are reliant on train service. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Sabie Djikova and other women disembark from a train at station Tsvetino, a station that serves several small communities that are reliant on train service. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Kristian Vaklinov, who in 2014 helped organize a petition to save the Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge railroad that crosses the Rhodope mountain and includes a stop at the highest station on the Ba... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Kristian Vaklinov, who in 2014 helped organize a petition to save the Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge railroad that crosses the Rhodope mountain and includes a stop at the highest station on the Ba... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Steam is expelled from the train's heating system as the day's first train is prepared for departure from station Velingrad for a 5:55 departure. The Rhodope Narrow Gauge railroad is the last of its k... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Steam is expelled from the train's heating system as the day's first train is prepared for departure from station Velingrad for a 5:55 departure. The Rhodope Narrow Gauge railroad is the last of its k... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Engineer Valentin Petrov checks the train's engine after returning from the round trip journey (250km in total) from Septemvri to Dobrinishte. The Rhodope Narrow Gauge railroad is the last of its kind... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Engineer Valentin Petrov checks the train's engine after returning from the round trip journey (250km in total) from Septemvri to Dobrinishte. The Rhodope Narrow Gauge railroad is the last of its kind... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Sabie Djikova with her granddaughter, 5 year-old Sabie in the yard behind the house that is shared by three generations in the Rhodope village of Ablanitsa. They are Pomak, or Bulgarian-speaking Musli... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Sabie Djikova with her granddaughter, 5 year-old Sabie in the yard behind the house that is shared by three generations in the Rhodope village of Ablanitsa. They are Pomak, or Bulgarian-speaking Musli... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Engineers Jamal Starkov, right, from Cherna Mesta and Halil Mustafa, who come from the Muslim majority Rhodope town of Avramovo take a break at station Kostandovo. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Engineers Jamal Starkov, right, from Cherna Mesta and Halil Mustafa, who come from the Muslim majority Rhodope town of Avramovo take a break at station Kostandovo. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
The view from a 1965 Henschel locomotive, part of the batch of 10 narrow-gauge specific engines put into service that same year. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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The view from a 1965 Henschel locomotive, part of the batch of 10 narrow-gauge specific engines put into service that same year. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Sabie Djikova, a milk producer from the Rhodope mountain town of Ablanitsa, waves to the conductor as she disembarks from the train in station Tsvetino. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Sabie Djikova, a milk producer from the Rhodope mountain town of Ablanitsa, waves to the conductor as she disembarks from the train in station Tsvetino. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Sabie Djikova pours milk through a sieve to remove any impurities as she bottles it in used cola bottles before delivering it to customers in the market town of Velingrad. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Sabie Djikova pours milk through a sieve to remove any impurities as she bottles it in used cola bottles before delivering it to customers in the market town of Velingrad. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
A woman accompanies her cow down the main road of the Rhodope mountain village of Ablanitsa. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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A woman accompanies her cow down the main road of the Rhodope mountain village of Ablanitsa. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
Mysa Djikov, one of Sabie's sons, uses a heavy Russian truck, right, while working as a lumberjack. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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Mysa Djikov, one of Sabie's sons, uses a heavy Russian truck, right, while working as a lumberjack. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen
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