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1961
Sources: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Локомотиви_БДЖ_серия_41.000
1962
April 13
After performing the acceptance tests, some trains are serviced on the first electrified railway line Sofia - Plovdiv, which was officially opened on April 27, 1963 .
All units are delivered by the end of 1962.
The firs 10x units are delivered with a "semi-open" cabinet, ie on one side with a longitudinal blind and the other with four windows. The remaining 31x units are delivered with a closed cabinet, each with four windows in the side panel (1st and 4th window divided with the upper opening part), but supplemented in the lower part of the side panels with mounting holes with removable lids.
Sources: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Локомотиви_БДЖ_серия_41.000
1963
Sources: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Локомотиви_БДЖ_серия_41.000
1965
- the ignitron (mercury) rectifiers initially installed are replaced with silicon rectifiers;
- modernisation of the locomotive transformer;
- reinforcement of the bogie frames;
- modifications to the traction motors;
- the 1800 kW rheostatic braking system is removed as it is inefficient.
39x units are modernised by 1967. Units E41-21 and E41-38 are not modernised and, after several consecutive fires, are scrapped in 1965.
The same year the letter "E" is removed from the designation of the series and units 41-40 and 41-41 are renumbered after the modernisation process 41-21 and 41-38 respectively.
Sources: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Локомотиви_БДЖ_серия_41.000, http://www.trainz-bg.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1471
1982
- in 1982 unit 41-100 is restored from 41-22;
- in 1983 unit 41-60 is restored on the basis of 41-03 locomotive frame and components from Class 43 and Class 43P and receives a fundamentally new appearance ;
- in 1984 unit 41-40 is restored from 41-36.
Sources: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Локомотиви_БДЖ_серия_41.000, http://www.trainz-bg.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1471
1983
There is not a single modernisation concept and every modernised unit will be unique in itself, with different components and in some cases even some experimental technologies.
By 1990 and counting the 3x units rebuilt between 1982 and 1984, the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) have a total of 15x modernised units. These units will be registered as 41 1xx.x.
Sources: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Локомотиви_БДЖ_серия_41.000
1988
Sources: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Локомотиви_БДЖ_серия_41.000
1992
Sources: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Локомотиви_БДЖ_серия_41.000
1998
Sources: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Локомотиви_БДЖ_серия_41.000
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