The first 760 mm track-side diesel locomotives of the BDŽ were built by the German company Henschel & Sohn of Kassel, and were put into operation in Bulgaria in the beginning of 1966. As soon as they arrived, they became the main narrow-gauge locomotive series at the Septemvri depot, took the passenger (from the series 81 and 82) and the freight (from the 600.76 series locomotives) service on the railway lines Septemvri - Dobrinishte and Varvara [bg] - Pazardzhik. Moreover, due to the higher power of the locomotives, the trip from Septemvri to Dobrinishte was shortened by more than 1 hour.
The locomotives were constructed under the technical conditions of BDŽ and consisted mainly of: a diesel engine with a power of 1100 hp, a hydraulic gear and the wheelset formula is B'B'. When built in the 1960s, they were the most powerful 760 mm gauge diesel locomotives in the world. They were also the first time Bulgarian locomotives used the cavities in the main locomotive frame for fuel storage.
The first locomotive to be scrapped was 75 007.5, which derailed on January 16, 1991 due to a broken track on the open line to "Dryanov Dol". The damage could have been repaired, but due to a locomotive surplus it was made into a spare parts "donor" for the other locomotives and was eventually scrapped in 1994.
