Former JŽ 760mm gauge locomotive 83-173 was built in 1949 by the
Former JŽ 760mm gauge locomotive 83-173 was built in 1949 by the "Đuro Đakovic" works in Slavonski Brod (now in Croatia) and rebuilt in 2000 at Zrenjanin. Here it is seen working a special train on 31 August 2001 on the "Šarganska Osmica", a restored railway near Užice in south-west Serbia. This is on the route of the now-closed main line between Beograd and the Dubrovnik via Sarajevo.
31st August 2001
Serbia (including Kosovo) and Montenegro
European Railway Photographs by Paul Steane
Index | NextPožarevac is where trains between Beograd and Knjaževac via Majdanpek change from electric to diesel traction: JŽ diesel locomotive 666-004 has just backed onto train 971 on 1 September 2001. The route onwards from Požarevac to Majdanpek only sees one pair of trains per day. Class 666 was originally used to haul Tito's famous

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