Požarevac 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
Požarevac 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 "blue train" but now sees general service.
1st September 2001
Serbia (including Kosovo) and Montenegro
European Railway Photographs by Paul Steane
Former JŽ 760mm gauge locomotive 83-173 was built in 1949 by the Previous | NextSouth-eastern Serbia also has some spectacular scenery, the railway route between Knjaževac and Niš passing through a long limestone gorge with many bridges and tunnels. On 2 September 2001 the 11:07 train from Zaječar to Niš comprised JŽ diesel locomotive 661-138, two coaches, a mail van and 25 empty coal wagons. In this view backwards down the train, some of the wagons can be seen, the end of the train being beyond the second tunnel.

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