Uskotracne (76-centimetarske) pruge bivse Jugoslavije
Photos from May 1966 by John Cosford.
Konjic and Jablanica
Konjic loco shed with two JŽ class 97 0-6+4 rack-and-adhesion and two class 83 0-8-2 locomotives outside.
JŽ class 97 0-6+4 rack-and-adhesion engine 97.024 (Floridsdorf/1911) has just come off the front of our train at Konjic after descending the rack section from Bradina. These remarkable machines had two outside cylinders for the adhesion wheels and two inside cylinders for the cogwheel rack drive. The two systems were not connected so the exhaust would vary as the two sets of cylinders worked in and out of phase.
JŽ class 83 0-8-2 83.161 (Slavonski Brod/1948) has taken over our train from the rack locos at Konjic and will take us the 69km to Mostar. A grabbed b/w shot while trying to avoid the railway police!
JŽ class 97 0-6+4 rack-and-adhesion engine 97.035 (Floridsdorf/1919) at Konjic.
JŽ class 83 0-8-2 83.161 (Slavonski Brod/1948) waits at Jablanica with our portion of the 08:25 train from Sarajevo. We had a long wait here expecting the second portion of the train to arrive. However, due to congestion, our train eventually moved on to Prenj where the second portion finally caught up with us.
A pair of JŽ class 83 0-8-2s entering Jablanica with a long freight train from Sarajevo. 83.156 (Slavonski Brod/1948) is piloting 83.123 (Krauss Linz/1919).
Another view of the pair of JŽ class 83 0-8-2s at Jablanica with a long freight train from Sarajevo. 83.156 (Slavonski Brod/1948) is piloting 83.123 (Krauss Linz/1919).
Page 7, on to Mostar and towards the coast
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