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Steam at Oskova

            Yugoslavia is said to have once boasted the finest narrow gauge railway system in all of Europe,  built to 760mm gauge by the Austro-Hungarian empire to suit the mountainous terrain.

The system suffered a rapid decline in the 1970's and by 1983  all of the JZ operated lines were closed.

Today the only commercial narrow gauge railway in Bosnia & Herzegovina is the coal mining railway of Banovici. The line is typically worked by class 740 diesels but also retains a number of working steam locomotives as standby which can be called upon if the diesels are unavailable for any reason. 

During the February 2024 FarRail trip to Bosnia, 0-6-0 tank 25-30 was in steam, the last of a batch of 10 delivered new to the railway from CKD of Prague in 1949. The class 25 was able to make some demonstration moves for the group, and fortunately was caught in some fantastic light shunting at Oskova. 

Even with a chartered train, the slow pace of anything happening in Bosnia had almost guaranteed the photographers failure as the one decent window of good light came and went. By some sort of miracle when the train was finally able to move another patch of sun appeared, lasting no more than 10 minutes. It was enough and we were delighted!

Taken in: Bosnia and Herzegovina / Federation of B&H / Oskova (show map)

Taken on: February 13, 2024

Tags:

Bosnia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Steam in Bosnia

FarRailTours

25-30

Banovici

Oskova

Narrow Gauge « less

Sets appears in: • Bosnia • 2024 more » • Steam • Narrow Gauge « less

Groups appears in: • Railway Romance

Camera: Nikon D7200, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec, 44mm (=66mm), ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Lens:	18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	44mm (35mm equivalent: 66mm)
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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