Uskotracne (76-centimetarske) pruge bivse Jugoslavije

73-018 scares the waiting horses as it crosses the Travnik to Lasva road near Vitez in August 1965.
There were 23 of these Class 73 2-6-2's which were built as light passenger locomotives.  This loco is one of three preserved and can be seen at Jablanica.  Note the shell cases filled with flowers above the cylinders.

This narrow gauge discussion  on the Zeljeznice.net forum now has over 70 pages with many interesting photos and maps.  The text is in Croatian.  Recommended viewing.  It is mainly concerned with the lines out of Sarajevo.

The other threads on the Zeljeznice.net narrow gauge discussion group are also well worth exploring

Some of the many classes which worked on the narrow gauge can be seen on this page

Railroad Friends Society, Belgrade - detailed page on narrow gauge locos (Serbian text)

This page has many photos of the surviving Class 83's

Views of the coal mine system at Banovici, where the last narrow gauge locos are still in
industrial use, can be seen on these websites:

http://www.farrail.com/galleries/galerie_35-banovici-2003.html (German language)

http://www.narrow-gauge.co.uk/gallery/246

http://www.fortunecity.de/lindenpark/bruecke/549/sudost.htm (German language)

The rebuilding of the line over the "Sargan 8" at Mokra Gora can be followed on these websites:

http://www.pbase.com/vmarinkovic/the_sargans_eihgt

http://www.zlatibor.co.yu/voz/english/index.htm

http://www.geocities.com/hvithrafn/jz/sargan.html

More photos of narrow gauge locos and rolling stock on the
Railfan Europe picture gallery

This miniature railway in England has replicas of JZ Classes 73 and 83

The Zillertalbahn in Austria uses former JZ 0-8-2 No. 83-076 to haul passenger trains

73-019 and 97-029 are preserved in Austria at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Frohjach.

Details of working steam in Serbia and Bosnia can be found at: http://www.steam.demon.co.uk/trains/serbia1.htm.

The Bosnian narrow gauge is featured in this Wikepedia article (German language)
as is the history of the Class 83

Some information on the Klose articulated locomotives.

A site covering all aspects of railways in the Balkans is The Virtual Roundhouse.

The German Wikipedia entry about the Šargan line:

The Ostbahn with some pictures never published before

Picture galleries of the Feistritztalbahn in Styria with some pictures of
83-180 in action and a rebuilt class 740 diesel

Josef Pospichal's website has details of the JZ narrow gauge loco classes (German text)

Many new photos by Jakov Bolotin taken on the Adriatic Coast in 2007 (Serbo Croat text)

Narrow gauge in Macedonia by Vladimir Petkov (Macedonian language)

A short history of the railways of Dalmatia by Elmar Oberegger

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