* Open Coal Mine Vreoci

Open coalmine Vreoci is about one hour from Beograd. Principal attraction there is normal and 900 mm gauge with 4 steam locomotives ex JZ class 62, 0-6-0 T build by ex Yugoslav Locomotive Factory D. Djakovic, 62-117, 62-127, 62-635 and 62-643, working on heavy freight trains from industrial station Vreoci to JZ station Vreoci (5 km).

Main attraction here is 900 mm gauge steam locomotive Decauville   53-017 (0-6-0 T, 5317/1953), the last Decauville working in Europe as industrial loco.

Visitors may photograph normal and narrow gauge freight trains working separately and on the parallel track, outside of power central as well as electric locos gauge 900 mm working on line to Rudovci. Total of 25 km of line gauge 900 mm are hauled by electric locos build by Skoda, LEV and BBO. At Vreoci one diesel loco (Bo) build by Djuro Djakovic can be seen as well as service vehicle build by MIN Nis.

53-017 station Vreoci may 1999       El. loco no. 15 Vreoci, 19.05.2001.

 53-017 station Vreoci may 1999                              El. loco no. 15 Vreoci, 19.05.2001.

 

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