On this occasion, through a photo gallery, we present a part of the original archival documentation related to the construction and maintenance of the narrow-gauge (0.76 m) railway line and track facilities from various periods in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I hope that the archival material presented here can serve as an important resource for studying the railway history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as that of the former Yugoslavia. Illustrations, technical drawings, and authentic architecture with original old names vividly evoke the spirit of bygone times, so we can justly say that this collection also holds cultural-historical and documentary value.
From the contents of the photo gallery:
- Abt rack railway for the Bradina–Konjic and Goleš–Oborci lines.
- Directorate of the Croatian State Railways 1943; later operated by the JDŽ.
- Track superstructure – rail systems for 0.76 m gauge.
- Types: Austrian, Hungarian, German, Turkish, “Togo” reparations; tables of superstructure elements etc. Croatian State Railways 1943, later JDŽ use.
- Substructure – for 0.76 m gauge lines.
- Standards for embankments, cuttings, stone retaining and abutment walls, plus standards for building roads and turntables at hairpin curves.
- Temporary wooden bridges for 0.76 m gauge.
- Bridges for industrial lines, light locomotives of series 73, 97, 178, 185, 186, 189, 192, 195 and heavy locomotives of series 72, 83, 84, 85, 91, 92. Directorate of State Railways Sarajevo 1926.
- Turnouts on wooden and iron sleepers for 0.76 m gauge.
- Types: C IV, “J”, StbX a, S 45a, etc.
- Sleepers for 0.76 m gauge lines.
- Drawing out, drilling holes for fishplates, sleeper layout for short rails, for curves with R = 300–600 m and on gradients; overview (table) of turnouts with sharp‑ and blunt‑headed sleepers, etc.
- Tables of cant and widening in curves for 0.76 m gauge.
- JDŽ, 13th Section, Drvar 1948.
- Water troughs of profiles 80, 100 and 125 mm.
- Longitudinal profile of the line (sketch)
- Koran – Stambulčić – Sjetlina – Prača.
- Longitudinal profile of the line (sketch)
- Gora – Janjići – Raspotočje – Zenica – Gračanica – Vranduk – Nemila – Begov Han – Mračaj – Želeče – Papratnica – Žepče – Lupoglava – Osova – Vinište – Dubravica – Zavidovići – Dolina – Globarica – Bradići – Komšić.
- Data on ground elevations and grade profiles of the line, curves, tunnels, straight sections, culverts, etc. Directorate JDŽ, 9th Section, Travnik 1934. Exclusive!
