We are publishing a very rare document that details technical specifications (longitudinal profile) for the 0.76 m gauge railway from Sarajevo station to Zenica station. The document describes the condition of the railway as of January 1, 1956, with some amendments recorded on May 1, 1964. The entity responsible for technical operations is the Railway Maintenance Service of the Sarajevo Railway Directorate. In this booklet, you can learn about the locations and dimensions of mine chambers for all railway bridges, station diagrams with station buildings, types of rails and points, sidings (industrial, forest, mining, etc.), types of bunkers with the number of gun emplacements (ground level or multi-story), watershed markers, wells (active and filled-in), pumps and fountains, areas threatened by potential floods and landslides, level crossings (secured and unsecured), retaining walls, supervisors, road workers, and station guards (number, guard posts, and residence locations) along the entire route, as well as the types of trees found along this section, such as fir, beech, spruce, oak, and others.
It should be noted that on this section in 1947 (Shamac – Sarajevo), a standard gauge of 1435 mm was constructed, so that on this segment, the narrow gauge was gradually phased out, specifically: Sarajevo – Lašva was discontinued with the opening of the Sarajevo – Ploče railway in 1966, and Lašva – Zenica was discontinued on June 1, 1978.
Interesting technical details can be seen at the stations of Semizovac, Ilijaš, Podlugovi, Lješevo, Visoko, Porječani, Čatići, Kakanj, Roščevina, Lašva, Janjići, Raspotočje, and Zenica, related to (old and forgotten) industrial, forestry, mining, and military railways.
Click on the PDF document (34MB) to view the booklet.