Serbia: Sargan 8 mountain railway: Mokra Gora - Sargan Vitasi, 2014

Fifty photos of this famous 76cm gauge line. Its tortuous route makes a figure of 8 as it climbs over itself from Mokra Gora to Sargan Vitasi, hence the name.

Former narrow gauge station, Uzice, Serbia, Mon 16 June 2014 1. Uzice is between Sargan Vitasi (35km) and Pozega (24km). Belgrade is 235km north east of Uzice. Visegrad is 87km and Sarajevo 209km to the west. The narrow gauge station was abandoned when the Uzice section of the new standard gauge Belgrade - Bar (Montenegro) railway was built on a different alignment in the 1970s. Yugoslav Rlys (JZ) 85-045 is a 76cm gauge 2-8-2. It was built in Slavonski Brod (now in Croatia) by Djuro Djakovic (32 / 1940).

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Former narrow gauge station, Uzice, Serbia, Mon 16 June 2014 1. Uzice is between Sargan Vitasi (35km) and Pozega (24km). Belgrade is 235km north east of Uzice. Visegrad is 87km and Sarajevo 209km to the west. The narrow gauge station was abandoned when the Uzice section of the new standard gauge Belgrade - Bar (Montenegro) railway was built on a different alignment in the 1970s. Yugoslav Rlys (JZ) 85-045 is a 76cm gauge 2-8-2. It was built in Slavonski Brod (now in Croatia) by Djuro Djakovic (32 / 1940).

Sargan 8 mountain railway Serbia