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Zdravo! Serija do sada: Regional Rail Express - 1: Vindobona I (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 2: Vindobona II (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 3: Vindobona III (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 4: Vindobona IV (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 5: Vindobona V/Zagreb I (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 6: Zagreb II (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 7: Zagreb III (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 8: Debrecen (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 9: Valea lui Mihai (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 10: Jibou (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 11: Buşteni (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 12: Braşov (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 13: Medgidia - Eforie (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 14: Suceava (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 15: Adria, Istria I, Bosnia & Herzegovina (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 16: Transsylvania I (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 17: Transalpin (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 18: Voralpen-Express I (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 19: Voralpen-Express II (50 p.) Regional Rail Express - 20: Voralpen-Express III (50 p.) Južno od Alpa 2019 The video for this part: https://youtu.be/ScW83dutdjc May 1 2019 I took InterCity 18 from Ljubljana at noon, consisting of a Desiro EMU. On the way, several track rebuilding projects delayed the train but the connection at Pragersko waited. I arrived by LP 3858 at Ormož before four o'clock and was welcomed by a gorgeous "Green Train"... 711-003 & -004 (constructed by WMD Donauwörth in 1970, a modified DB 624 / reconstructed by MBB Donauwörth in 1978 with Mercedes Benz OM 404 engine as "Green Train", another nickname: "Mercedes") took me as LP 3836 at 4:49 p.m. to Obrež - one stop before Slovenian border station Središče. The first roundtrip of the afternoon terminated at Središče, so I ate my snack next to a rape field and waited for LP 3835 Središče - Ormož. The DMU approached at 6:05 p.m. as cross-border MO 7806 Ormož - Čakovec to Croatia. Luxurious interior of the "Mercedes" - it even features a conference room with executive chair, now used by the conductor. My first visit at Središče ob Dravi dates to August 18 2004. Back then, Fiat-built railcar 813-131 (reconstructed from 813-025) returned to Ormož at 10:18 a.m. Semaphore signals still standing on April 23 2008. In the process of being replaced by light signals on June 20 2009. On PTG Tours charter "Slovenian Španka" hauled by SŽ 644-005 (GM-EMD type G22U constructed in license by Material y Construcciones S.A. (MACOSA) #1438 / built in 1973 / "Španka" = "Spanish Woman" after the location of the builder). Arrival at Čakovec on May 1 2019. Čakovec looked like this on hot summer day August 18 2004 at noon. On a spontaneous visit, I did not have a photo permit back then - so a more covert operation. Original GM HŽ 2043-002 (ex JŽ 661-021, GM-EMD G16, GM #26214 / built in 1960, rebuilt as 646-002 by TŽV Gredelj in 1990). More about the class: https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/HŽ_serija_2043 The signalman had spotted me, but it did not matter. 2044-005 (ex JŽ 645-008, constructed in license of GM-EMD type GT22HW-2 by Đuro Đaković #1132 / built in 1981, nicknamed "Mala Karavela" = "Small Caravelle", class 2063 (EMD GT26CW-2) are "Large Caravelles", another nickname for GMs in general is onomatopoeic "James"/"Džems") departed towards Kotoriba. Nowadays, 2044-005 as well as -003 belong to Finnish company Skinest Rail and haul freight trains in Croatia for PPD Transport: https://railcolornews.com/2016/09/09/hr-ppd-transport-is-testing-their-new-mainline-diesel-locomotives 7121-001 (ex JŽ 712-106, Đuro Đaković in licence from MAN/MACOSA / built in 1980, nickname "Macosa") approached from Kotoriba. I walked through town to the line towards Varaždin. 2043-002 passed the grade crossing, returning later. Four railroad lines radiate straight from Čakovec. To the left from Varaždin, Hrvatsko Zagorje (Croatian Highlands) in the background which we will visit in the next report part. To the right from Kotoriba and Hungary. The second track on the left branches off at Čakovec-Buzovec towards Mursko Središće in Croatia and Lendava in Slovenia. On the June 20 2009 PTG Tours trip we reversed at Slovenian border station Lendava on the other side of Mura/Mur River. The train was hauled by HŽ 2062-056 (former JŽ 664-014, GM-EMD G26C built in license by Đuro Đaković, nicknamed "Ličanka" after the Lika rail line). Rédics in Hungary would have been reached only two miles further, but that rail connection had been dismantled after WWII. Changing back to SŽ 644-005 at Čakovec. Finally to the namegiving express of this series: G/B 204/205 "Maestral" Budapest - Zagreb - Budapest. During some timetable periods it took the diesel line via Varaždin, during others the mainline via Koprivnica, for the last time under that name in December 2012. Sleeper cars from Split or Rijeka were often conveyed, like these MÁV cars on July 8 2007 with G 205 at Nagykanizsa in Hungary. A railroad junction where Balkan trips originating in Vienna usually properly started. The last sleeping car belonged to Russian RŽD: Zagreb - Moscow. We boarded G 204 "Maestral" Budapest - Zagreb for the ride to Varaždin on July 23 2006, Ukrainian UZ through car Kiev - Zagreb behind "Giant" V63.036. International freight hauled by 2044-004 ready to depart on April 23 2011 at Hungarian border station Murakeresztúr. Due to new borders drawn in the 20th century, the electrified mainline follows a strange kink south along the Mura to Gyékényes, where the river is crossed to Koprivnica. The line straight from Murakeresztúr leads past semaphore signals straight across Mura River onto the diesel track towards Kotoriba and Čakovec. Image from April 20 2011. Freight traffic at Čakovec on April 23 2008. A "Green Train" arriving at Čakovec on May 3 2019. How times are changing: the sign in 2004 stated that "staying and walking on the tracks is forbidden, but only in case a train is around"... I had not seen it beforehand, but now found out that part of the line Varaždin – Zagreb - the Zaprešić – Zabok section - was being electrified and completely closed with rail replacement buses April 1 - November 1 2019. So, almost all trains on the "mountain line" Varaždin - Zabok were composed of DMUs while unusual services on the "flatland" lines ran GM-hauled. Like Pu 3307 Kotoriba - Varaždin here. Loco-hauled rakes included some couchette cars. Pu 3090 Konjščina - Kotoriba was the only one with GM on the "mountain" (in the dark), but it offered the opportunity to capture it during sunrise at 5:25 a.m. on the Drava/Drau River bridge at Varaždin. It rained the rest of the day, so I returned home via Ormož and Maribor. Behind the river bend lies Dubrava reservoir. Departure of a classic rake from Varaždin towards Zagreb on April 23 2008, when the station building was being restored. In good condition eleven years later, on May 2 2019, as Pu 3307 arrived. Railcars to Golubovec and Koprivnica on the dead-end tracks. It pays off to exit the station at Varaždin, image from July 8 2007. More about the baroque old city: https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varaždin In the morning at half past six on July 24 2006, when the station had not been modernized yet. A star of the report series - 2044.007 in original JŽ-livery - approached from Čakovec. The old direction signs still border-less from Yugoslavian times... In the morning of April 23 2008. Break for the switchmen, the Adriatic coast featuring Dubrovnik in the background. Plenty of work on July 24 2006 at noon, 2062-055 in front of a gravel train towards Zagreb. It was about to be hauled over the "mountain" in two parts, we will meet it again in a later report part. The same engine in heartbreaking condition at the railyard on May 2 2019. Freight traffic on July 2 2008, this time pulled by 2044-016. Evening mood on May 2 2019 with Pu 3618 Koprivnica - Kotoriba. The American-style lit engine numbers have been reactivated in the recent modernization. Also, the decorative lines on the livery resemble the original JŽ-design again more closely. Including couchette car. We had arrived at Varaždin by B 204 "Maestral" with Ukrainian sleeper car on July 23 2006 at 9 p.m. Of course this means that the train hardly continues on the line to Zagreb in daylight. After taking the pictures, a security guy approached wanting to prohibit photography. He did not count on us having the necessary permit. So, it did pay off to get the permit, even if it was never checked there again. The departure with GM-sound can be watched here: https://youtu.be/ymd3I-46_-U More "Maestral"-adventures next time!

Hvala! GM soundtrack e.g.: 2009 https://youtu.be/bM5DW559rEk 2012 https://youtu.be/I7QucnU0wj0 2015 https://youtu.be/-PP36M6q8yU July 18 2012 We return to the view towards Preslo, I had walked there from Prgomet stop. B 825 to Split soon thundered past me. I changed to the mountainside for punctual B 1821 "Adria" Budapest - Split. It conveyed a Russian sleeping car from Moscow, sadly at the rear... ... so you often could not see it. I visited Split twice that summer. You can almost smell the Dalmatian morning air on August 9 2012 as B 1823 passed through this typical scenery at the distant home signal of Labin Dalmatinski. It was hauled by 2062-055, which I had spotted last year sadly decrepit at Varaždin depot, sporting "frog eye" old-style headlights. The summit is reached: B 825 with 2062-016 departed Labin after crossing a freight train. The morning before - August 8 2012 - , I had marched from Labin to the sea-facing side of the mountains. B 825 with 2062-051 had passed through the summit tunnel and rolled steeply downhill. B 1821 "Adria" approached punctually again. Leaf coloration due to heat and fires. B 1823 with "Jadran" part from Prag rolled towards Sadine stop on June 30 2008. Side view with Kaštelanski Zaljev bay and the city of Split in the background on July 9 2009. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaštela Virtual sandwich with B 825, June 30 2008. B 825 on July 9 2009. Express trains usually stop at the next station, Kaštel Stari ("old castle"). Despite the steep grade downhill, "Turnerica" 2062-114 first accelerated its B 825 in the morning of July 13 2007. The same train can be spotted a second time in the background. Prague to palm trees: "Jadran" has reached Kaštel Kambelovac on July 8 2009. "Flatland" engine 2044-008 had conquered the mountains on July 29 2015 and passed Kaštel Sućurac semaphore home signal with B 1823. B 1204 "Adria" followed after eight o'clock half an hour delayed. The left track has a purely industrial purpose. That year I visited some spots near the city I had neglected previously in favor of the mountains. B 1823 approached from Solin on July 28 2015, the track to the left leads to the port. Earlier B 1821 during sunrise at Split Predgrađe. B 1204 "Adria" arrived at Split terminal on August 21 2019. The non-night train pic of this part: Favorite 2044-007 also had made it to Split on July 27 2015 hauling Pu 5503 from Perković. Passenger trains are stabled at Split Predgrađe, July 28 2015. Locals taking Pu 5506 Split - Perković after shopping in the city on July 27 2015. My first time spotting a class 2044 in Dalmatia, a decade ago on August 11 2010. B 1205 "Adria" Split - Budapest-Keleti ready to depart in the evening of August 19 2019, seen from the campanile within Diocletian's Palace forming the core of the old town: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian's_Palace More images from this trip already have been shown in trip report part 15. B 1822 before departure on July 26 2006, HŽ sleeping car in old livery. Engines fully accelerate into the tunnel crossing the city center, which leads to situations where beams of headlights pierce through the own diesel exhaust gases. Going home by "Jadran" on August 20 2009. B 824 at 10 p.m. on August 19 2005. GM under palm trees in the evening of June 30 2008. I took "Jadran" to Gračac and then the train into the opposite direction to reach Knin early morning. Inside sleeping car of "Jadran" through Solin on August 20 2009. B 15801 "Adria" dieseled up the grade at Solin past a herd of goats, July 27 2015. B 1822 passed the home signal of Kaštel Sućurac and a quarreling couple on the industrial track in the evening of July 9 2009. 2044-007 also attained night train honors: hauling B 15801 "Adria" to Budapest including ČD sleeping car to Prague through Kaštel Stari olive groves on July 29 2015. B 1205 "Adria" at Kaštel Stari seen from Malačka mountain on August 20 2019. In 2009, B 1205 "Adria" already departed Split at 4 p.m. and conveyed a... freight car! Here on July 8 2009. B 1820 "Adria" thundered up the grade past Kraljice Mučenika church ("of the queen of martyrs") on July 18 2012. And past the distant signal. RŽD through car to Moscow with virtually extended train. I had a connection home directly from Kaštel Stari, B 1820 on July 29 2015. A special treat as conclusion: Saturday afternoon - June 28 2008 - I had taken pictures of Pu 5506 at Kaštel Gomilica and waited afterwards at the modern stop. Suddenly, at 4 p.m., the seasonal train to Belgrade not included in the general timetable appeared hauled by green 2062-025. The image with concrete platform and photo cloud was not the result I had hoped for. I boarded Pu 5530 to Kaštel Stari at five o'clock - what was still waiting? All of the trains, including Pu 5506! A forest fire had shut down the line. The "switchbox on legs" immediately sprang into action after ICN 1523 Zagreb - Split had rushed through the station 45 minutes delayed - only question: which train was about to depart first? It was answered right away: HŽ 2062-001 (ex-JŽ 664-004) accelerated Pu 5506! So, I could conveniently change position for pictures with church and semaphore signal. 2062-025 (ex-JŽ 664-033) followed with a for the year 2008 pretty authentic JŽ express to Belgrade - where we will travel in the next report part. The scenes on video: https://youtu.be/lEelfdzEO88?t=18

Following is a two-part report of the Lika/Dalmatian Railroad to Split. However, I will only show night train pictures, not a complete treatment of the line. Also just one non-sleeper pic per part, so be ready for high percentage action! GM soundtrack e.g.: 2005 https://youtu.be/VytKSELjs-c 2006 https://youtu.be/Tuy-Z_FyB0M 2007 https://youtu.be/xCDYNaDWf6Y July 13 2019 That summer afternoon, G/B 1204 "Adria" to Split had been readied at Budapest-Keleti 1 1/2 hours before departure: https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=HZPP&kategorie=B&cislo=1204&nazev=Adria&rok=2019 The first two cars only were conveyed to Gyékényes. IC 407 "Corona" to Braşov in the background to the right, its engineer later asked me for the photos by mail. In the tropical evening of June 29 2018, "Giant" 630.020 accelerated G 1204 out of Budapest Kelenföld junction. Now to the second seasonal express of the series, "Jadran" ("Adriatic" in Croatian) Prague - Split - Prague: https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=MAV&kategorie=G&cislo=1202&nazev=Jadran&rok=2007 I met it at Zalaszentiván on July 17 2007, this junction has been electrified since. The express turned north towards Szombathely, a Croatian HŽ car transporter at the back. Arrival of B 824 from Split at Zagreb Gl. kol. punctually at 6:26 a.m. on July 19 2012. Return from an island holiday on August 21 2009 by "Jadran" Czech ČD sleeping car. A reflection at night on August 17 2019 with... ... B 821 to Split. Electric traction usually takes over to Ogulin, where engines are changed to GM diesel. Only rarely Zagreb was left already behind a class 2062, like on July 12 2007: https://youtu.be/WKvjIi9_3rk Coincidentally, brunoh155 filmed the same scene from outside, we later found it out via Youtube - the internet connects people: https://youtu.be/fh_UKQmaJYg Image from July 26 2015. B 824 from Split at Karlovac early morning on April 22 2011. B 821 had taken me to Knin still in darkness on August 18 2019. Due to the separation of Croatian Railroads into different companies by sector, 2044s have taken over passenger trains on the Lika line for the past years while 2062s became exclusively freight engines. 2044-028 hauling B 1204 "Adria" in front of Knin fortress. Back on July 1 2008, everything still was dominated by 2062s. Original green 2062-025 approached the same spot with B 825 before sunrise. A little more of the former Una railroad electrification was visible. I dared to visit the former war front at Drniš on August 11 2010. Of course I only moved very carefully due to the land mine danger. B 825 showed up in the valley punctually at 5:09 a.m. ... ... and had climbed to my spot within five minutes. B 1204 "Adria" Budapest - Split followed in the valley after sunrise. B 1823 had arrived at Unešić on July 27 2015, time to pick up the phone. One of the strangely shrunk semaphore signals only typical of this station showed "clear", and 2044-008 already known from the flatlands departed under heavy deployment of sand. I changed to a hill position for B 15800 "Adria" from Budapest. The first morning of the GM tour on June 28 2008: B 1203 "Jadran" accelerated after the signal had come into view. I sometimes traveled this line as a small child in the 1980s to our traditional beach holiday place Tučepi at hotel "Jadran", other times we went there via Sarajevo to visit grandma and Kardeljevo (today Ploče). On my first photographic visit to Dalmatia, I arrived early morning on August 19 2005 at Perković, the railroad junction away from major settlements - since then also known to my non-railroad friends. B 1823 had taken me there, followed in daylight by B 825 to Split which conveyed MÁV through cars from Budapest of B 204 "Maestral" as connection to previous report parts. HŽ 2062-1xx, so called "Turnerica"s, had been modernized by TZV Gredelj and British company Turner Rail Services Ltd. 2001-2003. In contrast to the rest of the "Ličanka" class 2062, these renewed engines are usually exclusively found on the Lika line Ogulin - Knin and Dalmatian railroad Knin - Perković - Šibenik / - Split. The one non-night train picture of this part: I took a local DMU towards Knin one station to Koprno, across the newly built freeway. Into the other direction came... a Croatian original GM! 2061-011 (ex-JŽ 661-022, GM-EMD #26215 / built in 1960) hauling freight to Šibenik. Depature of B 1823 from Perković to Split on August 8 2012. And July 18 2012. On August 15 2009, we had arrived as pure island tourists by B 1204 "Adria". Through cars from Belgrade were conveyed at the rear of the train. As railroad photographers, we awaited 1 3/4 hours delayed B 1823 including "Jadran" through cars on July 10 2009. Thanks to the delay already in sunlight. One hour delayed B 825 followed half an hour later, leaving a through car to Šibenik here. The second GM took over as Pu 5831 down the line to the left (operating as Pu 5821 due to the massive delay). Green 2062-025 departed Perković with B 1822 to Zagreb as conclusion of the Dalmatian GM tour in the evening of July 1 2008. Afterwards, I had a convenient MÁV single sleeper compartment on B 824 / 205 "Maestral" to Varaždin. Exact spotlight for punctual B 825 on July 8 2009 next to the Split-side home signal of Primorski Dolac. 1998-2003 newly built church St. Anthony of Padua can be spotted in several of the following images. Photo clouds in Dalmatia? How untypical... That's more like it: B 1823 including "Jadran" thundering up the grade on beautiful Sunday, June 29 2008. I had arrived over the weekend and was rewarded: 2062-025 once more - with Austrian ÖBB car transporter and couchette car, leaving Vienna Saturday afternoon by EuroCity 159 "Croatia" and taken over at Zagreb by B 825. B 825 on July 14 2007 including pink disco car. Bakovići stop is located at the crest of this horseshoe curve. B 825 on July 25 2006. Brdašce is undoubtedly the favorite spot, an abandoned mountainside house passed by long night trains struggling with the steep winding grade. 2044-029 in a sorry state hauled B 821 on August 19 2019. The "Adria" picture from this spot was already shown in report part 15. Of course, bigger GMs are more spectacular: 2062-042 with B 1823 on July 14 2007 pulling ČD through cars including HŽ sleeping car in old livery. Virtual sandwich with B 825 at Primorski Dolac station in the background and in the foreground at Brdašce on August 20 2005. This is the station. "Jadran" thrashed up the grade hauling three car transporters. The train took a minute just around this corner. Next, I waited for my local train connection to Perković. Do you still remember that my non-railroad friends also know Perković? Well, I wanted to meet them at Gospić taking ICN 520. What came first? Of course the ICN, the supposedly connecting local train followed behind, one hour delayed... We still managed to get to our fishing hut with boat in the national park on the island of Kornat - one of the most beautiful holidays, I can recommend it to anyone who wants to get away from the tourist hustle and bustle. B 825 approached Brdašce on July 18 2012 in a virtual sandwich. And artificially elongated around Preslo stop horseshoe. B 825 dieseled uphill towards Preslo on July 26 2006. MÁV sleeping car from "Maestral". Afterwards, we met "biggg spiderrr" at Preslo stop (only for spider lovers): http://raildata.info/heck/bigggspiderrr.jpg Next time, we will reach Split across the mountains!