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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

August 22 2016 We start at the wet dead-end tracks of Zagreb main station... A ray of light in the morning of August 23 2016 as Pu 3101 Ðurmanec - Zagreb passed through Kupljenovo. I waited at Žejinci for Pu 3017 Varaždin - Zagreb in the late afternoon of July 17 2012. A short sprint across the meadow later. The time before was spent at Novi Dvori, the first station after mainline junction Zaprešić. B 790 Zagreb - Kotoriba rushed past the station. Pu 3010 departed towards Kotoriba 20 minutes later. Pu 3015 accelerated towards Zagreb, consisting of about all car- and livery-variations in common use at the time. Hauled by already known but now modernized 2044-017. Spot on an almost finished road bridge. Pu 3012 stirred up dust of the farm road below. Next stop Zaprešić, Pu 3014 came along. The virtual meeting with B 414 and more from this area was already shown in this report: (Pre)-Alpine Connections - 1: Following Lisinski (50 p.) https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/pre-alpine-connections-1-following-lisinski-50-p.12800 Starting the GM-tour on June 27 2008, you could get into the mood for the beach at the Mojito-Bar - although the weather appeared gray at first. Back then, the electrification stopped in this curve, now it continues to Zabok. Departure of Pu 3016 to Kotoriba on July 17 2012. 2044-007 hauling Ub 995, now finally rid of its green colors but with new American-style lit loco numbers (newly made, as they don't correspond to the old Yugoslav era numbers in most cases). Before reaching Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor (main station), Zapadni Kolodvor (western station) with its switchyard had to be passed. Pu 3015 on July 12 2007. 2132-304 had just been modernized by Gredelj. Reading your magazine and waiting for the trains to pass - like on a regular road crossing. On Jukićeva, you can find the bar "Roni" where it is even possible to stay the night, but it looked like a rather shady honky-tonk... Pu 3003 arrived at Glavni Kolodvor in morning light at 6:20 a.m. on July 19 2012. You cannot count on sunlight during summer at Zagreb, especially in the afternoon the chance of a thunderstorm shower is above 50%. It became particularly dark while Pu 3016 departed towards Kotoriba at 7:03 p.m. on July 7 2009. Such a deluge began shortly afterwards, even the pillars supporting the roof were spouting water. Still green 2044-007 arrived once more hauling Ub 995 on June 27 2008. This semi-fast train operated on a strange horseshoe route, returning behind diesel from Zagreb to Koprivnica close to Varaždin via the electric mainline. 2044-007 left the storm clouds behind. Arrival of Ub 995 on July 14 2007. On July 17 2012, I also did not arrive at the dead-end tracks. The train did not continue to Koprivnica anymore, so 2044-007 switched away. International arrival expected... Now to my "home tracks" 4 and 5, probably nowhere I have spent that much time at a station away from home... You can get away from the hustle and bustle, sit down, read a book, light a cigarette (not me, of course)... And always have everything in view, like on August 13 2018. A few more people during morning rush-hour on July 30 2015. I already had feared for the end of the convenience on August 7 2012, but nothing changed. Connections not only to Varaždin but also home are waiting to depart here, seen upon return from the Bosnia steam tour on April 11 2010. Departure of Ub 994 to Kotoriba in the morning sunlight of August 21 2009. In 2012, traction was changing, the first 2044s were hauling trains to Split, August 7 2012. But of course also class 2062 - GM-hauled from Zagreb as replacement for a tilting DMU forming ICN 525 on July 17 2012. Notice the different types of catenary masts on the two sides of the picture. Once, DC electrification had terminated at Zagreb, that's why you can still find these Italian style masts here. Nowadays, all of the Croatian railroads have been transformed to AC electrification. A rare encounter with a class 2041 at the main station on July 19 2012. Early light on August 12 2010. 2044-001 switched the rake of Pu 3003 with which it had arrived at 6:22 a.m. To the left EuroCity 212 "Mimara" to Frankfurt, next to it InterCity 500 "Rijeka". 1141-233 still in JŽ orange livery on July 30 2006. Local train towards Sunja consisting of Baat two-axled cars seen during my first visit to Croatia after the war on October 1 2003. Trains to Varaždin also had been composed of two-axled cars until shortly before. You can still catch a Baat in regular operation sometimes on the SŽ-"Avtovlak" along the Bohinj line. Predecessors of modern DMUs to Varaždin were "Frenchmen" like 7021-009 (ex JŽ 610-009, Brissonneau et Lotz / built in 1970). 2044-007 in the background. Slightly closer on July 14 2007. With this highlight we diesel to the next part: Departure of Pu 3016 at 7:03 p.m. in best evening light.