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This is a continuation of the previous cabview video at the reverse direction in fully sunlit landscapes. The video shows a morning locomotive cab ride through the beautiful sun-drenched landscapes. The low morning sun gives beautiful colors to the whole nature and makes the scenes incredibly green. The whole surrounding nature of this region becomes scenically beautiful greenery landscapes to travel through. The tracks are bordered by bushes, trees and grass. The green-lined tracks allow the feeling of a much faster drive, so the view from the locomotive cab seems to be quite fast there.
The recording was done from the local passenger train 6402 (Doboj - Banja Luka). The cab ride shows the railway line Doboj - Banja Luka - Novi Grad, in the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of Srpska). This line and the rolling stock belong to the Railways of the Republic of Srpska (Željeznice Republike Srpske - ŽRS). The locomotive is an old JŽ series 441 (Today's ŽRS class 441), the old Swedish Rb ASEA locomotive type. On the specific locomotive 441-114, the diode rectifiers are cooled by fans above, which is why the sound of the locomotive's operation is slightly louder in the video.
The line Doboj - Banja Luka stretches through the winding valleys of several rivers. Not long after start of the travel, after crossing a large steel bridge across the biggest river on this journey, the Bosna river, this line separates from two-tracks railway line to a single track line. It gradually curves and climbs until train pass through the longest tunnel on this route, tunnel "Ljeskove Vode". The flatter ground again is entered in the vicinity of the lignite mine Stanari. From there, train ride becomes more interesting and gradual climbing begins. The hilly ride full of curves followed by ascent through the beautiful scenic valleys of the rivers Velika Ukrina and Snjegotina. After leaving the Snjegotina station it passes through the long tunnel "Tromeđa" (the highest point on this line). Exiting the long tunnel, the descent begins along the valleys of the Jošavka and Vrbanja rivers. Crossing the Vrbas River, the train enters Banja Luka.
Prominent infrastructure facilities along this route are:
Doboj, the biggest one and main railway station at ŽRS,
Kostajnica,
Large steel bridge over Bosna river (250m long),
Stanovi,
Tunnel "Ljeskove Vode" (L=1514m), the most difficult to build on this route, due to specific geology and exceptional amount of groundwater,
Ostružnja,
Stanari,
Dragalovci,
Prisoje (an interesting scene of waiting for the opposite train),
Ukrina,
Snjegotina,
Tunnel "Tromeđa" (L=1413m),
Jošavka,
Čelinac,
Railway tunnel "Čelinac" (L=488m),
Vrbanja,
Banja Luka train station and
Locomotive depot Banja Luka.
Numerous concrete and steel bridges in the valleys of the mentioned rivers are left out in the enumeration.
At its end, video shows the locomotive going to the locomotive depot. After leaving the locomotive at the depot, it is checked and cleaned as a preparation for the next train run.
Recording was done in August 2024.