Rail traffic in northeastern Bosnia - Heavy industry freight trains - EMDG16 diesel locomotives [4K]

Railways in the northeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the area of Tuzla Canton, connect the largest industrial centers of heavy and dirty industry of Bosnia. Those lines are not electrified and connect coal mines with thermal power plants, industry for the production of coke coal, alumina, salt and sugar. Rail traffic in that region relied on steam locomotive traction. Today, steam locomotives mostly have replaced by large and powerful diesel locomotives manufactured by the American General Motors. Those locomotives are the backbone of freight traffic on non-electrified railways in Bosnia. These are locomotives of the EMD G16 series (Electro-Motive Division locomotives), in these areas known as the 661 series, under the nicknames "Kennedy" or "Džems".
Heavy freight trains video compilation shows freight trains of Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine), Railways of Republika Srpska (Željeznice Republike Srpske) and freight wagons from abroad, such as Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary... Along with the video scenes of all trains, the basic data about those trains, such as train length, train mass, type of goods being transported and the train's transport route, are also written. There are mainly trains for the transportation of various types of coal, but there is also something really rare and exotic, such as the transportation of soda to Ukraine.
The largest generator of trains in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the complex of heavy and dirty industries in Lukavac. Some of the most important industries which use rail transport are:
Industry for coce coal production (Global Ispat Koksna Industrija doo (GIKIL, Koksara Lukavac)),
Sisecam Soda Lukavac,
Banovići, Šikulje and Dubrave coal mines (rudnik Banovići, rudnik Šikulje, rudnik Dubrave),
Thermal power plant Tuzla (Termoelektrana Tuzla),
Sugar refinery in Brčko (BIMAL Grupa) and
Alumina Zvornik in Karakaj, near Zvornik.
Coal for making coke coal is transported by trains from the Port of Ploče on the Adriatic Sea. Coke coal is exported by trains most often to the ironworks in Radinac, Serbia (HBIS Srbija, Železara Smederevo). Raw, crude sugar is brought from Brazil by ships to the Port of Ploče and then by trains to the sugar refinery in Brčko...
Lukavac train station is the main hub for all these heavy freight trains transports. Bosanska Poljana railway station is the main junction of the two main railway lines in this part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is intersect of Brčko - Banovići and Doboj - Tuzla lines. Another significant freight railway line, Živinice - Zvornik Novi, is separated a little further, at Živinice. Trains on all these lines are shown in this video.
In that part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is no passenger rail traffic anymore. The passenger train at the beginning of this video is a special passenger train on the occasion for celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Brcko - Banovići railway line. Right after that passenger train, only freight trains are shown.
As the railway traffic in these parts of the Balkans is very neglected and on some lines and tracks only one or two trains a day come across, the collection of material for the creation of this video lasted eight years. The recording period was from 2016 to 2023, during various seasons, mostly during the winter or late fall period.
It was a real pleasure and enjoyment recording to these powerful diesel locomotives, watching and listening to them live, while releasing a large amount of smoke, pulling heavy freight trains. I hope that at least a part of that feeling can be conveyed through the video.

[@1XRanger]

One thing I noticed as a retired U.S. railroad worker (Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific) is the lack of flat spot sound from the freight car wheels. On virtually any freight train in the U.S. you will hear the Bang, Bang, sound of a wheel with a flat spot usually caused by the failure of someone to fully release hand brakes when picking up cars where hand brakes had been set. I commend the Bosnian rail workers for their efforts.

[@nenaddimi8319]

So thats what that bang bang means? I always wondered whats causing that. Thx for the clarification

[@davorlekenik9563]

Đuro Đaković Gredelj Končar 🇭🇷🇭🇷😉😉

[@KenanTurkiye]

True, so widespread in the N.American especially US rails.

[@JazzGuru]

A beautiful video, from a very beautiful part of the world. Thanks!

[@dulevoz]

You're welcome and thank you.

[@garygeorge7035]

very interesting rolling stock and locos ant thack layouts

[@Mollet438]

Great video and great EMD sound! Many thanks for sharing!

[@xscores9694]

Great video, thank you

[@dulevoz]

You're welcome.

[@vidoriyanasassin3787]

Ma nema lokomotive do nasih Dizelki!!!❤❤❤❤

[@mickev2009]

Nice train in the beginning of the video. Swedish coaches from the 1960s😊Some of them are still in use in Sweden as well, with private railway operators like TÅGAB.

[@sluggo2014]

Awesome Another Masterpiece by the Man, Thanks Dulevoz 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@dulevoz]

You're welcome!

[@COPPAS70]

A very nice compilation from an excellent photographer.

[@dulevoz]

Thank you.

[@charliem.550]

Nice video - thank you for posting this 🙂

[@dulevoz]

You're welcome.

[@SimonTog]

Klasse video, thumbs up :) Grettings from Denmark :)

[@dulevoz]

Thank you. Greetings to you too.

[@railwaychannelbymusclepiano]

The power of this locomotive is different from that of Japan. Of course, I love my country's railways, but the diversity of the world is amazing. I want to see such a powerful train run

[@AleDLTrainsTravel]

Very nice video and terrific EMD sound! Thanks for sharing.

[@AndreasBerdan]

Thank you so much for this great video! 😊 Best regards from Vienna!

[@dulevoz]

You're welcome. Best regards to you too.

[@paluszek28]

Ja też uważam, że są tu piękne lokomotywy, bardzo ładnie się ogląda i chcę więcej takich widoków. Pozdrowienia dla wszystkich miłośników kolei.

[@Triplex5014]

21:45 Nahtan P3 na Kennedy mašini? Odlično! :D

[@haroldsmith45302]

Another excellent video. Thank you.

[@dulevoz]

You're welcome.

[@Thomas1980]

Super fantastic Video! I like it! 😀💙💚💯💢💫👍

[@dulevoz]

Thank you.

[@HSTHoward]

Amazing video, I will be visiting Bosnia next year for these beasts so thanks for the upload!

[@dulevoz]

You're welcome and thank you.

[@jsddmmilosavljevic]

Bravo.

[@dulevoz]

Hvala.

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Fantastic rail work

[@dulevoz]

Thank you.

[@basstrip73]

Very nice video! The passenger wagons on the train at the beginning of the video look like the ones on Swedish trains...

[@dulevoz]

Thank you. These wagons are actually Swedish. These wagons are donation from the Swedish Government and the Swedish State Railways to the Bosnia and Herzegovina Railways Public Corporation, more than ten years ago.

[@basstrip73]

@@dulevoz I was not aware of this fact, thank you. The same type of wagons are still in service in Sweden.

[@chrifi1000]

Vielen Dank für dieses tolle Video!!!

[@dulevoz]

You're welcome!

[@kolczupikczers]

Piękne pociągi towarowe, pozdrowienia z Polski!

[@marcinek1]

Pozdrowienia z Polski 😂

[@kolejnakolej.1437]

Super video and trains.

[@Pakrailroads6414]

Zabardast Trains actions Captured bro❤

[@fotoralf]

What a wonderful video. Thank you very much, Dušan. One little correction: coke coal is the raw coal that comes out of the coal mine and is processed at the coking plant in Lukavac to produce coke. So, your trains are transporting coke, not coke coal, to the various metallurgic plants in Smederevo and elsewhere. Doesn't change a thing about your great work, though. 🙂

[@dulevoz]

You're welcome and thank you for the correction. Unfortunately, the correction in the video is not possible.

[@GEVOlutionCPKC]

Amazing breaking It friend 🔥 i

[@Dirhem1168]

EMD KENNEDY IS THE BEST LOVOMOTIV OF AL AGES

[@sellier-bellot22]

The atmosphere is like from the 60's ! LOL🥸

[@dulevoz]

Yes. On the railways in Bosnia, almost everything remained as it was at that time.

[@TrainsOnGoPro]

Awesome Video!

[@TrainsInRomania]

Awesome material!

[@dulevoz]

Thanks.

[@CroRailfan]

Amazing! Love it!

[@dulevoz]

Thanks.

[@SCDSsk]

Great video!

[@dulevoz]

Thank you.

[@saptakurniasih5171]

Di Indonesia lokomotif EMD beroperasi di pulau sumatra Indonesia. Untuk menarik gerbong batubara. Rangkaian kereta bernama : Babaranjang. Lokomotif EMD yang dipakai CC 202 dan CC 205. Dioperasikan oleh PT. Kereta Api Indonesia. Salam dari Indonesia.

[@RAILEXCELLENCE2011]

Nice 😊Greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪

[@dulevoz]

Thanks. Greetings to you too.

[@novrypf]

Super...👍🏻

[@hungarorail]

Very nice video. Like&subscribed from Hungary 🇭🇺.

[@dulevoz]

Thank you.

[@Leoferroviadoaco]

Sensacional meu amigo ym show de filmagem parabéns pelos registros sou do Rio de janeiro Brasil

[@joseaugusto-zo2vr]

Emd and ge is the beast locomotives the word

[@cupik]

Wow ... Greetings from Poland 😀

[@dulevoz]

Greetings to you too.

[@AleksandrVorobev2005]

Очень приятное и красивое видео. Даже хороший кадр фильма. Благодарю!!!👍👏🤝😃❤🇷🇺

[@dulevoz]

Добро пожаловать и спасибо.

[@user-xi9ym7nr1m]

Привет, Душан, интересное видео! Снимите ещё, пожалуйста, вид из кабины машиниста на участке Ниш - Прешево, очень хочется увидеть.

[@Balansero_84]

Prvo lajk pa gledanje.😊

[@dulevoz]

Hvala lepo :)

[@darylcheshire1618]

In Australia, steeple-cab locos are shunters, interesting to see a larger steeple-cab in mainline service.

[@nenaddimi8319]

these are way too big for shunting. We have smaller locos for that. These are being used for passenger trains as well

[@IndianRailwaysjourneys]

Nice upload..! Are the rails in Bosnia standard gauge?

[@markopopovic3057]

Da

[@nikolazdravkovic4846]

Одличан видео.Ако можете, снимите поглед из возачке кабине на деоници Пожаревац - Мајданпек - Зајечар. Срдачан Поздрав.

[@BengtHansves]

Nice ! Swedish coaches from the 60:s !

[@dulevoz]

Thanks.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

At least one place in Europe where the roaring sound of a non turbocharged EMD still can be heard, they get rare these days, amazing that these already 50 year old diesels just relatively recently replaced the venerable steam locomotives built in and shortly after WW2 belonging to one of the types of the German Kriegslokomotiven, the BR52. Will these see another 25 years of service?

[@jurassicrailfan]

iirc the only other european country with locomotives powered by non turbocharged EMD engines is spain

[@dulevoz]

There are still the same locomotives in Serbia and a few in the countries of the former Yugoslavia. The mentioned steam locomotives in this part of Bosnia remained in use only at loading points in a couple of coal mines.

[@nenaddimi8319]

We have the EMD 661's too in North Macedonia, still going strong@@jurassicrailfan

[@wilsonflood4393]

Really interesting from Scotland

[@franciscomartinezgarcia5397]

Video espectacular!! Estas locomotoras circularon también en España principalmente por la zona del Este. Soy de Valencia y por aquí circularon siempre, pero desgraciadamente fueron desguazadas en los años 90. Es posible que estas locomotoras que circularon en España fuera alguna vendida a Bosnia? Saludos

[@fortune300]

That defenetly looks like old Swedish wagons in the beginning! Can someone confirm?

[@dulevoz]

Yes. It is donation from the Swedish Government and the Swedish State Railways to the Bosnia and Herzegovina Railways Public Corporation, more than ten years ago.

[@mahmoodQureshikohatiPakistan]

Very nice beautiful fantastic locomotive powerful best 🚄🚄🚄🚄 subsonice speed 🚄🚄🚄🚅

[@bahntv]

"EXTRA" !👍🐴🐎🐎🐎

[@moneycollectionreview4982]

661 su baš stare lokomotive. U Hrvatskoj više nisu u upotrebi na žalost......

[@Mjorful]

JŽ series 661 " Kenedi " named after JFK.

[@knosc2181]

rispekt

[@dulevoz]

Thanks.

[@hzloco575]

zvuk zatvrača je zakon koji je to cenon ,nitko ne zna biti strpljiv

[@dulevoz]

U nekoliko momenata čuju se zatvarači više različitih aparata.

[@alexschmollinger6576]

What is the Difference between the Languages of Bosnia 🇧🇦 , Serbia 🇷🇸, Kosovo 🇽🇰 And Croatia 🇭🇷????? Awesome Footage of the Railways of Bosnia 🇧🇦 ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥💯💯💯💯 🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@humptydumpty8984]

Speed less trains. Wake up Bosnians.

[@zekoslav]

77 godina a ne 70. Pruga je napravljena 1946. Jedino ako je snimak iz 2016...onda sorry. A "specijalni" voz je sramota sam za sebe.

[@dulevoz]

Snimak prvog voza jeste napravljen 2016. Piše i na čelu lokomotive, na zakačenom transparentu, da je obeležavanje 70 godina pruge Brčko - Banovići.

[@folkeklarstrom3668]

Former swedish railways cars in the first two clips!

[@mirzagoralija4492]

😊😊😊❤🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦

[@gapytraktorist1576]

Kakva željeznica, sve se raspada od šina do lokomotiva...

[@TamasKiss-bv9hz]

👍👍👍❤🤍💚

[@bobansupergenije7512]

Nista bez zeleznice

[@warriorpredator128]

Zanimljivo je to što smo mi srbi, koji smo za vreme titove vladavine, imali jedne od najlepših parnih lokomotiva, a uspeli smo samo 4 da sačuvamo (a možda i još neku). To ti dokazuje koliko srbiju boli kurac za fanove srpske železnice

[@vericaipijer]

Mon cher Dule, tu es vraiment un professionnel de la belle video ferroviaire! Свака ти част! C'est très bien d'avoir filmé les étiquettes des wagons, le numéro et les caractéristiques des wagons, les opérations d'accrochage des wagons sur la locomotive, la présence du chef de gare, ...Merci pour ces bons moments.👍👍👍 Dragi moj Dule, ti si zaista profesionalac u lepim železničkim spotovima! Svaka ti čast! Jako je dobro snimiti oznake vagona, broj i karakteristike vagona, radnje pričvršćivanja vagona na lokomotivu, prisustvo šefa stanice,... Hvala vam na ovim lepim vremenima.

[@dulevoz]

Nema na čemu. Hvala Vama na ovim lepim rečima.

[@anonim9464]

одличан видео, само тако настави, срдачан поздрав 🇵🇱❤️🇷🇸

[@dulevoz]

Zahvaljujem. Pozdrav i za Vas, takođe.