” Budućnost Srbije “, literally translated as “the future of Serbia” is the newest campaign of the current president of Serbia, mr. Aleksander Vučić. As…
Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express (2)
I write earlier about the Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express (link), the direct train between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia (-Greece/Turkey) . Peter, a friend, was…
Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express
When my father, who was working for more than 40 years for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (= Dutch railways) , gave me some old Dutch railway…
Scrapping of a restaurant car of the Serbian railways
Last Monday I made a small video by coincidence : it is about how they scrap a restaurant car from the Serbian railways (previous Yugoslav…
Plavi Voz – the Blue train
The Nutshell times wrote a beautiful blog about the ” plavi voz “, translated as ” the blue train ” which used to be the…
Christmas eve and the badnjak
Last Sunday it was Christmas Eve (read here all about Serbian Christmas customs and traditions ) and I just want to give you an impression…
Taking the Iron Road Through Serbia
With Serbia busily upgrading its long-neglected railway lines, there has never been a better time to catch some of the country’s most interesting sites by…
Belgrade – Bar by train during autumn
Belgrade (the capital of Serbia) and Bar (a sea port in Montenegro) are connected by a 476 kilometres long railway. It is one of the…
Destruction of railway heritage in Serbia
Yesterday the Serbian media reported (read here the news report in English from B92) that vandals damaged old steam locomotives in a railway depot from…
An old railway carriage with a glorious past (or not)…..
Last Saturday I went to our train model club (Klub ljubitelja železnice Beograd) were we have a old Slovenian post wagon as our club premises.…