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Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878-1918)

Narrow Gauge

Locomotives

The narrow-gauge railways were served by steam engines all called “Ćiro“. This consisted of the following locomotives which were built in the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.

• BHStB Series IIa3 Loco JDZ 176
• BHStB Series IIa4 Loco JDZ 178
• BHStB Series IIIa4 Loco JDZ 189
• BHStB Series IIIb4 Loco JDZ 195
• BHStB Series IIIc5 Loco JDZ 97
• BHStB Series IIIc5 Loco JDZ 196
• BHStB Series IVa5 Loco JDZ 83
• BHStB Series IIIb5 Loco JDZ 73
• BHStB Series IIIa5 Loco JDZ 185
• BHStB Series IIIa5 Loco JDZ 186
• BHStB Series Vb6 Loco JDZ 191
• k.u.k. HB VI Series Loco JDZ 91
• K.u.k. HB VI Series Loco JDZ 92
• k.u.k. Rudnik Bor Works Loco JDZ 82-3
• k.u.k. SDZ Loco JDZ 90

Imperial and Royal (k.u.k.) military railway Banjaluka–Dobrlin. Some of these locomotives contained no JDZ numbers, and may not have been called “Ciro”.

• k.u.k. MB 52 Loco (no JDZ number)
• k.u.k. MB 62 Loco (no JDZ number)
• k.u.k. MB 72 Loco (no JDZ number)

Railway Stations & Railroads

• Zenica Railway Station, Bosnia And Herzegovina

• Article - The Narrow Gauge Bosnia and Herzegovina Railways
• Article - Construction and Operation of the Narrow Gauge Bosnia and Herzegovina Railways
• Article - Military Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878)

When the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy first concurred Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, the main goal of the Monarchy was to industrialize Bosnia and make it go side by side with other European countries. The Monarchy wanted to build railroads as it was very important for the development of the country to have a good communications network. That is how they began on building railroad all across Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1878, just a few months after the occupation, the railroad to Zenica was finished and the station was still in construction. Until 1886, the station was finished. In a short period of time, significant economy objects were built: mines, paper factories, steel factories, brick factories and many more.  When the World War started, the railroads from all over Bosnia were used to transport weapons, supplies, soldiers and all other things that the Monarchy required. That is the case with the railroad in Zenica.