Vreoci electrics

At the loading point for the 900 mm gauge electric railway connecting the Vreoci opencast coal mines to the washery operated by the state-owned Kolubara group which was established in the mid-1950s. There are 17 locomotives in service with the oldest dating back to 1942. The maximum speed of all electric locomotives is 30 km/h. The trains consist of 17 self-discharging wagons and the weight of a loaded train is 800 tons of which 500 tons are coal. Locomotive No.6 on the left was built by Haine St. Pierre/BBC in 1952 whilst No.14 is a product of LEW in c1970.