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This Train at Mlinište is located between Glamoč and Mrkonjić Grad.
I have driven past this rusting train for decades and have always wondered about it.
So I took a recent opportunity to get up close and document some of this regions living history.
Apparently, it was used by Tito and his partisans in World War 2, and was left here in 1944.
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I have tried to find some credible information online to substantiate this, but sadly nothing of any substance. I’ve even asked AI and (he/she) has nothing to contribute.
There aren't too many partisans still alive today to tell theses stories either!
I asked online if anyone knew about the "Back Story" to this Train and in March 2020 Andrew Lawler a Brit living in Belgrade replied:
Attached is a bit more info about the train and some historic photos. However, after checking again, the site no longer works.
It came from the website Gerzovo.com, which has some interesting info about villages in the surrounding area.
From doing a bit more reading, the site actually seems to have been designated as a museum at some point during the 1970s, although it may well be the case that the train was already 'parked' there prior to this.Please feel free to link to the site I am in the process of creating (which is still very much a 'work in progress'). I'm trying to photograph, map and record the condition of all monuments and memorials to the 1941-45 war on the territory of Bosnia & Herzegovina.
I've previously used your site to get some information on busts close to the airfield in Banja Luka - once I've fully written up the report for the city (which may take a while, as I have a fair few municipalities to do beforehand) a link/reference to your page on these will also be included.Here's the link to my site's page on Mrkonjić Grad, which includes Mlinište.
You can use this to navigate around the site (lists are already up for around half of the municipalities in BiH, with reports having been uploaded for just over a dozen of them).
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I’m really not sure if I will ever find out the complete back story to why or how this train stayed here. I do think, however, that it would be highly informative and educational.
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The Mlinište Train near Mrkonjić Grad