The SŽ 33-057 steam locomotive (original German class 52) seen between Grobelno and Sentvid pri Grobelnem

The somewhat mixed historic train runs regularly between Celje and Imeno. There have long been railways between Maribor - Celje - Zidani Most and Celje - Grobelno - Krapina - Zagreb (with connections to Nagykanizsa - Budapest), but the journey on the curvy and steep railway from Zagreb to Maribor took too long so an alternative was being sought for. The new line was finally built in 1960 connecting the birtplace of Josip Broz Tito, Kumrovec, the later Imeno to the railway network and had daily fast trains between Maribor and Zagreb in the Yugoslavian era. The line connects to the Zagreb - Dobova - Ljubljana railway at Savski Marof and the Zagreb - Zabok - Đurmanec - Grobelno railway at Stranje. This photo has been taken on the common section where the Celje - Sveti Rok ob Sotli and the Celje - Imeno trains travel together; on the Croatian side traffic is only held between Savski Marof and Harmina and between Zabok and Đurmanec, but on the latter line scarce cross-border traffic has been restarted. You can see our photos taken on the Stranje - Zabok line on a previous trip here: