c. 1961Vojvode Mišića Street
Steam locomotive in Vojvode Mišića Street
A steam locomotive works along the railway line that once ran through Vojvode Mišića Street, passing within a few metres of a multi-storey residential building. Snow covers the track bed, and exposed point-control rods and trackside equipment lie in the foreground. The line formed part of the old railway approach through central Novi Sad, running from the Marshal Tito Bridge along Vojvode Mišića and today's Maksima Gorkog to the old passenger station, and it stayed in use until May 1962. An external reproduction of this same photograph captions it 1961, Ulica Vojvode Mišića, and a before-and-after presentation matches the facade here with the surviving streetscape left after the railway was lifted.
About this place
Vojvode Mišića is a street in central Novi Sad named for Živojin Mišić (1855-1921), who was promoted to the rank of vojvoda, field marshal, on 4 December 1914 for his part in the victory at Kolubara. A railway once ran along it. The line to the old station at Grbavica passed through Petrovaradin along Štrosmajerova street, crossed the Danube by the bridge and continued along Vojvode Mišića and Cara Nikolaja, today Maksima Gorkog, to the station. The short documentary Poslednji voz, The Last Train, made in 1965 by Stevan Galetin, records the final run on 27 May 1962, after which the station was closed and later removed. This archive's photograph of about 1961 shows a steam locomotive working through the snow within a few metres of a block of flats on the street.
- Date
- c. 1961
- Coordinates
- 45.25269, 19.85314
- Source
- Stare fotografije Novog Sada, reproduced by Istorija NS
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 372 × 600 px
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