The express train no. 296 "Lisinski", named after famous Croatian composer Vatroslav Lisinski, ready to depart from Zagreb Glavni kolodvor (Main Railway Station) at 9:00 p.m. for Munich. Many found it strange that two such powerful electric engines hauled relatively short train, consisting of only six cars, provided that they were driven only to Dobova / Slovenian border, on almost straight line of just 30 km. In any case, they had to be replaced in Slovenia, where 3 kV = electrification begins. 
<br>According to the new timetable 2000/2001, the evening locomotive turns are as follows:
<br>1) Express train no. 414, departing from Zagreb at 18:04, is hauled by a 1142-class locomotive to Dobova, arriving at 18.32. This unit awaits IC train no. 159 "Croatia", coming from Vienna, departing from Dobova at 22:07 and arriving to Zagreb at 22:35.
<br>2, 3) The train at the picture, "Lisinski", departs from Zagreb at 21:00, and is hauled by two units, the first of which is regularly no. 1141-301, and the second is a unit of class 1142. The arrival to Dobova is at 21:28. The first unit (1141-301) waits for "Mimara" (EC train no. 293) coming from Villach, departing from Dobova at 23:32 and arriving to Zagreb at 23:59. The second unit (class 1142) hauls the express train no. 411 "Ohrid" coming from Ljubljana, departing from Dobova at 23:05 and arriving to Zagreb at 23:32, and subsequently departing at 00:15 for Macedonia.
<br>4) Another electric locomotive hauls no. 240 - "Venezia express" (Zagreb 23:55 - Dobova 00:23). This returns to Zagreb alone at about 1:00 a.m., and then goes back to Dobova to haul back no. 241 - "Venezia express" (Dobova 4:42 - Zagreb 5:10 a.m.).
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<br>At the picture we see the typical arrangement of "Lisinski" express with the both units 1141-301 and 1142-012 operating simultaneously, on 2000/07/19.

Photo: Velimir Sipos
<br>Observations: Toma Bacic <toma.bacic@zg.tel.hr>
Scan: Tin Sipos <tsipos@usa.net>