The local population called the mountain rocks kremenjak (flint) as it sparks when hit by the pickaxe.

Originally, works started along the river, and was several meters above the present route, as evident by the remaining bridge across the Beli Rzav at Kotroman.

[5] From the station in Mokra Gora, the Austrians conducted the railway across the village cemetery in Markovo Polje [sr].

Despite begging from the local population to leave the cemetery alone, Austrian engineers and technicians were marking the route by digging wooden sticks next to the graves and tombstones.

In 1916, after an explosion during the digging of the "Budim" tunnel, the ceiling collapsed killing the entire shift of workers.

[6] Today, the locality is on the route and is called Deveti Kilometar ("ninth kilometer"), because 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) of tracks were built before the disaster.

This is when the "eight" was designed and built, as an attractive and practical example of mastering the major attitude changes on short tracks.

The track is 15.44 km (9.59 mi) long and due to the curvature, on some sections the train passes twice through the same points.

Aside from wages received by the locals who were employed by the construction companies, the farmers were able to sell all of its products, including meat, milk or timber and money "splashed the villages".

At the portal of the Vardište tunnel, which was to be a border one before the war, there is a sculpture of Serbian soldier crushing the crown of the Austria-Hungary with his foot.

[8] The entire area is abundant in water, which gave name to the village Mokra Gora ("Wet Mountain").

[1] The former East Bosnian railway with a gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) was an important part of the former narrow-gauge main line from Sarajevo to Belgrade and closed on 28 February 1974.

Established in May 1994, the society organized public actions in 1997 and 1998, when the railway route was cleaned, including the tunnels.

In one year, the demolished station buildings in Mokra Gora, Jatare, Šargan-Vitasi, and the auxiliary objects, were rebuilt.

[1] After taking the route in the restored "Ćira" train in 2001, prime minister Zoran Điniđić said 'This is Switzerland'.

[6] First, trial ride on the entire route was conducted in October 2002 and the line became fully operational on 1 September 2003.

Emir Kusturica, a famous film director who had the town of Drvengrad (near the Šargan Eight station on Mokra Gora) built for one of his movies, is known for publicly promoting the route.

Dedicated to the Seven Martyrs of Ephesus, it is a memorial chapel for all those who worked on the railroad's construction, including the killed prisoners of war.

Jatare's scenic viewpoint is Devojačka Stena ("girl's boulder"), with view on Mokra Gora and Bele Vode, with its water spring.