Tu prugu gradilo je oko 65.000 mladih iz bivših jugoslavenskih republika i iz preko 20 zemalja, i ona je služila za prijevoz uglja u sve bivše jugoslavenske republike iz male rudarske zajednice u sjeveroistočnoj BiH.
Built by around 65,000 young people from the former Yugoslav republics and more than 20 countries, the railroad served to transport coal to all former Yugoslav republics from the small mining community in north-eastern BiH.