RAILWAYS of INDONESIA

C1412 is now back to its former (albeit only static) glory. And they have even installed floodlights to light it up at night

What secret is hidden behind the tarpaulin at PTKA's office in Semarang? It's C1412! Workers applying a fresh coat of paint Offering of flowers and cigarettes for the guardian spirit of C1412 I was not aware that C1412 had been moved to the PTKA office in Semarang until Mr Albert Pelupessy , a visitor to this blog sent me a message on 18 November 2008. By that time C1412 was already a week in Semarang. Mr Pelupessy is the contractor appointed by PTKA to move and restore C1214. He is also a steam enthusiast. I met him, quite by accident, when I visited the PTKA office - where he was supervising the restoration work - on the afternoon of November 19, 2008. C1412 in Ambarawa (2008) (photo: Nick Bryant) C1412 in Ambarawa (2001) C1412 was Serajoedal Stoomtram Maatschappij ( SDS ) engine number 12. Between 1895 and 1910 SDS ordered fourteen of these 0-6-0 tank engines from Beyer Peacock, Manchester . C1412 itself entered into service in 1909. These engines were main...