RAILWAYS of INDONESIA

B 5112 at the Ambarawa depot Prior to 1900 the main passenger trains of the Staatsspoorwegen (SS) , the Netherlands Indies State Railway Company, on its flat plain routes were hauled by 2-4-0 locomotives. However, by the turn of the century it was felt that more powerful and faster locomotives were needed. In 1900 Hanomag delivered the first engines of the 600 class to the SS. The design of this 4-4-0 engine was based on the Prussian State Railways class P4 locomotive . Eventually, 44 engines of these series, built by Hanomag, Hartmann and Werkspoor, were operated by the Staatsspoorwegen Prussian State Railways P4 Locomotive During the Depression ( 1929-1934) many engines of this class were mothballed. In the late 1930s they returned to active duty, but only on branch lines. Following the Japanese occupation class 600 were renumbered B51. Class B51 continued to be operated by the Indonesian Railway Company till the early 1980s. The last surviving engine of this series is B5112 which...

This is an article written by Yuri Matsarsky, the editor of the regional section of the daily Russian railroad newspaper “Gudok” ( http://www.gudok.ru/ ). It describes the connection between the Hijaz Railways and the railways of Indonesia. (For those who do not know Russian, please use translator.) 18.09.2009 3 ноября 1920 года «Восстание в колониях» По судьбе паровозов можно изучать новейшую историю Взорванные почти столетие назад паровозы и по сей день ржавеют в пустыне Отвоевав свои земли у турок и англичан, арабы приблизили развал великих некогда империй и, сами того не ведая, способствовали развитию железных дорог на другом конце света. Осенью 1920 года «Гудок» сообщал о приближающейся победе арабов и турок над британскими колонизаторами в Месопотамии. Эти сражения были продолжением боёв Первой мировой войны, в ходе которых расклад сил был несколько иным – за свою независимость арабы воевали против турок. А британцы, как враги Османской империи, помогали им в этом. Именно британц...