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Preserved Steam Rollers and other Steam Engines in Indonesia

Click here for the "Surviving Steam Rollers" index page.


For a list of engines (active, preserved and extant) in Java's sugar mills, please click here.

I would like to acknowledge the help given by Ray Gardiner in assembling this list.

Please see also my list of preserved steam rollers and other steam engines in Thailand.

Latest additions - Ruston and Hornsby steam era oil engine roller at Temanggung (7th January 2021), Marshall steamroller in South Jakarata (6th January 2021), picture of Kertasari RH steamroller in West Java (29th October 2017), Yogya Loco Shed Ruston Proctor portable picture and ID (14th December 2016), Glenmore portable picture and near identity (7th September 2016), Pontianak portable and Bangka Portable (2nd May 2016)  Surabaya portable (picture 2nd May 2016), Glenmore, East Java portable (19th April 2016), identification of the Sempor Marshall (22nd April 2015), picture of Yogya Marshall portable (4th June 2014) and Wonosobo NII survivor (4th January 2014). 

Previously (26th November 2013) West Papua Buffalo Springfield (29th June 2013), Kertasari Tea Factory Ruston and Hornsby, (30th March 2013), confirmation of Albaret 2120 at Banyumas (near Purwokerto where it was reported in 1995) and (25th March 2013) a picture of the Marshall at Palbapang, Special District of Yogyakarta.


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Steam Rollers

Location

Maker

Number

Year

Notes

West Java Albaret Seen 1985

Purwokerto, Central Java

Albaret

2120

1954

Seen in PWD 1995, now reported again (30th March 2013) http://andislender.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/stoom-walls-albaret.html
Google Maps Location 

Sawahlunto (West Sumatra) Aveling Barford Incomplete http://teraszaman.blogspot.com/2011/03/steam-roller-satu-lagi-warisan-abad-uap.html

Sumberharjo Sugar Mill, Central Java

John Fowler & Co. Ltd.

South of Pemalang
Preserved in poor condition near the mill offices

Tasik Madu Sugar Mill, Central Java

Kelly-Springfield

3355

1916

South of Solo
Operational 2010

Gadang, Malang, East Java

J.A. Maffei (Munich)

9068

1925

Stored on roadside in 2002, not 'preserved'

nr. Klaten, Central Java

J.A. Maffei (Munich)

9181

1926

Plinthed

Sempor Dam, Central Java Marshall 84534 1929 Data from a 1986 visit.
Palbapang, Yogyakarta Special Area  Marshall 85022 1927 See https://spkt.kemdikbud.go.id/stoomwals (Link broken by December 2021)

KPUPR Kampus, South Jakarta

Marshall

1928(?)

Derek Rayner says almost certainly a convertible

Wonosobo Nederlandsch Indische Industrie N.V. 39-2 1939 Very rare and probably the only survivor (if confirmed, the picture was taken ca 1986).
Nederlandsch Indische Industrie N.V. on Wikipedia
Thought to be at the PWD off Jalan Bayumas, south of the town.
Dinas Pekerjaan Umum 7°24'10.8"S 109°53'25.6"E

Bandung, West Java

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd.

112654

1920

Just east of city centre

Majalengka, West Java

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd.

143760

1926

PWD depot, on main road north of town
Displayed in good condition

Cepu, Central Java

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd.

154750

1920

At traffic lights in centre of town north of railway station

Ketanggungan, Central Java

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd.

11633 (??)

1920

PWD depot, location is some km east of Ketanggungan Barat Sugar mill site
serial number incomplete

Kertasari, West Java Ruston & Hornsby Ltd Outside the London Sumatra Estate Office, the location is half way up a mountain south of Bandung and West of Garut! - 7°13'50.4"S 107°39'26.2"E. Picture is from Google Streetview.
Unknown, Java Ruston & Hornsby Ltd. Offered for sale. This is probably the engine reported at a road depot, 20km E. of Semarang, Central Java.

Jatiroto Sugar Mill, East Java

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd.

Picture from 1979, thought to have been scrapped after 1999, but present repainted in 2011.

Temanggungm Central Java

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd.

192x(?)

Derek Rayner says it's an oil engine, but definitely steam era!

Road depot, Solo Balapan, Central Java

Zettlemeyer

211

1925

East of station

Other possibilities

Location

Maker

Number

Year

Notes

Tegal, Central Java

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd.

13639 (??)

Last seen in 1992, serial number incomplete

Solo, Central Java

J.A. Maffei (Munich)

Not seen recently

Babo Airfield, West Papua

Buffalo Springfield
(to be confirmed)

http://abualbanie.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/tempat-misterius-itu-adalah-lapangan-terbang-babo/ 
Picture

Traction Engines

Location

Maker

Number

Year

Notes

Portable and Other Steam Engines

Location

Maker

Number

Year

Notes

Ceper Baru Sugar Mill

Marshall Sons & Co Ltd.

South of  main road between Yogya and Solo
Preserved by (closed) mill gate, incomplete

Yogya (Railway Station) Marshall Sons & Co Ltd. Formerly at Lempujangan http://locomotivemania.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8859/dscn1732gk.jpg (link unavailable October 2017)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/5863758093_b53521732d.jpg (link dead 25th October 2016)
Museum of Tin (Museum Timah), Pangkal Pinang, Bangka  Marshall Sons & Co Ltd. http://beritabangka.wordpress.com/sejarah-timah/
http://beritabangka.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/100_87731.jpg
Surabaya Museum Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies 23933 1911 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lji6aCl70NA 
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lji6aCl70NA/maxresdefault.jpg 
http://log.viva.co.id/news/read/643620-jejak-mesin-ketel-uap-kuno-di-museum-surabaya (Link dead by May 2023)

Yogya (Loco Shed) Ruston Proctor 49274 1914 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruben_wicaksono/3482590767/
http://blog.londoh.com/category/?itemid=890 (unavailable by September 2016)
Glenmore, East Jave Ruston Proctor 1910 Looks to be a Marine type.firebox
https://www.instagram.com/p/Z150kSEMrR/ (link broken 1st November 2019)
http://bwi-teknologi.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/sejarah-asal-usul-kecamatan-glenmore.html (link dead by 12th April 2018)
http://peduliwisatabwi.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/10-desember-2015-kopiwangi-blusukan-ke_12.html 
Sungailat, Bangka Click here for a photograph.
http://delocomotief.siansoegito.com/ (Link broken by September 2025)
Pontianak, West Kalimantan (outside 'city office') Ruston Proctor http://pontianakheritagemovement.blogspot.co.uk/2015_05_01_archive.html 
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1492047&page=66 
http://www.goensmith.com/2014/06/mesin-air-tenaga-uap.html (Link broken by December 2021)


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