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Kedawung was a mill where I should have done much
better as it maintained steam working in the fields through most of the 1980s,
but I never got round to it. It then went through a phase of running tourist
trains (it is not far from Bromo) but these came to an end when the principal
user stopped paying his bills. For some years steam was kept serviceable for
charters but none of the income was ploughed back into maintenance... Since the
field lines are still in use and Bromo is still there, it is not impossible some
kind of tourist operation will reappear at some stage.
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As I recall, 4th June 1978 was a Sunday and
the Masinis I was sitting at home bored when I turned up with Peter
Nettleship in the late morning. He poured us a very welcome cold Bintang
and then took us on a personal tour. OK 0-6-0T #12 was found on the lines
to the north side of the mill
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We then rode out to find Maffei 0-4-2T #17
which was working on the south side. At that stage it still carried a
plate for its former mill, Jatiroto.
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However, the main target for our visit was
the unique baby Breda 0-6-0T #16 which was the yard pilot.
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I checked out the mill on 21st
August 1991 at the end of my tour. As I recall nothing was in steam, but OK
0-8-0T #15 in a very strange livery was pulled out of the shed for
me.
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In 1995, I was tipped off by Ray
Schofield that the Breda had been repaired and he had arranged to have it
steamed on 19th August. We quickly found some mud skips and got it to run
up and down the yard. This became a feature of my tours until more repairs
were needed and the revenue from the charters had been spent on other
things...
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