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Java's Steam Tram Locomotives in the 1970s

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I (Rob Dickinson) have always had a fascination for steam tram locomotives, by all accounts my favourite 'Thomas' character was 'Toby the Tram Engine' although I lived in the wrong part of the UK (West Country) to stand any chance of seeing the last ones at work in England. All this was spectacularly put right in Java in the 1970s. I remember spending an afternoon when I was supposed to be working looking entranced at the pictures in the newly published Durrant's Power Parade in 1975 and later that year seeing them in the flesh for the first time. Further examples followed on my 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 bashes to the island. To round off the collection I have included the two OJS locos sold off to Tasikmadu sugar mill in 1927 which were photographed rather later.

B1240, Wonokromo,
21st May 1976

B1221, Surabaya,
7th August 1975

B1240, Surabaya
25th May 1976

B1503, Kediri,
22nd April 1977

B1503, Kediri,
22nd April 1977


B1610, Jati,
1st June 1979


B1624 beyond Wonokromo,
11th April 1977


B1624, Surabaya,
11th April 1977


B1624, Surabaya,
11th April 1977

B1707, Kedirii,
17th May 1976


B1707, near Pesantren,
17th May 1976


B1706, near Kedirii,
1st June 1978


B1901, Bangil,
8th August 1975


B1904, Tulungagung,
18th May 1976


B2015, Pekalongan,
28th May 1976

B2207, Tegal,
29th May 1976


B2204, Purwodadi,
27th May 1976


B2601, Pare,
17th May 1976


C1704, Solo,
13th May 1976


C2003, Blora,
22nd May 1976


C2506, Jati,
6th June 1978


C2506, Jati,
6th June 1978


OJS 2, Tasikmadu IX,
2nd August 1994


OJS 11, Simbah, Gondang
22nd August 1984


OJS 11, Simbah, Gondang
23rd August 1984


Rob Dickinson

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