In the year 1875 - 1891, the Dutch Government through the railway company Staatsspoorwegen (SS) have been able to build a railway line in East Java and Central Java. The railway line include Surabaya - Malang - Kertosono - Madison - Solo and Yogyakarta - Maos - Cilacap. With the completion of these two pathways is the city of Batavia (Jakarta) and Surabaya city is connected by means of rail transport. To serve both these pathways, SS bought 40 of the C11 steam locomotive factory Hartmann (Germany). This locomotive was imported in stages in 1879 to 1891. To meet the needs of rail transport in South Sumatra, then 7 C11 locomotive belonging to the SS moved from Java, South Sumatra. Locomotive C11 was assigned as a locomotive for towing service yard or passenger train locomotives / goods on short-haul routes and flat.
Although the locomotives and locomotive C12 C11 has a shape and arrangement of the same wheel but technically there is little difference. C11 steam locomotive requires fuel teak wood to boil water and drive the injector pump drive. Steam power used to drive the injector pump that can pump water from the tank to the boiler. In the boiler, the combustion of fuel used to heat water into steam that turns a high temperature and pressure, to further steam with high temperature and pressure are supplied to the wheels.
C11 locomotive has a 2-6-0 wheel arrangement and can be sped up to speeds of 50 km / h and has a 330 HP (Horse Power). This locomotive weighs 33.6 tonnes and length of 8575 mm.
Of the 40 locomotives C11, now only left 1 locomotive C11, which is C1140. C1140 (began operations in 1891) on display at the Museum Ambarawa (Central Java).
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