2/03/2012

C15 (Indonesian Steam Loco)

In the year 1875 - 1897, the railway company Staatsspoorwegen (SS) started building a railway line in East Java, one of which is the route Surabaya City - Bangil - Makati - Jember - Kalisat - Situbondo - Panarukan. The railway route Surabaya City - Makati is the first construction work by the railway company is managed by the Dutch and later the construction of railway lines continued to Panarukan. When the route is considered very important because there Umbulan a huge source of water and tobacco plantations.
To serve the route, SS C15 buy 20 locomotives from two different manufacturers that Hartmann (Germany) and Werkspoor (Netherlands). C15 10 steam locomotive was imported in the year 1897-1899 from the factory Hartmann (Germany) and 10 C15 locomotive was imported in the year 1899-1900 from the factory Werkspoor (Netherlands). C15 locomotive is the first purchase of the Dutch Government to the locomotive factory in the Netherlands. When the railroad was to be one very important means of transportation, both freight and passengers. Of Jember, tobacco transported by rail to ports in Panarukan to be sent to other international markets.
In 1917, a locomotive C15 delivered to the coal mines at Sea Island (South Kalimantan) to support the transport of coal. The results of the coal mine at the time limited for the purposes of energy to fuel the ships, steam locomotives and power plants.
C15 has a two-cylinder locomotive that uses the compound technology. With this technology weapons, then the evaporation of water into the driving force becomes more efficient, because the steam has been used to push the piston into the cylinder is disposed of, but is channeled back into the cylinder. This makes the C15 locomotive including the efficient use of fuel and water.
C15 Locomotive fuel use teak wood or coal and can drive up to a maximum speed of 35 km / h. This locomotive has a 0-6-0 wheel arrangement and weighs 27.7 tons.
Of the 20 locomotives C15, now only left 1 locomotive C15, C15 is 07. C15 07 (began operations in 1900, manufactured Werkspoor) on display at the Ambarawa Railway Museum (Central Java).

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