The Oldest Steam Locomotive In Indonesia

NIS 107 is one of the oldest steam locomotive in Indonesia. After successfully building a rail road route-Responsibility-Semarang-Solo Kedung Teak-Yogyakarta (166 km, 1435 mm gauge) and road-rail route Tuntang Kedungjati-Ambarawa (37 km, 1435 mm gauge), a private railway company NIS (Nederlands- Spoorweg Indische Maatschappij) to continue construction of the railway to the south of the city of Yogyakarta. The rail road construction is a form of economic interest from the Dutch Government as there are many sugar factories in the southern city of Yogyakarta. In 1895, NIS managed to build a rail road route of Yogyakarta-Srandakan (23 km, 1435 mm gauge) and then followed the route-Ngabean Srandakan-Palbapang-Brossot-Sewugalur (5 km, 1435 mm gauge) began operations in 1916 and the route-Pasargedeh Ngabean -pundung (27 km, 1435 mm gauge) started operations in 1919. To serve the route, bringing NIS 2 C2-type steam locomotive Lt NIS which then numbered 106-107 that NIS has three locomotives of type C2-Lt (NIS 105, NIS 106 and NIS 107). Type C2 3-Lt locomotive was imported from Hanomag factory (Germany). Before the railway in the south of Yogyakarta city was built, the locomotive was bring NIS 105 in 1885. NIS 105 is designed to operate on the rail with 1067 mm gauge. NIS 105 locomotives operating in the area Demak (Central Java), which has a rail with a 1067 mm gauge. After the rail road (with a 1435 mm gauge) in the southern city of Yogyakarta is built then shipped to NIS 106 and NIS 107 in 1895 was imported in 1901. NIS 106 and NIS 107 is designed to operate on the rail with 1435 mm gauge. Locomotive type C2-Lt (NIS 105-107) was used to pull the train consisting of a mixture of passenger trains and freight cars on the route distance.
C2-type locomotives by wheel arrangement Lt 0-6-0T is the locomotive that has a cylinder dimensions 285 mm X 440 mm by 931 mm diameter drive wheel. Overall weight of 16.5 tons. This locomotive can drive up to a maximum speed of 40 km / h. C2 type locomotive fuel use teak wood or coal.
In the early days of World War II, NIS 106 and NIS 107 has been designed by Ir JC Jonker (former head of the depot traction in the NIS) as an armored locomotive to help the Dutch army in Java in the face of Japanese military raid. In the draft of the armored locomotive, NIS 106 and NIS 107 with an added layer of steel and reduced chimney height (height equal to the height of the chimney into the locomotive cab). Converting a NIS 106 armored locomotive worked at Balai Yasa Yogyakarta and conversion as a NIS 107 armored locomotive repair shop worked on a steel construction company named De Vries Robbe, Semarang. Unfortunately, the conversion of NIS 106 and NIS 107 for armored locomotives have not been resolved to its conclusion because the Japanese military had entered the northern coast of Java in March 1942. NIS 106 have not been converted at all while you just NIS 107 dikonsersi only 50% only. NIS 106 locomotive is the last locomotive to operate in the way of 1435 mm gauge railway with the port of Semarang in July 1945. After that, some of the locomotive was dismantled by the Japanese government and many are unaccounted for. When the Japanese military into Java, all the way rail with 1435 mm gauge railway to be converted into a 1067 mm gauge. Currently, all rail roads in Java and Sumatra is operated by PT. Railway Indonesia (Persero) using rail with 1067 mm gauge.
Current can still be found physical evidence ever existed gauge railway with 1435 mm in Java is a steam locomotive's chassis NIS 107 and the steam locomotive's boiler type C2-Rt (NIS 151-160). Both are on display in front of SMK / Vocational School District 2 Yogyakarta (formerly STM / Secondary School 1 School of Yogyakarta). Other physical evidence that is 2 units for railway train boggie with 1435 mm gauge. 2 Boggie unit is currently on display at Balai Yasa in Manggarai, Jakarta.