CC5029,fighter steam locomotive 2-6-6-0 with tender, mallet locomotive type. The brother of CC5019.

Long sleep, and don't know when will operated again...

 

at year 1927-1928, Staatssporrwegen (SS) company bring 30 units of this locomotive to Indonesia from Werkspoor and SLM factory. The SS give special number to this locomotive with code SS1600. The route of this locomotive are hill route in West Java area such as Cibatu-Cikajang-Garut, and Purwakarta-Padalarang. This locomotive is capable to pulling the train with weighing 1300 tons.

 

The allocation of this locomotive at year 1969-1971 found in :

Cibatu 2 unit

Banjar, 1 unit

Purwakarta, 4 unit

Purwokerto, 10 unit

Ambarawa, 3 unit

Madiun, 2 unit

Sidotopo, 3 unit

 

at year 1981, CC5022 are donated to the Utrecht (Netherland) from Purwokerto as friendship between Indonesia and Netherland.

 

This locomotive have maximum speed 55km/h, with 3 type of brakes (manual, vaccum, and riggenbach) and use coal/Wood/residual oil for the boiler burning when operational at the past.

 

Water capacity in the tender is 25 m3. The type of the whistle is D&RGW 5 Chrime with 1200hp for the power.

 

The effect of rationalization policy from steam locomotive to the diesel locomotive, make CC50 must retired from their operational. In the same year, Cibatu-Garut route are start to closed. They are changed with diesel locomotive.

 

At year 2023, Cibatu-Garut are active again, but CC50 is not operational tu pull the train, and changed with GE locomotives (CC206) 😢.

 

At present, from 30 units of CC50, only 3 units still persist. The other CC50 have no maintenance. The CC5001 is in TMII (Taman Mini Indonesia Indah) Museum, Jakarta. The CC5029 is in Ambarawa Museum, Semarang, Central Java. The CC5022 is in Utrecht Museum, Netherland.

 

 

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