Tasik Madu Sugar Steam Locomotives

Tasik Madu sugar mill is located a few kilometers east of Surakarta. It is quite a large mill, and rosters about 20 steam and diesel locomotives. One locomotive in its roster, the 150HP 0-10-0 Luttermöller TM VI is one of the largest and the most imposing steam locomotive among Indonesian sugar mill locomotives.

Here are several photographs taken between 1990-1997:

Tasik Madu III TM III
0-8-0T Orenstein & Koppel 6389/1913
Tasik Madu IV TM IV
0-8-0T Orenstein & Koppel 10739/1924
Currently in storage.
Tasik Madu V Tasik Madu V Tasik Madu V TM V
0-8-0T Orenstein & Koppel 9513/1921
Tasik Madu V BTM V B
0-8-0T Orenstein & Koppel 10462/1923
Ex Colomadu 5
Tasik Madu VI Tasik Madu VI Tasik Madu VI Tasik Madu VI Tasik Madu VI TM VI
0-10-0 Orenstein & Koppel 11790/1929
Luttermöller gear.
Tasik Madu XIV Tasik Madu XIV Tasik Madu XIV Tasik Madu XIV TM XIV
0-8-0T DuCroo & Brauns 22/1923
Tasik Madu XV TM XV
0-4-2T Orenstein & Koppel 6976/1913
Currently in storage.

Created by Indra Krishnamurti
Last updated April 1, 2000