Tempo Doeloe
These are screenshots from documentary films about
the State Railways (Staats Spoorwegen), from the Netherlands Film
Archives. The films dated from between 1912 and 1929. Most of the shots were
taken around Batavia, the Priangan mountains and the then new Cirebon-Kroya
line.
Locomotives Parade
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SS 74 class, later B13. 2-4-0T (1Bn2 Pt) wheel arrangement, built by Hanomag in 1886. |
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SS 200 class, later B50. 2-4-0 (1Bn2 P) wheel arrangement, built by Sharp Stewart between 1880-1896. |
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SS 1300 class, later C28. 4-6-4T (2C2h2 Pt) wheel arrangement, built by Henschel, Hartmann and Esslingen between 1921-1922. |
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SS 1000 class, later C53. 4-6-2 (2C1h4v S) wheel arrangement, built by Werkspoor between 1920-1922. |
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SS 1400 class, later D14. 2-8-2T (1D1h2 Rt) wheel arrangement, built by Hanomag and Werkspoor between 1921-1922. |
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SS 900 class, later D50. 2-8-0 (1Dh2 G) wheel arrangement, built by Hanomag, Hartmann, SLM and Werkspoor between 1914-1921. |
In the shops
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Another SS 74 class pulling an SS 1000 class, probably in Meester Cornelis (Jatinegara). |
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An SS 1100 class (later C27) being lifted by a crane in Bandung works. |
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An SS 1000 class on a turntable, probably in Meester Cornelis. |
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The transfer table in
Bandung works, with an SS 520 class (later CC10). |
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An SS 1250 class (later DD52)
in Bandung works. |
Batavia area
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An SS 1000 class pulling a short passenger train northwest of Manggarai station in Batavia,
1919. |
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Another 1000 class over the Ciliwung river bridge near Manggarai. |
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SS 900 class 2-8-0 at Manggarai station. |
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Another 900 class with
a passenger train, also near Manggarai. |
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An electric locomotive
of the ESS waits in Tanjungpriok station, 1929. |
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Electric multiple units
were used in the Batavia area since 1924, when the electrification was
commenced. |
Priangan, land of the Mallets
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An SS 520 class between Cicalengka and Cibatu. |
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A big American-built
2-8-8-0 Mallet, the 1200 class (later DD50/51), with the afternoon Weltevreden-Bandung
train. |
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A different member of
the 1200 class with a passenger train in tow, between Purwakarta and
Padalarang. |
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Mallets of the 1200
class were used for both passenger and freight trains. Here one is
pictured between Cicalengka and Cibatu. |
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A color still of the
1200 class heading a mixed train, just out of the Sasaksaat
tunnel. |
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The European version of
the 2-8-8-0 Mallet, the 1250 class, at the head of a
passenger train. |
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The Vlugge Vier
express in the Priangan mountains. This train is the predecessor of the
Argo Gede and Parahyangan expresses
today. |
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Another picture of the
Vlugge Vier express, just leaving Bandung station. |
Cirebon to Kroya
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Cirebon station, with
SS passenger train no. 24 pulled by a 1300 class on the
left and SCS passenger train no. 1 to Semarang, headed by a class 200
4-6-0 (later C54). |
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A similar picture,
taken earlier than the picture above. |
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The SCS class 200
speeds out of Cheribon SS station. |
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A 1600 class 2-6-6-0 Mallet (later CC50) at Purwokerto station with a passenger train, ready to climb the 1.4% grade to Prupuk. |
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The Batavia-Yogyakarta
daytime fast train north of Purwokerto, pulled by a class 800 (later
F10). |
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Another 800 with a
mixed train, quite likely at Notog station, just south of
Purwokerto. |
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A class 1000 Pacific
hauling the Eendaagsche day express. |
Created by Indra
Krishnamurti
Last updated November 19, 2000
Thanks to T. W.
Polet for the films
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