Probolinggo Stoomtram Maatschappij

PbSM = Probolinggo Stoomtram Maastchappij

Sections Dates opened
Probolinggo – Phoeton (Paiton) 22 June 1897
Probolinggo – Umbul – Sumberkareng 6 August 1912

KITLV Map in 1907 showing the first section.

Locomotive data

Much of this is speculative as far as the Hohenzollern trams are concerned - see additional information below this list. The Backer & Rueb engines were seriously underpowered and were withdrawn in or about 1897.

Manufacturer Works # Year Type Cylinders D.W. Dia Owner Number PNKA Notes
Backer & Rueb 123 1895 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 1(1)   To PSSM 4
Hohenzollern 1026* 1897 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 1(2) B1601 *Works number from Keretapi.com
Backer & Rueb 124 1895 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 2(1)   To PSSM 5
Hohenzollern 1025* 1897 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 2(2) B1602 *Works number from Keretapi.com
Backer & Rueb 125 1895 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 3    
Hohenzollern 956 1896 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 4 B1603  
Hohenzollern 957 1896 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 5 B1604  
Hohenzollern 958 1896 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 6 B1605 Was PSSM 6
Hohenzollern 1024 1897 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 7 B1606 Was PSSM 7
Hohenzollern 1023 1897 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 8   Scrapped by 1942
Hohenzollern 1027* 1897 0-4-0Tr     PbSM 9   Scrapped by 1942. *Works number from Keretapi.com
                   
Hanomag 6799 1913 0-6-0Tr 360 x 360 850 mm PbSM 11 C2501 Preserved at Taman Mini II in February 1987.
Hanomag 6800 1913 0-6-0Tr 360 x 360 850 mm PbSM 12 C2502 Derelict at Cepu Forest Railway in February 1987.
Hanomag 6801 1913 0-6-0Tr 360 x 360 850 mm PbSM 13 C2503  
Hanomag 9690 1921 0-6-0Tr 360 x 360 850 mm PbSM 14 C2504  
Hanomag 9692 1921 0-6-0Tr 360 x 360 850 mm PbSM 15 C2505 Derelict at Madiun in February 1987.
 

Hohenzollern works list in blue. All locomotives were ordered through Problinggo in Holland with the numbers listed but some interchange of locomotives took place between the Probolinggo and Pasoeroean sister systems in the early days. I can find no record of a Pasoeroean number 10 in the Hohenzollern book which only shows ranges of works numbers allocated ranges of running numbers so these may not have been in sequence, although I have listed them in sequence.

Ir. K. Brouwer provided some corrections but was not certain about the correct sequence of works numbers. It is also likely that the Indonesian records contain errors and some works plates may have ended up on the wrong locos following overhauls or during the Japanese renumbering.

Works # M/Year Type Gauge Order? Type Owner Number PNKA Notes from Ir. K. Brouwer *works number order uncertain.
956 1896 Bt 1067 242 0-4-0Tr PbSM Probolingo 4 B1603  
957 1896 Bt 1067 242 0-4-0Tr PbSM Probolingo 5 B1604  
958 1896 Bt 1067 242 0-4-0Tr PbSM Probolingo 6 B1605 >PSSM 6 on arrival >PbSM 6 1898
1023 9/1897 Bt 1067 261 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 4   >PSSM 8 on arrival >PbSM 8 1898. Scrapped by 1942.
1024 9/1897 Bt 1067 261 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 5 B1606 >PSSM 7 on arrival >PbSM 7 1898
1025 9/1897 Bt 1067 261 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 6 B1607 >PSSM 10 on arrival. *works number 1025-1028.
1026 9/1897 Bt 1067 261 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 7 B1601 >PbSM 1 on arrival. *works number 1025-1028.
1027 9/1897 Bt 1067 261 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 8 B1602 >PbSM 2 on arrival. *works number 1025-1028.
1028 9/1897 Bt 1067 261 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 9   >PbSM 9 on arrival. Scrapped by 1942. *works number 1025-1028.
1189 5/1899 Bt 1067 314 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 11   Scrapped by 1942.
1190 5/1899 Bt 1067 314 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 12 B1624 To Bantam in 1942, reappeared after WWII.
1197 5/1899 Bt 1067 314 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 13   Scrapped by 1942.
1313 8/1900 Bt 1067 335 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 14 B1608  
1314 8/1900 Bt 1067 335 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 15 B1609  
1315 8/1900 Bt 1067 335 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 16 B1610  
1316 8/1900 Bt 1067 335 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 17 B1611  
1317 8/1900 Bt 1067 335 0-4-0Tr PSSM Pasoeroean 18 B1612  

 

Below: PbSM 0-6-0Tr 13 built by Hanomag in 1913, became PJKA C2503.

Above: A B16 type tram hauls its train along the shore line between Probolinggo and Paiton, probably near Bentar.

Below: A B16 type tram of the type operated by the PbSM.

Above & below: C2501 preserved at Taman Mini II in February 1987.

Above: C2502 lies derelict at Cepu Forest Railway in February 1987.

Below: C2505 lies derelict at Madiun in February 1987.

Above: B1610 representing its type at Jati depot, Probolinggo, in February 1987.

Created 5th January 2016.

Updated 29th November 2016.
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