Serajoedal Stoomtram Maatschappij

In the Dutch East Indies the SJS, OJS, SDS and SCS were independent companies. However, in the Netherlands there was one joint management. Moreover there were a number of identical regulations concerning the four companies, viz. regulations for the management, instruction for their joint general agent in the Dutch East Indies, rules for the personnel (the personnel could inter alia be transferred from one company to another), technical regulations concerning the department of civil engineering, regulations for the maintenance of rolling stock and to secure the rights to the ground.

Serajoedal Stoomtram-Maatschappij (Serajoedal Steam Tram Company), SDS 1894-1940

Established in 1894, after R.H. Eysonius de Waal and O.J.A. Repelaer van Driel had obtained concessions, which were granted in 1893 and in 1894 were taken over by the Financiel Maatschappij van Nilverheidsondernemingen in Nederlandsch-Indie (Financial Company of Dutch Undertakings in the Dutch East Indies). 1897 opening of the first lines Maos - Purwokerto, Purwokerto – Sukaradja.

Manufacturer	Works #	Year	Type	Cylinders	D.W. Dia	Owner	Number	PNKA	Notes
Beyer Peacock	3654	1895	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	1	C1401
Beyer Peacock	3655	1895	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	2	C1402
Beyer Peacock	3656	1895	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	3	C1403
Beyer Peacock	3657	1895	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	4	C1404
Beyer Peacock	3658	1895	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	5	C1405
Beyer Peacock	3659	1895	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	6	C1406
Beyer Peacock	3660	1896	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	7	C1407
Beyer Peacock	3661	1896	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	8	C1408
Beyer Peacock	4103	1899	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	9	C1409
Beyer Peacock	4104	1899	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	10	C1410
Beyer Peacock	5179	1909	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	11	C1411	Preserved at Purwokerto in 1985.
Beyer Peacock	5180	1909	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	12	C1412	Stored at Ambarawa in 1987.
Beyer Peacock	5380	1910	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	13	C1413
Beyer Peacock	5381	1910	0-6-0T	180 x 406	1003 mm	SDS	14	C1414	Preserved at Tegal wagon works.
Hartmann	3804	1914	0-8-0T	380 x 400	850 mm	SDS	201	D1007	Preserved at Ambarawa.
Hartmann	3805	1914	0-8-0T	380 x 400	850 mm	SDS	202	D1008
Hartmann	3806	1914	0-8-0T	380 x 400	850 mm	SDS	203	D1009
Hartmann	3807	1914	0-8-0T	380 x 400	850 mm	SDS	204	D1010
Hartmann	3842	1915	0-8-0T	380 x 400	850 mm	SDS	205	D1011
Hohenzollern	4275	1922	0-8-0T	450 x 500	1003 mm	SDS	51	D1301
Hohenzollern	4276	1922	0-8-0T	450 x 500	1003 mm	SDS	52	D1302
Hohenzollern	4277	1922	0-8-0T	450 x 500	1003 mm	SDS	53	D1303

Above and below: C1411, formerly SDS 11, preserved outside the PJKA headquarters building in Purwokerto with a clock mounted on the cab, photographed on 1985.

Above: C1412, formerly SDS 12, stored in the shed at Ambarawa in February 1987.

Above and below: D1007, formerly SDS 201, preserved at Ambarawa in November 1976, above, and in February 1987 below.