Jakarta area and Cikampek, August 1977. This should have been a 4 day visit from Singapore to Jakarta, Cirebon and Tegal to photograph the active steam which I had seen from the train on the previous trip, before returning to the UK permanently. The flight from Singapore was delayed for about 6 hours which meant I could not get to Cirebon that night, and this in turn meant I could not get to Tegal and back to Jakarta in time for the return flight unless I skipped the day at Prujakan where I could see the steam trains from Purwokerto. From the airport I went first to Djatinegara, the main steam shed for Jakarta, which had several D52 2-8-2's and 2 C28 4-6-4T's. In the evening I went to Tanah Abang which had a diesel shed containing a preserved narrow gauge 0-8-0T. While I was there a pair of C27 4-6-4T's stopped in the station. The following morning I went to Kota station to catch a train to Cirebon. Two days later I returned to Jakarta and because of another flight delay I was able to spend another day at Djatinegara and Cipinang. Home  Indonesian front page    Yogyakarta 1976    Madiun and Surakarta 1976   Ambarawa and north coast 1976   Jakarta 1977  Cirebon 1977    West Sumatra 1985    South Sumatra 1985    Java 1985    Java 1987   Please e-mail me if you have any problems or queries with this page.
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Jakarta area and Cikampek, August 1977.
This should have been a 4 day visit from Singapore to Jakarta, Cirebon and Tegal to photograph the active steam which I had seen from the train on the previous trip, before returning to the UK permanently. The flight from Singapore was delayed for about 6 hours which meant I could not get to Cirebon that night, and this in turn meant I could not get to Tegal and back to Jakarta in time for the return flight unless I skipped the day at Prujakan where I could see the steam trains from Purwokerto. From the airport I went first to Djatinegara, the main steam shed for Jakarta, which had several D52 2-8-2's and 2 C28 4-6-4T's. In the evening I went to Tanah Abang which had a diesel shed containing a preserved narrow gauge 0-8-0T. While I was there a pair of C27 4-6-4T's stopped in the station. The following morning I went to Kota station to catch a train to Cirebon. Two days later I returned to Jakarta and because of another flight delay I was able to spend another day at Djatinegara and Cipinang.

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Above: 2-8-2 D52057 at Djatinegara shed on 11th August 1977.

Below: Djatinegara shed on 11th August 1977.

Above and below: BB30402 passing Djatinegara shed with a passenger train.

Above: 2-8-2 D52056 at Djatinegara

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