Java Steam in 1984

Java in late December 1984 (and possibly into January 1985) - it was the very end of Javan Mainline Steam. In the East of Java, I found 4 locos in steam (B2301, D1105, D1107 and D52021). These would have been among the very last active PNKA/PJKA locos. I believe steam officially ended in 1984. I also visited Klakah (no footage) to find that the C11 (or C12) loco worked only in the morning and was safely tucked up in its shed in the afternoon. The order of the video is Malang, PG Kebonagung (locos being serviced in the off season), PG Ngadirejo (still milling in late December with locos in use), Kediri and finishes in Kertesono with one D52 in action and another one having its tender toppled to assist scrapping. We also see a C11 and B53 stored in the roundhouse there.
Originally filmed in NTSC VHS and later converted to PAL Digital Video, the quality leaves a lot to be desired but some of you will find the footage fascinating (I hope!). It was filmed about as close as you could get the the very end of steam on the national railways of Indonesia.

[@rosdani]

27:05 🚂D52 chooooo... cho...

[@widodosoepangkat5869]

Akhirnya masih bisa dengan suara asli peluit loko favoritku, D52. Di menit 25.55 dan 27.05. Terima kasih Mr. John Raby. 🙏🙏🙏😊

[@hanninrfHNPRODUCTION]

25:55 27:05

[@rafidhiyaulhaq1107]

Suling 5 Chime, mirip-mirip ama 5 Chimenya Rio Grande

[@kokohpalsu]

By this time, D52086 was kept in good condition (not sure about the mechanics) in Purwokerto/Kutoarjo for Special Train every 28 September. She survive untill early 1990 (might be 1992) when she was scrapped in Kutoarjo, in serviceable condition. C2838 also kept in good condition during this time (1984's) in Blitar, but didn't survive the 1980's i believe

[@kehldendavid4779]

C5401 juga kalo gak salah

[@danirailfans2317]

27:05 it's a whistle LOKOMOTIF D52

[@yeright4625]

16:46 those MCW 302 DMUs are now converted into rail clinic and inspection railcars. There is only one unit left used for local train between Semarang Poncol and Ngrombo.

[@muhammadfachri7775]

25:54 dan 27:05 inilah suara asli peluit si raksasa D52
16:19 Westminster Chime versi lama + MCW hijau

[@rafidhiyaulhaq1107]

Suling 5 Chime, mirip-mirip ama 5 Chimenya Rio Grande

[@rosdani]

16:19 nada keberangkatan westminter masih pakai kotak musik mekanik

[@rafidhiyaulhaq1107]

25:54, 26:02, and 27:05, was the sound of a 5 Chime whistle the PNKA (now KAI) used to have. This one sounds similiar to the Rio Grande 5 Chime. Many of these 5 chimes on several Medium-Big Steam Locomotives on Java had mis-tuned its sound note so much, probably due to a cracked whistle bell, mis-centered bolts, etc.
25:54, 26:02, dan 27:05, adalah suara dari Suling Nada 5 yang dulu PNKA (sekarang KAI) miliki. Yang satu ini bunyinya mirip seperti Suling Nada 5 punya Rio Grande. Kebanyakan suling macam ini di beberapa Lokomotif menengah-besar (C28, C50, C53, BB10, CC10, dan beberapa lokomotif serupa tak dihitung) mengalami perbedaan nada bunyi. Kemungkinan besar karena Bel Suling yang mengalami kerusakan, baut yang semakin lama semakin aus, dll.

[@AbdulRazzaqFilms]

thank you mr. John! vhs format always aging like a fine wine!

[@kehldendavid4779]

In the same year (1984) i believe, some steam loco in South Sumatra's mainline is still in active services, some even hire by PTBA (Bukit Asam Coal Company) for shunting in the Kertapati port yard assist some PTBA's Private own loco

[@dadengzovan7711]

Mr. John Raby saya sangat2 salut sekali berani uplod video yg selama ini saya dambakan yaitu ttg saat dinasnya loko D52series tetapi tahun 1984 nampaknya juga saat kehancuran loko2 ini.
Saya sangat sedih melihat tayangan ini tapi saya juga teramat salut thd perjuangan mr john utk mengabadikan momen2 yg sangat luar biasa dahsyat...
☝👍👍
D52 adalah loko yg bernasib buruk dan tragis.
Sekali saya salut salut dan keren keren dgn apa yg mr john kerjakan.

[@JohnRaby]

Terima kasih

[@dadengzovan7711]

@@JohnRaby mr john kira kira ada berapa loko D52 di kertosono saat itu?😭

[@JohnRaby]

@@dadengzovan7711 By 1984, the surviving working locos in Java were mainly used to move Pertamina wagons - either shunting or working down a branch (as in the case of Kertesono - Kediri) or for 'transmigrasi' which kept the Ponorogo branch open. I'm fairly sure the 1 (or 2) surviving D52s at Kertesono were to move Pertamina wagons. I think Cibatu - Garut survived on a Pertamina contract.

[@dadengzovan7711]

@@JohnRaby thanks mr john. How many locos (D52) staying and stabling at kertosono when hunted in 1984...?!👍

[@fadhil.]

Thanks you videonya bang Jhon, Alhamdulillah masih di beri kesempatan menjadi bagian perawatan lokomotif di Kertosono sampai saat ini.
Thanks you.. 👍🙏🙏.

[@enzoraditya6865]

27:05

[@dimasardnt]

Thank you John Raby! for sharing

[@ajipboy]

thank you for uploading this gem !

[@jordiimanriswanda8964]

Thank you Mr. John! 👍🏼

[@kresnoadiwibowo2856]

28:25 Nazareth - Love hurt

[@dengaril]

Thanks for upload Mr John 🙏🏼

[@yuwonoabunaim7682]

Thank u mr. John your video.

[@rozankusumaz6724]

Mungkin panci di dapur rumah kalian berasal dari Lok uap itu

[@Yan-wu7qj]

Seandainya lokomotif uap itu masih bisa berjalan sampai sekarang . . .oh betapa senang nya hatiku

[@yanuaryanuar6503]

Wonderful video Pak Jhon 👍👍

[@kehldendavid4779]

15:42 i wonder how this loco can get here in first place

[@bowo8079]

I think there is a rail from the station

[@Indokita]

Thank you for posting the video.

[@chandra_hanitya4736]

KEDIRI... thanks master mr John

[@hasanstarr7091]

Thanks Mr John 🙏🙏

[@SJSProject12]

13:40

[@johnrobert385mm]

Wow there is slightly a short footage of kebonagung #7 and #10

[@ardanachanel837]

Very nice video sir, thanks 🙏

[@restujuniansah7046]

wow, Indonesia had roundhouse in kertosono

[@SJSProject12]

17:05 terlalu singkat wkwkwk

[@jonichielochielo3209]

Sampean wong cepu tah

[@JohnRaby]

From 19:48 the final section is in Kertesono.

[@ammarwibisono]

Indeed sir. It is sad to see the steam locomotives being scrapped. And the roundhouse in Kertosono already looks not really good

[@abdul-1132]

Thank you, Mr. John, I wish you a long life

[@darrylrailfans]

11:10 S35 lokomotif B23

[@amriabdilah8408]

In that year there was still a sugar factory in Sidoarjo near Surabaya which was still operating. Do you have any documentation about the sugar factory in that year?

[@alva9162]

Baru tau kalo kertosono dulu tempat jagal lokomotif uap 😢

[@mrffk]

Tempat yg di takuti loko🗿

[@kresnoadiwibowo2856]

The film was taken at DAOP 8 (Operation Region Railways)

[@JohnRaby]

I'm not sure what you mean by this. The film was taken at various places in Eastern Java as described in the film description above - The order of the video is Malang, PG Kebonagung (locos being serviced in the off season), PG Ngadirejo (still milling in late December with locos in use), Kediri and finishes in Kertesono.

[@kresnoadiwibowo2856]

@@JohnRaby you are right. I mean
Thank you for your explanation for this.
I'm verry gratefull and enjoy for your video and description and nice to meet you John.
DAOP 8 is coverage area in East Java. The headquarter office at Surabaya (now, the office is along side with Gubeng railways station).
The railways operation region for East Java consist are DAOP 9 (Jember area) and DAOP 8 (Surabaya area heading to central java).

[@JohnRaby]

@@kresnoadiwibowo2856 Interesting. Was that the same in the 1980s?

[@kresnoadiwibowo2856]

@@JohnRaby
Thank you for your reply, John.
If you come to Indonesia, especially to East Java. For my opinion, you get the difference situation, either the locomotive, the train, the railways station and anything.
You can find various news from PT KAI (Indonesian Railways State Own Company), formerly PJKA/ PNKA since management reform and transformation from 2009.
For example, you still remember if you travelling by the train from Surabaya to Jakarta. The travel time was more less than 15 to 17 hour.
Now, you get the travel time is more less than 8 hour by the high class train Argo Bromo Anggrek or another train for the same destination for lower class train is more less than 11 hours.
The railways station area and the train area are clean and restrict. Only passanger are there.

[@naufal4075]

25:55

[@opskukuh]

Apakah orang-orang iu ingin membesi tuakan Lokomotif uap ??
Saya begitu sedih melihatnya 😭
Pemerintah Indonesia dan Perusahaan Kereta pada saat itu benar-benar tidak memperdulikan sisi history dan kenangan Loko loko Uap 😔😔

[@septadarmawan9530]

Maklum, waktu itu PJKA sangat butuh uang jadi loko uap dibesituakan semua (CMIIW)

[@FahriSenaNC]

@@septadarmawan9530 mksih infonya 👍

[@NapoleonBonaparte-of4sl]

D52 lagi mau di benerin, D14 udah bangkit

[@yusufhanafiah2477]

D52. Sangat disayangkan hanya tinggal 1 dari 100 unit diseluruh jawa dan sumatera. dan pun loko ini tirak pernah menapak di medan

[@videokereta]

05:35 mojopanggung?

[@JohnRaby]

No, I think it's still Kebonagung.

[@videokereta]

@@JohnRaby 05:35 I'm sure it's mojopanggung, because there is a locomotive number 8 Baldwin.. only on mojopanggung

[@JohnRaby]

@@videokereta Yes, I agree. There were two Baldwins at Mojopanggung and the works number 44822 ties in with No. 9 not No. 8 according to www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/javalist.htm

[@videokereta]

@@JohnRaby okay, that means that the locomotive no. 9 - 44822 was still in there that year
according to rob dickinson number 9 has been scrapped in 1973

[@JohnRaby]

@@videokereta Baldwin 44822 is clearly shown in the video 5:29 - but what loco was the boiler on? We may never know but perhaps the boiler was on 8 or 9.

[@abdul-1132]

my flagship train station

[@darrylrailfans]

15:40 loko ini sekarang ada di museum transportasi TMII

[@lichajepara867]

Akhir - akhir d52 di rucat 😭😭 , 25:45

[@yudhapramudya1070]

Excuse me, I want to ask permission to repost this very cool video 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@JohnRaby]

Sorry I can't allow that. My copyright but I let everyone see it on my TH-cam channel.

[@jerespoor7307]

Menit pertama itu dimana ya? jalan tol? apa maksudnya jalan layang mayangkara wonokromo?

[@JohnRaby]

Leaving Surabaya heading east.

[@tama18]

Sedih liat lokomotif D52 dijagal, lokomotif berjumlah 100 hanya tinggal 1 yang selamat, lainnya?

[@prihatinwaluyo7053]

Mr jhon apa ada video jalur semarang-demak-kudus ?

[@rafaeloj9328]

Dia orang Inggris bro

[@fernandosantiagorodrigueze2655]

And The Steam in Renfe?

[@mamen571]

so sad 😭

[@dadengzovan7711]

Sekali lagi trimakasih mr john 😭

[@wills6158]

Please upload modern diesel train too in java 80s or 90s decade 🙏🙏

[@raditiya_pns]

So sad to see them scrapped

[@MovetoSEPRAILnTheRealRajo6466]

Actual Steam Locomotive as been peserve to museums, the diesels is scrapped

[@rafidhiyaulhaq1107]

@@MovetoSEPRAILnTheRealRajo6466 that's not the case. Engines, weither its electric, steam, or diesels will oftenly come and go as new technologies were being developed through out the years. both Steam, Diesel, and Electrics would eventualy find their demise on the smelters yard, weither you like it or not. But some might find their endings in a rather happier site compare to others. But in the end, this is just how machines are treated. Once the new ones were very succesful, the predecesors would eventualy go.

[@NapoleonBonaparte-of4sl]

@@MovetoSEPRAILnTheRealRajo6466 D52 will be alive aggain

[@TheRealRajo6466]

​​@@NapoleonBonaparte-of4slif they have the budget, if the still dont have the budget then put it back to the museum

[@Dedek-cx4kn]

Era bar barnya perkereta apian di Indonesia.

[@alvianfajar8376]

11:58 Kediri station ?

[@JohnRaby]

Yes, Kediri from 10:10 including 11:58.

[@nostalnest.]

@@JohnRaby do you have any videos in kediri station?

[@yusuframadhan9521]

I like steam locomotive steam locomotive d52

[@daudrfdaop6ykchannelke235]

From Indonesia

[@patubhudapurnomo4877]

😍😍

[@hanninrfHNPRODUCTION]

Mas saya mau tanya
Ini di stasiun mana ya

[@JohnRaby]

Apa?

[@xiomay9c982]

Kebanyakan yang di syuting sih kertosono

[@stve_0558]

25:44 where is this?

[@yyiyiyt]

Roundhouse stasiun Kertosono

[@mirhanlorensyah3655]

Malang Java

[@railfansdaop6v897]

#aks permission to take the D52 whistle from your video for video games

[@JohnRaby]

Yes, that's not a problem if it is just the sound of the whistle you want to take?

[@railfansdaop6v897]

Thank you sir

[@bambangsuyarto6909]

Yeess

[@endangkosmariah6954]

Ini lori tebu kan

[@IchsanHernovansyah]

Ini Lokomotif utama punya PJKA jaman dulu bu. Sebelum diganti sama Lokomotif diesel

[@junyi1694]

25:54 27:05

[@trbiuknow5596]

ask permission to take hornsound D-52 from your videos for Game

[@JohnRaby]

Yes, permission given for sound only for the purpose you describe. Have fun with it!

[@enzoraditya6865]

25:54

[@C2710MyLop]

27:06