Java Locomotive Gallery

Nowhere in the world did ancient steam locomotives survive in such quantity as in Java. Classification follows the Japanese system whereby a letter denotes the number of driving axles with a number to indicate the class, tank locomotives starting at 10 and tender locomotives at 50. Mallets are thus BB10 etc. Locomotives in South and West (but not North) Sumatra were numbered in the same series.

I have tried to include photographs of all classes extant in 1970, inevitably this means including some derelicts photographed in unpromising circumstances. The gaps are accounted for as follows:

B10 2-4-0ST, an earlier version of the B11 and all withdrawn
B14 2-4-2T, Beyer Peacock, all withdrawn
B18 0-4-0Tr, Backer & Rueb, all withdrawn
C30 2-6-2T, see the South and West Sumatran sections
C33 2-6-0T, see the West Sumatran section
C50 4-6-2, see the South Sumatran section
D12 this was a mistake, D1201 was actually C2506!
D18 0-8-0T, see the West Sumatran section

In each case I have included some notes about the origins of the locomotives. More information is given in the two classic books which are both long out of print:

The current location of preserved examples is also given where known.