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Prajekan is a mill which was modernised in
the 1980s and was happy to abandon steam as it lines were steeply graded and
presumably difficult (and dangerous) to operate.
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My first visit to Prajekan was on 31st May
1979 and OK 0-8-0 #1 was yard pilot. When the mill finished with steam it
was transferred to De Maas but they managed to wreck it during its first
season there...
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Also present was OK 0-8-0T #2 which was
presumably waiting to take some empties out.
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The mill had three Luttermöllers and on
31st July 1984 the tour group I was leading saw OK 0-10-0 #7 take out a
set of empties on the line that ran south next to the Bondowoso road.
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Outbound trains in this
direction were smokebox first, presumably on account of the gradient,
which meant they were tender first returning. OK 0-8-0 #5 approaches the
mill on the same day with a cane train.
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After running round, #5 took the
loris through the weighbridge and then presumably on to the main yard.
This locomotive was later transferred to Asembagus where it was still
active in 2008.
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