We left Probolinggo this morning and headed to Jatirito Mill. It is obvious that most of the development was part of a planned drainage and platation scheme in the early decades of the twentieth century. The tramline layout extends to over 280km of track and is laid out criss-cross in typical plantation fashion. There is a major irrigation channel that runs through the area which is crossed by several tramline bridges.
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| On the way out to the fields |
At the mill, we saw many diesel locomotives, abandoned steam locomotives and line cars. The main line locomotives are mostly Hokiruki Juki dating from the mid-1970s. We saw an ash train and a sugar train as well as cane shunting and many locomotives returning to the shed after delivering empties in the morning.
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| The mill's one Keio locomotive |
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| Roomy diesel shop and running shed |
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| Two of plenty Hokiruki Juki linecars |
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| The steam shed |
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| Cane haulage from the shunting yard |
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| Sugar train |
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| Amid old mill buildings |
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| In the empty yard |
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| This small loco appears to be new build |
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| Schoema 02 transferred from Pajarakan |
Our efforts to locate field line trains met with very limited success. The promised cane train returning to the mill failed to materialise, but I did catch a pair of oxen going home along the tramway formation.
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