Today we visited Wringinanom which is in Situbindo. Here we checked out the mill yard and went to a long bridge which was rebuilt a few years ago after being swept away in a flood. A couple of trains came out with empty
loris headed by small Japanese Kyosan Kogyo locomotives.
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Keio loco at the transhipment hoist |
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Leaving the mill |
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Crosssing the bridge with empties for the field |
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Java is an island of volcanoes |
We went back to the mill and there was interesting activity in the loco workshop - building up wheelset tyres with weld, blacksmithing and fitting an engine to the famous Baguley diesel RUHAAK which has been transferred here recently.
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Working the bellows at the forge |
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Blacksmith at work |
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RUHAAK will run again! |
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The carrier bringing cane from the unloading station into the mill |
There followed a brief trip to Olean Mill, to see if we could find a steam-hauled field cane train. Indeed we were fortunate to do so because after finding another Kyosan Kogyo diesel an Orenstein and Koppel 0-8-0T arrived and awaited a loading to take back to the mill. It eventually set off but in perhaps typical Olean fashion it derailed after travelling about a kilometre.
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Diesel brings cane to the steam loco |
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An expectant crowd |
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Finally - a real steam field line cane train |
We rushed back to Wringinanom to catch a double-headed diesel field train returning to the mill.
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Shepherd and flock |
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A delightful surprise - double heading |
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Arriving back at the mill |
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Champions |
Definitely a very succesful day.
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