![]() There is a revitalization progress to reopen the Kedungjati (the former junction station to Ambarawa on the Semarang-Solo railway line) to Tuntang which was closed in 1972. In the future you will be able to travel from Semarang to Ambarawa by train. If you travel with public transport, take the minibus to Ambarawa and debark at the roundabout in front of Palagan Ambarawa Army Museum, and take the local public transport to the museum, of you can just walk to the museum. Just before the level crossing, turn right and you can see the museum entrance. The junction to the museum is located right in front of Palagan Ambarawa Army Museum, where on the roundabout take the turn that goes downhill to the south. If you travel on a private or chartered vehicle you can go to Ambarawa. If you’re lucky you might be able to spot mount Merbabu in the background. Other than the rack line, you could also hire the steam loco to work on the lakeside line that goes to Tuntang station, while marveling the scenery of lake Tuntang with mount Telomoyo (complete with its huge gaping amphitheater crater) in the background. This unique arrangement was designed to allow the train to climb the grade that is too steep for ordinary adhesion locos. A few of the locomotives displayed in here are the sole survivor of its type.īut unlike the similar museum in Jakarta, you can actually charter some of the steam locos to work on the scenic rack and adhesion line (one of few last surviving rack lines in Indonesia!) to Bedono station. Some of them are still in working order!Įstablished in 1976, the railway museum utilizing the 1873 built railway station to store some of the last steam locomotives that saw regular service. Located 50 km to the south of Semarang, and 56 km to the north of famed Borobudur temple, Ambarawa railway museum has a collection of steam locomotives that dating back from early 20 th century. So where can we find those chugging centenarians? Here are the places where you can find working steam locos in Indonesia: There are another steam loco attractions such as at Sawahlunto in West Sumatera or Cepu Lodging Railway in Central Java, but at the moment the steam locos are in neglected state so they are not listed here. All of them are in Java, as all of the places listed in here have regular reliable working. Either for regular duties or just for tourism. I have compiled the list of several places (as in 2014) where you can find working steam locos. Despite all of its progress and modernization, Indonesia still retains some of its century-old fleet of steam locomotives in working condition! Maybe only very few of them still gracing the state railway mainline, but yet hunting or even riding the steam locomotive is one of the methods to explore Indonesia’s rural countryside and learning the culture of the local people. ![]() If you like to know about the most recent update, you can e-mail me or you can check out my fanpage.Īre you a big steam locomotive lover, and happened to live in Indonesia? Well, you gotta be a really lucky person. Edit note: this list was compiled in 2014, when the steam locomotives working was at its abundance.
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