Hard working people. I wonder if they are able to keep busy when it is not sugar cane harvesting time.....love the children and the brick yard at the end. Thanks for these 2 very interesting looks into life in Java my friend..... Doug =)
There was very little other than hand tools being used in the shed. There may have been a workshop nearby but I did not check to see. One ovf my Java videos shows very old steam operated sugar mill machinery in action at several mills.
Thanks for your kind comment. Sadly the steam locos are no longer in use on Java's suugar mill lines. Labour was cheap, the technology easy and cheap to maintain - no expensive imported parts. The locos were bought many years ago so no depreciation and perhaps best of all the fuel was free, they were fired with bagasse (sugar cane residue). The question is not why they were still used but why did they get rid of them!
It would be best if you visit the mills in Java to see if any steam locomotives remain. I don't think any are still working but some may still be in existence. You would need to visit in person to check the condition of the locomotive, negotiate a purchase price, organise shipment and source spare parts and plans. Each of my videos has the names of the mills visited. Good luck.
Evocative film of a bygone era. Fully sustainable transport I guess replaced by trucks. Where are the engines now I wonder. Death of sugar industry a direct consequence of EU policy.
Hopefully the Chinese didn't get in to buy everything as a 'parcel' of scrap and just cut everything up and ship it to the homeland as they seem to do all Western Countries scrap nowadays. Trouble is Java's sort of on their doorstep so shipping isn't far, and labour costs are cheap in those countries. One can but hope some of the rare ones have survived, although by the time 'steam' ended in Java all the loco's were rare.
Hard working people. I wonder if they are able to keep busy when it is not sugar cane harvesting time.....love the children and the brick yard at the end. Thanks for these 2 very interesting looks into life in Java my friend..... Doug =)
I wish you had got a better look at the shop equipment in the shed, very old & just as rare & important as the locomotives they serviced.
There was very little other than hand tools being used in the shed. There may have been a workshop nearby but I did not check to see. One ovf my Java videos shows very old steam operated sugar mill machinery in action at several mills.
மிகவும் அருமையான பதிவு! நன்றி!
I like those little "teakettle" locomotives. :-D
I am curious, what would drive these operations to maintain the use of steam locos? It seems very labor intensive to keep them up and running.
Also thank you for the great footage!
Thanks for your kind comment. Sadly the steam locos are no longer in use on Java's suugar mill lines. Labour was cheap, the technology easy and cheap to maintain - no expensive imported parts. The locos were bought many years ago so no depreciation and perhaps best of all the fuel was free, they were fired with bagasse (sugar cane residue). The question is not why they were still used but why did they get rid of them!
Aí sim 😍👏👏👏eu concordo com este tipo de trabalho, gera muito emprego pro país de gerente daqui do Brasil🇧🇷, q tenta imitar o Estados Unidos
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Where do I contact the owners? I'd like to buy one.
It would be best if you visit the mills in Java to see if any steam locomotives remain. I don't think any are still working but some may still be in existence. You would need to visit in person to check the condition of the locomotive, negotiate a purchase price, organise shipment and source spare parts and plans. Each of my videos has the names of the mills visited. Good luck.
Evocative film of a bygone era. Fully sustainable transport I guess replaced by trucks. Where are the engines now I wonder. Death of sugar industry a direct consequence of EU policy.
Hopefully the Chinese didn't get in to buy everything as a 'parcel' of scrap and just cut everything up and ship it to the homeland as they seem to do all Western Countries scrap nowadays. Trouble is Java's sort of on their doorstep so shipping isn't far, and labour costs are cheap in those countries. One can but hope some of the rare ones have survived, although by the time 'steam' ended in Java all the loco's were rare.
Didja see the rich guy on the bicycle?
dimana tuh
Pangka sugar mill Java Indonesia
Amazing , because today not survive this mallet
Daerah mn
Нефть когда нибудь кончится - так что перед нами транспорт будущего
electric trains exist....
Weee sepur tebu di pg