PJKA Class CC50

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The DKA Class CC50 is a class of 2-6-6-0 locomotives built for the Dutch East Indies Railroad (Now the Indonesian State Railways). 
== History ==
In 1927–1928, the Java Staatsspoorwegen imported 16 2-6-6-0 Mallet locomotives from the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works and 14 from Werkspoor, N.V. for the mountain lines in West Java. These were a compact version of the Bull Moose 2-8-8-0 SS Class 1250 (DKA DD52). They worked on Cibatu–Garut–Cikajang and Purwakarta–Padalarang lines. The experience gained by the JSS modifying earlier Mallets helped them design these locomotives to use standard parts that could be exchanged with other SS locomotives. These locomotives also known as De Bergkoningin or The Queen of the Mountain. After the independence, they were known as Si Gombar or The Monster by locals due to the ability on the mountain lines and its huge size. The Class 1600 proved more powerful than other SS locomotives, and able to haul trains weighing 1,300 tons at a speed of 55 kilometres per hour (34 mph), and being able to negotiate tight curves. These locomotives were used throughout Java. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies in 1942, all of JSS locomotives were renumbered based on the Japanese numberings. The Class 1600s were renumbered CC50. This numbering system remained in use after the Independence of Indonesia by Djawatan Kereta Api (DKA) - the Department of Railways of the Republic of Indonesia until the era of Perusahaan Jawatan Kereta Api (PJKA) or Indonesian Railway Bureau Company. By 1971, these locomotives were located at Cibatu, Banjar, Purwakarta, Purwokerto, Ambarawa, Madiun and Sidotopo (Surabaya) locomotive depots. 
== Fate and Preservation ==
The steam era in Indonesia ended in the early 1980s. The remaining locomotives were dumped in station sheds. The last CC50 retired in 1984 after the closure of Cibatu-Garut line and were lined up to meet their fate.
In 1981, CC5022 from Purwokerto depot was donated by PJKA to the Railway Museum (Netherlands), as a symbol of friendship between Indonesia and the Netherlands. This locomotive was returned to its original colonial number 1622. In 2023, only three CC50s remain: 01 and 22 built by Werkspoor and SLM 29. CC5001 is preserved at the Transportation Museum of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, CC5022 at Netherlands Railway Museum and CC5029 at Ambarawa Railway Museum.
== In Media ==
One of the scrapped engines which was CC5019 turns out was a movie star appearing in the 1981 movie Kereta Api Terakhir (The Last Train) along with an unknown C28 class 4-6-4t. 
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