PJKA Class F10

Category:Indonesian Railway
Category:Indonesia
Category:Indonesian locomotives
Category:2-12-2 steam locomotives
Category:2-12-2 locomotives
Category:2-12-2T steam locomotives
Category:2-12-2T locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Tank locomotives
The DKA Class F-10 is a 2-12-2 Javanic type steam locomotive built for the Dutch East Indies Railroad (Now the Indonesian State Railways). 
== History ==
As the volume of goods transport increases in the West Java region, the Staatsspoorwegen (SS) railway company is planning to purchase steam locomotives that are more powerful and can explore rails with a bend radius of at least 150m in mountainous areas which are often found on the island of Java.
With these technical demands, the Hanomag factory (Germany) succeeded in designing the SS800/F10 locomotive which has 12 driving wheels connected to one axle. SS purchased 28 SS800/F10 locomotives from two different factories. 18 SS800/F10 locomotives were purchased from the Hanomag factory (Germany) and 10 locomotives were purchased from the Werkspoor factory (Netherland). These 28 locomotives were imported in 1912-1920. Apart from being used for goods transportation on the island of Java, this locomotive was also sent to West Sumatra to meet coal transportation needs, 5 SS800/F10 locomotives belonging to SS were moved to West Sumatra. The 5 locomotive units were placed at the Solok locomotive depot.
After 2 months of testing on mountain routes in West Java, the SS800/F10 locomotive had technical problems. The first driving wheel had a high level of wear so SS moved the SS800/F10 locomotive operations to the Purwokerto - Prupuk and Jember - Surabaya - Blitar - Malang routes which have a larger bend radius.
The SS800/F10 locomotive is a unique type because the locomotive with 6 driving wheels connected by one axle can only be found in 5 countries, namely Indonesia, Germany (Württemberg K & Class 97.4), Bulgaria (BDŽ Class 46), Austria (Class 97.4), France (SNCF 160A1) and the United States of America (Union Pacific No. 9000). In the Dutch East Indies, this locomotive had an F drive wheel arrangement. Apart from that, its special design gave this locomotive the nickname "Javanic". At the end of the era of steam locomotives in Indonesia, F10s were still in service in many areas of East Java such as Malang - Blitar and Jember - Klakah - Lumajang as locomotives pulling local trains and mixed passengers and goods. Currently there are only 2 units left, namely F1002 and F1015. Locomotive F1002 on display at the Ambarawa Railway Museum, Central Java. Meanwhile, the F1015 is on display at the TMII Transportation Museum, Jakarta.
== Trivia ==
* In 1986, the F1015 locomotive was brought to Expo 86 in Vancouver, Canada, in order to represent Indonesia.
* It is one of the 2 types of 2-12-2 locomotives to exist and being the most 2-12-2s being built.
== Gallery ==
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