https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_tM9pHvyho&feature=em-subs_digest
Have been to Java many times and the cane trains are the funkiest things around. At Tersana Baru, which is on the video, I saw a doubleheader that could not get its cut of cars moving. Much slipping ensued, and despite sanding with ash, nothing was moving. The fireman actually got out of the cab, started pushing, and the train slowly started rolling. I swear on the ghost of David P. Morgan that this really happened.
That was rather wonderful. The roundhouse looks like a palace. It had never occurred to me that bagasse bales would be bigger than the firebox doors. Must be like trying to stoke a fire with dried grass clippings
Great video, Fred.
Thanks for sharing.
:)