For many years, full cane loris were assembled in the yard and propelled in to the mill by the mill's steam fleet. As the season progressed, the rails became covered in cane which had fallen off the loris. Rather than clear it, the mill would add more locomotives...
This video is the work of the late Ray Gardiner. John Raby - https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnRaby - has helped by applying some enhancements to the original material.
Originally filmed by Ross Sadler on Super 8 sound, digitized through frame-by-frame transfer and enhanced with Topaz AI.
For other videos of steam locomotives here please visit:
https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/video/javasugaryoutube.htm#Tersana Baru
4000 pictures of 500 narrow gauge steam locomotives in nearly 50 sugar mills.
Sweet Dreams, Java Sugar Steam 1975 - 2010 please visit
https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/sweetdreams2/index.htm
For a video of the mill's operation see
https://youtu.be/Jg4saNfGCU4
