Steam in Java 2004 Part 7

Gempolkerep mill 700mm Loco manufacturer: O&K The staff at Gempolkerep mill partake in exercises to music at the beginning of the day's work. The loco shed is unusual as it appears to be located in a garden! Oxen are used to haul loads of cane from the fields over temporarily laid track. Hundreds of children are seen taking part in a parade to celebrate Indonesia's independence. Parades like this take place in towns across the country on the annual anniversary of independence. Asembagus mill 700mm Loco manufacturer: O&K The extraordinary way the mill staff hang onto the hoist cables in the unloading shed is their usual working practice, not a show put on for the visitors. Asembagus mill railway runs through some attractive countryside between palm trees and paddy fields. The ride in the tender produced numerous holes in clothing and camera bags causes by burning fragments of bagasse expelled from the locomotive's chimney. The box cars are used to transport sacks of refined sugar to the small shipping port. Near the dock gates there are racks of small fish drying in the sunshine