Miscellaneous

In 28th September 2003, an old loco have just celebrated its 50th anniversary.

This loco is the first diesel loco to be operated by Indonesian State Railway. Its introduction was somewhat radical, at that time, because the railway operation in Indonesia in early 1950s was mainly dominated by aging, Dutch-colonial era, steam locomotives.

However this loco did really pass the test with flying colours. It really satisfied the Indonesia State Railway's top brass, and they eventually decided to buy more diesel locos types, which eventually led to steam's demise from Indonesian mainline in 1980s.

To commemorate the existence of this nearly extinct loco, a party was set up at Cirebon Station, where it was attended by some of Indonesia State Railway officials and railfans from Friends of CC200.

It is hoped that his loco would see some more years in operation for tourism purpose, as the CC200 loco is no longer listed in Indonesia State Railway's inventory.

Err...which mean that this celebration is to commemorate its existence, rather than its length of service, right?

	Morning, 28th September 2003. Everything have been set up for the party. And to create the 'classic' atmosphere, two D301 diesel shunters had also been repainted to the old yellow and green livery.
	A side view of CC20015. There is an English translation for the black letters. Whereas the red letters translated as: 'We dedicate Ourselves to Our Nation'. Sounds patriotic, isn't it? The logo on the left is the new Indonesia State Railway's logo, whereas the logo on right is the logo of the railfans group that had worked in the past 12 moths to save the loco from the scrapman.
	The CC200 loco is being inspected by the railfans group. An EMD BB201 loco is visible in the background.
	CC20015 is seen, with two of its older siblings: CC20008 and CC20009. Both of those locomotives had to be cannibalized to keep CC20015 in mint condition, as the spare parts (especially for the engine) are scarce.
	CC20015 pulling its two older sblings out of Cirebon shed, after the opening ceremony finished.
	CC200 is being parked at line number 5. Whereas A CC203 is crossing Cirebon station while working on parcel freight train. The physical gap in this photo seemed to illustrate the age gap between them. It's been 50 years that General Electric locomotive dominated the Javanese diesel railway scene. And throughout those years, GE locomotives had made several milestones: CC200 is the first diesel loco in Indonesia, whereas CC203 is the first diesel loco that able to travel at 120 Km/hours at regular service.
	This photo illustrate three generations of Indonesia State Railway livery, complete with its irony. The D301 is adorned in the first version of ISR livery, first introduced on CC200 locomotive. Ironically, the CC200s on the right is wearing the second version of ISR livery, first introduced in early 1990s on last batch of CC201 loco.(The CC201 loco in this picture came from last production batch!!!). Whereas the CC201 is wearing the latest version of ISR livery, which was first introduced on CC203 locomotive in 1995 as a symbol of (quite) fast and efficient Indonesian State Railway.