Queries: ex-KTMB shunters

[Wisarut]

So fart, No. 666 is in Thung Song Yard while No. 669 is plinted at SRT Engineering School in Chatuchak .... Other than that, I have no clue ....


BTW, Many SRT men considered Hitachi Loco (HI) as "a teacher" to teach them how to handle Diesel Electric locos ... Davenport 21000 HP was too few (15 sdets) ... comparing with HI which there are 30

AHK (Class 4200) have come to take over t he duty of Hitachi Loco since 1980.

[GER]

When the class 17 diesel shunters were withdrawn by KTMB 2 or 3 were sold for use in Thailand. Recently one of these has returned but is not currently identifiable. It is parked in a secure compound adjacent to Klang station. Does anyone have any further information on these 2/3 locos, such as original numbers, current status, etc.
Going back a lot further, in 1924 a class A 4-4-0T was sold to "a coal mine in Siam", it was Hunslet 851 of 6/1904, Malacca Railway 2, became FMSR 71 in 1905. Does anyone have any further info on this loco, such as where exactly it went and its subsequent fate.

Further to this question I asked earlier, I have now examined my photos of the class 17 at Klang and it is identified on the cabside as "SMH07" while the plate on the front says "SMHrail". Does this help in identification?

[GWR]

Further to this question I asked earlier, I have now examined my photos of the class 17 at Klang and it is identified on the cabside as "SMH07" while the plate on the front says "SMHrail". Does this help in identification?

This doesn't really answer your question at all, but it does suggest the loco in question has been in the hands of a locally-based rail engineering company for the last few years. Difficult to say, though, whether SMH Rail bought the loco from Thailand. Or if they borrowed/bought/loaned it from KTM and then returned it when it was no longer useful.

SMH Rail Sdn Bhd

SMH Rail SDN. BHD. was established in 2000 with the main objective to provide comprehensive array of services mainly to Railway Industry. The company is fully equipped with all necessary infrastructure in terms of machinery, equipment, technology, technical manpower and Joint Venture Partners in overseas to cater the need of Country's Rail Development Projects

http://smhrail.com/index.htm

http://smhrail.com/contact_us.htm

The above link shows that SMH has a 'Wheel Shop' at Klang Station, so it was probably used for moving stuff around the workshop's sidings. Maybe you should contact the company and ask them. Unfortunately the site looks a bit short on email addresses and phone numbers.

[Wisarut]

Hello,

thanks again! May I ask a little bit more...: From where to where do this gravel trains with the Henschels run (and how often? Also on Sundays?).

Looking forward to see that and greeting from Munich:

Patrick

Now, I just take a sperail rail trip alogn Kaeng Khoi - Klong 19 route and spot 4 Heschel locos in the Italian Thai Development Industrial Estate.

Now, there is a branch line to Italian Thai Development Industrial Estate at Wiharn Daeng -> abotu 1-2 km South of Wiharn Daeng station ...

http://portal.rotfaithai.com/modules...2741&start=132

[Patrick Rudin]

Hello,

being again in town, I spotted some interesting vehicles today:

-Hitachi 669: Standing beside the SRT Engineering School north of the rotfai park. The loco seems to be complete, looks serviceable.

-Frichs 601: Finally found it, it stands on a hidden track next to the old Wheel-reprofiling-Worshop north of Bang Sue. The loco is in a much better shape than I expected: The underframe is intact, and the body looks almost complete (OK, most of the windows and most of the color are missing). Not seen the roof and not been inside. It would be a glory to see this locomotive as an repainted eye-catcher somewhere in the near future... hope that the actual location is not the last one in the live of this rarity!

-Davenport 530+535: Still at Bang Sue, so obviously Lao Railway started it's operation without these two.

There is still another rarity I'm looking for: Sulzer A1A A1A 563. Is it still around, maybe at Makkasan?

[Wisarut]

Hello,

being again in town, I spotted some interesting vehicles today:

-Hitachi 669: Standing beside the SRT Engineering School north of the rotfai park. The loco seems to be complete, looks serviceable.

-Frichs 601: Finally found it, it stands on a hidden track next to the old Wheel-reprofiling-Worshop north of Bang Sue. The loco is in a much better shape than I expected: The underframe is intact, and the body looks almost complete (OK, most of the windows and most of the color are missing). Not seen the roof and not been inside. It would be a glory to see this locomotive as an repainted eye-catcher somewhere in the near future... hope that the actual location is not the last one in the live of this rarity!

-Davenport 530+535: Still at Bang Sue, so obviously Lao Railway started it's operation without these two.

There is still another rarity I'm looking for: Sulzer A1A A1A 563. Is it still around, maybe at Makkasan?

In such a case, goign through the Railway Graveyard of Makkasan near CAT ... Hope that you would not catch cobra or python livign in that Makkasan rauilway graveyard. Ha Ha Ha

For the case fo DAV 530+535, Lao Railway authority prefer a set of diesel railcars (2-car formation) instead because railway is more economical for short run - even to from Tha Naleng to Udorn Thani ...
For the casee of Lioco, they prefer a GEA ...

[Maptaphut]

Train no. 1 is delate 2 - 3 hours every day through the year; many other trains also. "My" train, 67 and 68, is cronic delate in one direction: outbound from Bangkok, almost 1 - 3 hours through the year. Inbound 68 is very much better!
What is the problem? In my own railwaycompany we analyse and look for specific problems for each train if there is some delays. Perhaps there is need for change of departuretimes and runningtimes. What locodriver is able to run train 67 on time from Bangkok to Ayuttaya at present runningtimes? Nobody! This continues year after year; the most important for a railwaycompany to survive is to be on time!

[Wisarut]

Serviceable engines shortages along with the bloodily hot summer that cause the frequent overheating

[Maptaphut]

Serviceable engines shortages along with the bloodily hot summer that cause the frequent overheating

Overheating in the night? Sprinter DMU 21 is often nearly on time on the day-time, but 67 in the night-time is often delate, tonight 219 minutes! Nr. 68 in the opposite direction is about 60 min delate.
This happens throughout the year and has nothing do do with the heat. Train on time should be on time, not 3 hours late!

[Wisarut]

Havily abuse DMUs will get such strange phenomena like that ... Sadly