CC200 15 has been refurbished to near-original condition
Filed under: DAOP 3, FO CC200, Pelestarian (Presevasi) — admin @ 08:13
CC200 15 has been refurbished to near-original condition. Even the instrument panels have been repaired, and the cabins were repainted. It only lacks the etched-glass locomotive number on its sides.
The locomotive has been tested on a slow train from Cirebon to Jatibarang, and is scheduled to make another road test this month. It also needs a repair on its Westinghouse train braking system (the locomotive brake is already okay).
Cirebon depot staff are trying to repair CC200 08. In February 2000, the locomotive substituted for a failed CC203 on the Argo Dwipangga express between Jatibarang and Cirebon, reaching a maximum speed of 90km/h. This effort resulted in damage to the cylinder liners, but showing what these half-a-century old locomotives could do when required!
CC200 09 is not economically recoverable, and should be cosmetically restored and brought to a museum as a static display. Its innards have been cannibalized for other locomotives.
Here are photographs of CC200 15, taken in IRPS visit in January 16-17, 2003.
From left : Antono Purnomo (Reader’s Digest reporter), Suherman (Cirebon depot technician), Ruswanto (Cirebon depot chief), Harriman Widiarto (railfan), Eddy Mardijanto (railfan), Suhartono (Head of Public Relations Dept., Cirebon Third Operational Region)
