http://www.irps.or.id Railway Preservation, Exploration, Education and Railfanning Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:43:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Wednesday, 18th November 2009, Adrian Zulfikar and Yuhefizar—representing Nofrin of MPKAS—handed over the money donated by railfans in a campaign to help the victims of Padang earthquake, especially railway company's employees whose houses were ruined by the quake. The sum of the money was Rp 2500000. Adrian and Yuhefizar ... http://www.irps.or.id/a-report-on-fund-raising-for-earthquake-victims/ The event was held on 18th October 2009 in which PT Kereta Api, IRPS, Kompak, GM-MarKA, and KRL-Mania participated. Acting as a coordinator was Slamet Haryadi of Jakarta branch of IRPS. First the team assembled a motorised draisine to carry railway company's grass cutting tools. Then the draisine moved eastward ... http://www.irps.or.id/a-report-on-citayam-nambo-line-inspection-and-maintenance/ A team of Identification Mission on the Revitalisation of Indonesia's Railway Stations, consisted of Homme Heringa of Bureau Spoorbouwmeester and Ben de Vries of Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency, was invited by PT Kereta Api's Center for Historical Asset Preservation. The mission aims at defining Indonesian-Dutch cooperation in conserving and revitalising ... http://www.irps.or.id/irps-participations-in-railway-stations-conservation-discussion/ An event named A Social Act on the Road was held by Komunitas Karyawan Muda Dekenat Jakarta Timur (Young Professionals Community of East Jakarta Dekenat) on 16th August 2009 to celebrate the oncoming 64th birthday of Indonesia's independence on the next day. Two main activities of the event were a ... http://www.irps.or.id/a-social-act-on-the-road/ In order to heighten positive images and love of rail transport in Indonesia, Director of Personnel and General Division of PT Kereta Api (Indonesian State Railway Company) had developed ideas of Indonesia rail transport roadshows. The roadshows would also promote trains love campaign, education on history and development of Indonesia ... http://www.irps.or.id/indonesia-rail-transport-roadshows/ After the railway roadshow in Yogyakarta Station, on August 8 committee of Young Bikers Heritage Trail met Leo Krisanto of IRPS. They asked IRPS to become an information source for the participants of Young Bikers Heritage Trail on the following day.  Young Bikers Heritage Trail is a bicycle race of which ... http://www.irps.or.id/irps-and-young-bikers-heritage-trail/ A 54-year-old man, wearing a yellow T-shirt on which oil spots scattered, greeted railfans who visited Ambarawa Steam Locomotive Depot—used to be an asset of NIS—in Central Java. He was Pudjiono, who was born in Ambarawa on 15th March 1955 and was about to retire from his position as Head ... http://www.irps.or.id/pujiono-the-steam-locomotive-doctor/ On July 4, 2009 IRPS traced the inactive Banjar-Cijulang railway line.  It had been 24 years since the last train sped majestically on the line. The line, which was a branch line of Bandung-Yogyakarta main line, was an outstanding work of engineering.  There were four tunnels along the line, being the shortest ... http://www.irps.or.id/tracing-banjar-cijulang-inactive-line/ IRPS were asked by Directorate General of Rail Transportation of Transportation Department and PT Kereta Api (Indonesian state-owned railway company) to prepare a mini public showing about history of Tanjung Priuk Station and history, restoration and future plan of ESS 3201 in Tanjung Priuk Station.  The day of the inauguration (April ... http://www.irps.or.id/a-report-on-the-inauguration-of-tanjung-priuk-station-and-the-presentation-of-ess-3201-locomotive/ On April 1, 2009, in the auditorium of Indonesian State Railway company (PT Kereta Api/PT KA) headquarter in Bandung, West java, was an installation ceremony for several employees of PT KA who where at the level of subdirectorate chief due to the company's restructuration. An interesting fact of the ceremony ... http://www.irps.or.id/a-report-on-the-irps-and-indonesian-state-railway-company-pt-kereta-api-management-meeting/ For the second time, Semarang branch of IRPS cleaned up a BB200 class locomotive. This event was held in Semarang Poncol Locomotive Depot on March 26, 2009.   The participants were Nugroho Wahyu Utomo, Tjahjono Rahardjo, Herman Dirgantara, Budi Tuntang, Dedi Kurniawan, Bambang Sumantri, Wahid N, Deni, Abid, Dr Djalidin, Wisnu, Mega ... http://www.irps.or.id/cleaning-up-bb200-29-locomotive/ A discussion titled "Jejak Sejarah Stasiun Kereta Api di Indonesia (History Trace of Indonesian Railway Station)" was held in Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang, Central Java, on March 22, 2009. IRPS was represented by Karyadi Baskoro. The speaker was A Kriswandhono, and architect-archeologist who was also the Second Head of HAPBI ... http://www.irps.or.id/a-discussion-on-the-finding-of-samarang-station/ This event was proposed by Totok Purwanto, a member of Bandung branch of IRPS who was on duty in Cirebon, and held in Cirebon locomotive Depot on March 22, 2009. Cirebon was located 185 kilometers north-east of Bandung, West Java.  There were at least 27 IRPS members who participated in the ... http://www.irps.or.id/cleaning-up-cc200-15-locomotive/ On February 21, 2009, a group of 30 people gathered at Jakarta Kota Station. They were two reporters of Merdeka daily, two members of Sahabat Museum community and IRPS members. They were about to retrace the Jakarta Kota-Tanjung Priuk line. According to Riawan Widarsono, coordinator representative of Jakarta branch of ... http://www.irps.or.id/a-report-on-retracing-jakarta-kota-tanjung-priuk-line/ At least 25 IRPS members gathered under Lempuyangan flyover, Yogyakarta, to visit the Yogyakarta Balai Yasa (Workshop) and BPTT (a school for locomotive engineers) Yogyakarta on February 16, 2009. They came from Jakarta, Bandung, Purwokerto, Surabaya and, of course, Yogyakarta. Head of Production Unit Bambang Trisilo and some staff members ... http://www.irps.or.id/visiting-yogyakarta-workshop-balai-yasa-and-the-diesel-locomotive-driving-school-facilities-bptt-yogyakarta/