Articulation

Mallets built by Du Croo & Brauns

Locomotive data
	60hp class	80hp class
Wheel arrangement	0-4-4-0	0-4-4-0
Gauge	700 mm	700 mm
Heated surface	24 m2	32 m2
Grate area	0,8 m2	0,9 m2
Max boiler pressure	12 bar	12 bar
Cylinders	2 hp + 2 lp	2 hp + 2 lp
Cylinder diam	165/245 mm	200/300 mm
Stroke	260 mm	260 mm
Diam. drivers	600 mm	600 mm
Water	2 m3	2 m3
Fuel (wood)	1,5 t	1,5 t
Weight (operational)	18 t	18.5-19 t
Length	5,600 mm	5,600 mm
Speed	25 km/h	25 km/h
Tractive effort	1,405 kg	2,105 kg

Built in	Builder's no	Total	Powerclass
1926	73-77, 82, 98-103	12	60hp
1927	115-118, 124-125	6	80hp
1928	126-128, 138, 144, 150-153, 155-159, 161-168, 177	23	80hp
1929	175, 179-181, 186-189, 191-192	10	80hp
1930	203	1	100hp
1930	206-207	2	80hp
1938	317	1	80hp
1940	328-333	6	80hp
	Total:	61

The Du Croo & Brauns mallets turned out were basically of the same type, varying only in small appliances on customer's demand. Basic dimensions were all the same. They were produced in two power categories, 60 hp, all engines produced in 1926 and 80 hp, all later engines, with one exception as there was a one off 100 hp example (builder's no 203). All mallets were built to 700mm gauge.

Two examples were built with an auxiliary tender, nos 177 and 191. All Mallets were shipped to Indonesia. The engines had, and maybe I may write "have", an extreme longevity as the accompying photos testify, being taken as recent as 1997. Sightings have been reported well past 2000. Some engines even look well cared for, despite the harsh working condition sugar mills usually present.

The low standing sun provides excellent lighting conditions to get a decent view of the motion of this loco.
This loco still carries its triangular builder's plate (below the road number)