#####Thai locomotives#####

[Anonymous]

Friends,

Finally, I have a chance to scan and post some of sample pictures I have. All of these pictures were taken at Hat Yai Station located about some 500 miles south of Bangkok and about 30 miles north of Thailand-Malaysia border. Enjoy!!



Alsthom No.4218




In the cap of Alsthom No.4305




First of 2X600 hp GE in the fleet imported in 1964 spends most of its today time as a switcher.




GE No.4526 grandson of the above GE waiting for departure for Bangkok




Hitachi railroad wrecking derrick has plate on the derrick boom indicating manufacturing date back to 1955 and still working.




Currently considered the most powerful locomotive in the State Railway of Thailand fleet at 2900 hp (incomparable to today American loco!), the Hitachi No.4510




One type of diesel-hydraulic still in service today, Krupp No.3119


If you are interested in viewing some more, I will find a chance to scan and post them later. There are some cabooses, gondolas, Malaysian (KTM) flatbed, signals, etc. Thanks friends!!

Karn[:)]

Thank to Khun Supichet Suwanchatri, Chairman of the State Railway Workers' Union of Thailand, Hat Yai Branch and all Hat Yai Junction locomotive depot staffs for giving the wonderful information an opportunity for me to get a close look!

[Anonymous]

Very excellent pictures! Thanks for sharing these with us! I want to go to Thailand now after seeing these.

[M636C]

rkarn,

Thanks for posting the photos. I visited Hat Yai in 1986, while I was visiting friends in Butterworth, Malaysia. There were some old small Davenport locomotives doing the switching there then. They had a very rounded nose, and were painted blue and yellow. Are any of those left?

Do you know the type of engine in the Hitachi locomotives?

When I visited Bangkok in 1994, I found that the trucks on the new GE locomotives (4500 series) had been built in Australia by our GE licensee Goninan.

In 1986, there was a three cylinder Pacific type (4-6-2) locomotive built by Baldwin in Philadelphia preserved in Haat Yai, in a park near the railway station. I'm sure that the forum members would like to see that if you have a photo of it.

In the 1980s, some Malaysian locomotives ran through to Hat Yai, and Thai locomotives (mainly Alsthoms), ran through to Butterworth. Does that still happen?

Best Wishes,
Peter

[locomutt]

Thanks for sharing these very interesting/excellent pictures.
I really enjoyed seeing them.
Please DO scan some more to share with us. I would love to see them!