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Gulf of Thailand Knowledge Park -
Old Locomotive |
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รถจักรไอน้ำ "เคราส์ส" |
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This locomotive is the same steam locomotive as the Paknam
Railway No. 3 locomotive named "Bangchak". There is information
from the book "The Locomotive of Thailand" written by R. Ramaer,
indicating that the first 2 Maeklong Railway Locomotives were
produced from KRAUSS & Co of Munich in 1903. The wheel set style
is 2-4-OT (Serial No. 5011 and Serial No.5012), Locomotive
Serial No.5012 corresponds to this parked locomotive.
2-4-0T
means two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled
driving wheels on two axles and no trailing wheels. T indicates
a tank locomotive of this wheel arrangement, on which its water
and fuel is carried on board the engine itself, rather than in
an attached tender.
It was imported to be used on the eastern
section of the Maeklong Railway between Bangkok and Samut
Sakhon. This section was run by Thaichin Railway Co (TRC). The
western section was operated by the Maeklong Railway Co. (MRC)
and ran between Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram.
Confusing,
is the identification MRC 2 which is clearly wrong as trains
from this company are dated 1905.
This locomotive was originally left behind a
planetarium and was discovered in 2005. Initially, it was
believed to be the Pak Nam Railway locomotive. Samut Prakan
Municipality contacted the owner to buy it knowing later that it
is not the Pak Nam Railway locomotive, but one of the same
model. Therefore, it has been restored to be as beautiful as
before and is displayed as a starting point to open the history
and continue to find the Pak Nam Railway locomotive.
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being displayed at different locations, it is now exhibit at the
Learning Park and Samut Prakan City Observatory. |
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