Thailand. 902 arriving at Thung Song
Posted: 03 Jul 2009, 16:49
Posted for the photgrapher, Dennis Mitchell:
2-8-2, 902 arriving at Thung Song at sunset from the Kan Tang branch about 15 mins after we had arrived there from Butterworth in Malaysia on the International Express (unfortunately diesel). If you look closely, you should see the station master about to receive "the peg" from the fireman (can't remember whether it was a staff or tablet - I think tablet).
All trains were run tender-first on their return due to a broken turntable at Kan Tang. Before this (March 1973), the Baldwin 3-cylinder 4-6-2s worked all trains because they were the largest able to fit on the turntable there.