The Perusahaan Jawatan Kerata Api, the Java lines of the Indonesian State Railways, ran an amazing variety of ancient steam locomotives--some a century old--right into the 1980s. One especially affable little tank engine, No C11 27, was the only one to deviate from the standard black livery; it was painted a bright sky blue. Assigned to light switching duty at Cibatu, the diminutive 2-6-OT, built by Hartmann in 1890, was 91 years old when she was photographed on the Garut Branch on December 19, 1981.
