Light railway of the palm oil factory Poeloe Radja

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Poeloe Radja
Gauge : 600 mm ( narrow gauge )
Light railway of the palm oil factory Poeloe Radja Light railway of the palm oil factory Poeloe Radja
Light railway of the palm oil factory Poeloe Radja

The field railway of the palm oil factory Poeloe Radja was a narrow-gauge railway on an oil palm plantation in Pulau Rakyat (Pulu Raja) 35 km southwest of Tanjungbalai (en) in the Asahan Regency (en) on the Indonesian island of Sumatra .

Route

Rubber Cultuur Maatschappij Amsterdam (RCMA), a company registered in the Netherlands, began setting up palm oil plantations in the Dutch East Indies in 1908 . On her oil palm plantation in Pulau Rakyat she laid a field railway with a gauge of 600 mm, which was operated with imported steam locomotives. The field railway led from the date palm plantation to the oil mill.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ United States. Hydrographic Office: Gazetteer. Issues 6-10. Hydrographic Office, United States Navy Department, 1944. p. 36.
  2. ↑ RCMA: History.

Coordinates: 2 ° 42 '  N , 99 ° 38'  E