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It might not have been said at the time, but Hilda is very cute. I'm puzzled by the two downward-pointing tines at the very front of the engine. They don't seem like they'd be effective at clearing obstacles from the path of the engine, but I can't think what other purpose they would serve.

Super !!!

So awesome . Very happy with this photo and all of your gallery! Great job! Please visit mine too when you have time.

From there by steamship to Singapore and then . . .

It arrived in Singapore in 1911 and worked on the Singapore Government Railway between Pasir Panjang and Woodlands. The FMSR took over the working of the line in 1912 and purchased it outright a few years later, the locomotive then having their number 130 in their B class. In 1923 the Singapore line became connected to the Malayan mainland following the building of the Johore Causeway and the locomotive became surplus to requirements and was sold to Malayan Collieries at Batu Arang as their No 1 in May 1923. The mine was severely damaged during the Japanese occupation and closed in 1960 when everything was abandoned and much of the mining area became flooded.

Our company (Demex) were the subcontractors responsible for the haulage and disposal of the spoil generated by the tunnel excavations. We were also the demolition contractors for the old Post Office workshops which stood on the exact spot of the tunnel pictured above. You can just see part of the demolition work about halfway up the right-hand side of the photo