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On August 9, 2008, the B52 12 steam locomotive, which was preserved in Transportation Museum in TMII Jakarta, was repainted by IRPS and two members of Sahabat Museum. The Chief of Transportation Museum, Mrs. Oyoh, also participated in the repainting process. Started in November 2007 until August 2007, there were 14 repainting activities in which 17 locomotives had been repainted (see table for details).

The participants: Slamet Haryadi (IRPS), Wardhana Qurtubi (IRPS), Riawan Widarsono (IRPS Jakarta Vice Coordinator), Aditya Dwi Laksana (IRPS Chairman), Hedwigus Windarto (IRPS General Secretary), Risman Hudiyanto (IRPS), Cahyo H Harimurti (IRPS), Artanto Rizky Cahyono (IRPS Jakarta Secretary), Gepi ZA (IRPS), Rahma (Sahabat Museum)and Indah (Sahabat Museum)

After repainting the locomotive, all participants and the staff of Transportation Museum gathered at TMII’s Kemidjen Station. IRPS reported the progress of the locomotives repainting process. Started in November 2007 until August 2007, there were 14 repainting activities in which 17 locomotives had been repainted (see table for details).

Dates Repainted Steam Locomotives Coordinators
Sat, 3 Nov 2007 B22 09 Novaprima
Sun, 18 Nov 2007 C12 06, C19 12, C21 03, D11 07 Aditya Dwi Laksana
Sat, 8 Dec 2007 C25 01 Novaprima
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 C27 10 Hedwigus Windarto
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 C33 18 Nur Rahman
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 C30 65 Gepi ZA
Sat, 16 Feb 2008 E10 16 Aditya Tirta Kencana
Sun, 16 Mar 2008 F10 15 Novaprima
Sat, 29 Mar 2008 D14 10 Artanto Rizky Cahyono
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 DSM 55 Leo Krisanto
Sat, 10 May 2008 BB50 02 Hanafi
Sun, 25 May 2008 B27 05 Risman H
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 CC50 01 Yanuarika
Sat, 9 Aug 2008 B52 12 Riawan Widarsono

IRPS thanked all participants and Transportation Museum for the good cooperation. Mrs Oyoh, as the Chief of Transportation Museum, thanked all Indonesian railfans for their supports in preserving the steam powers in Transportation Museum.

Aditya Dwi Laksana handed over a bucket of paint, a paintbrush and a report of the repainting activities to Mrs Oyoh as a symbol of handing over the repainting activities to Transportation Museum. Then Riawan Widarsono handed over a photo of a repainting activity to Mrs Oyoh. The photo was by courtesy of Yunarto Prabowo (IRPS member).