On November 28, 2008, the Balai Yasa (Workshop) Surabaya Gubeng conducted a test run on CC200 15 and Djoko Kendil passenger cars. The East Java branch of IRPS also participated in the event. The IRPS team consisted of Ian, Edja, Dimas, Addin and Danur.
The special train’s destination was Mojokerto Station with no stopover. The engineer of CC200 15 was Ukardi from Cirebon, West Java, who had a license to drive CC200 class locomotives. He was assisted by Nana, who was also from Cirebon. The train entered Platform 6 of Surabaya Gubeng Station at 9 AM after Mutiara Timur departed from the same platform. It departed the station 25 minutes later. It sped smoothly for about 40-50 km/h. Finally, it arrived at Mojokerto Station one and a half hour later.
At 11:20 AM the train departed Mojokerto Station to return to Surabaya Gubeng Station. This time, it was a little bit faster, about 50-60 km/h. While on the way, it stopped after passing the bridge over Brantas River to allow the team to take pictures of the train. Unlike the previous journey, it stopped at Krian Station where Sancaka from Yogyakarta overtook it. After arriving at Platform 6 of Surabaya Gubeng Station at 2 PM, the train departed for Surabaya Gubeng Workshop.
There were three small incidents on the test run. The first incident was CC200 15 was unable to recouple to Djoko Kendil cars in Mojokerto Station, but the problem was soon to be fixed by staff of Surabaya Gubeng Workshop by readjusting the couplers. The second incident was there was oil leakage in the cylinder liner of the locomotive. The other was two electric generators failed to function properly, therefore all electrical devices in Djoko Kendil 1 and 2 could not be used.
