Beautiful 1903 Krauss Steam Locomotive MRC2, No. 5012, 0-4-2 (4K)

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This is a very small steam train that ran local routes in Thailand in the early 1900s.

LOCATION: Samut Prakan Learning Park and Tower
Pak Nam, Mueang Samut Prakan District, Samut Prakan 10270 (Bangkok) Thailand
BTS Station: Pak Nam (Tower is easily visible from the station, 550 meters away)

Locomotiv Fabrik Krauss Cie, München & Linz
MRC 2 No. 5012
Mfg 1903
Wheel Arrangement: 0-4-2
Max Speed: 45 km
Max Steam Pressure: 12 Atm
Weight On Each Coupling Axle In Empty: 4400 Kg.
Weight On Each Coupling Axle In Full: 5700 Kg.
Weight On Each Trailing Axle In Empty: 3100 Kg.
Weight On Each Trailing Axle In Full: 4600 Kg.


Per “The Railways of Thailand” by R. Ramer, this train was imported for use on the eastern section of the Maeklong Railway between Bangkok and Samut Sakhon. It was operated by Thaichin Railway Co (TRC). The western section was operated by the Maeklong Railway Co. (MRC) and ran between Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram.

Retrieved from the Bangkok Transport Museum in December 1975.

It is part of a family of Krauss trains. This is MRC 5, built 1906: