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528f3f4dd3da203849a59c2ccf41f732feac0b41	the fmsr class j was a fleet of	the fmsr class j was a fleet of three 1891 dübs (2462 to 2464) locomotives that served the sungei ujong railway and was absorbed into the fmsr in 1908. originally 0-6-2 t tank locomotives, the trains were previously rebuilt as 4-4-2 t locomotives in 1902. the trains were assigned fmsr numbers 99 to 101.	wikipedia
ebac0e01637841ff2518c341f059a6468568c744	between 1927 and 1945, 13 class i were	between 1927 and 1945, 13 class i were decommissioned. while 18 class is remained in service in 1946 to receive a new locomotive number, virtually all of the class were withdrawn from the fmsr's and mr's rolling stocks by 1953. two class is were sold to the malayan collieries in 1951 and 1953.	wikipedia
89b732a32e2911030d5f6504d8fe6870eb41a4a5	the first batch, delivered 1908, encompassed five locomotives	the first batch, delivered 1908, encompassed five locomotives from kitson (works numbers 4527 to 4531) built between december 1907 and january 1908, followed by an additional three from north british in 1912 (works numbers 19909 to 19911), eight and ten from kitson in 1913 (works numbers 4946 to 4953) and 1914 (works n...	wikipedia
273fb32306f26b496f8ccb0d3f244a45b04129a0	the fmsr class i was built for the	the fmsr class i was built for the fmsr by three locomotive companies between 1907 and 1916 and delivered in five batches between 1908 and 1916. upon the delivery of the last batch, the class i included a total of 31 locomotives. the class i was a 0-6-4 t tank locomotives with tanks of varying sizes: the first batch fe...	wikipedia
218e798e17b8fca55b289fe622a86fdb450944ef	the entire class h fleet remain in service	the entire class h fleet remain in service until the entire stock of class h1s was scrapped between 1930 and 1934. the h2s and h3s were partially decommissioned before 1946, but were selected in limited numbers in 1946 for use in the malayan railways: six h2s were numbered mr 501.01 to 501.06, while five h3s were numbe...	wikipedia
4c6b66482cd65a355f288ae9bee344187e5f2d2f	the class hs may be distinguished by the	the class hs may be distinguished by the order of the batch they were in: the first batch of 17 locomotives delivered between 1907 and 1908 were referred as "class h1" locomotives, the second batch of 17 locomotives delivered between 1908 and 1912 were referred as "class h2" locomotives, while the last batch of 15 loco...	wikipedia
4b77d4de1c02bc5b25b7b035474ca4da548d047d	the class h consisted of 4-6-2 locomotives with	the class h consisted of 4-6-2 locomotives with 8-wheel, dual bogie tenders. while nearly consistent in design, 11 1908 class h locomotives from kitson featured thicker frames that increased each of their weights by over 2½ tons.	wikipedia
b04307bc71a67b04c38f799553bb5e236aa66e1c	the fmsr class h was the first fmsr	the fmsr class h was the first fmsr class to consist of locomotives entirely ordered after the formation of the fmsr. delivered in the form of three batches between 1907 and 1914, three companies, kitson, nasmyth wilson and robert stephenson, would produce a total of 54 class h locomotives for the fmsr, while another 6...	wikipedia
db08f786d2ceff7309037a4c2a7b48ade32fd665	while the class gs were largely similarly built	while the class gs were largely similarly built 4-6-0 locomotives with six-wheel tenders; all 34 of them were manufactured by four separate locomotive companies between 1898 and 1905. sixteen were from kitson, 9 were from hunslet, three were from robert stephenson & company, and two were from neilson, reid & company.	wikipedia
3f94eabc9e0e24463447d06a293c5b2cc3157462	designated as fmsr numbers 36 and 69, the	designated as fmsr numbers 36 and 69, the fmsr class g was introduced in july 1901 with a starting fleet of 21 locomotives from both the perak railway and the selangor railway, followed by two from the malacca railway in 1905 and an additional 11 orders directed to the fmsr between 1903 and 1905, bringing a total of 34...	wikipedia
dc75b7c68b914c36ff3c6c858363ef75dedb7809	designated as fmsr numbers 32 and 33, the	designated as fmsr numbers 32 and 33, the fmsr class f was a pair of sharp, stewart & company 4-4-0 locomotives with four-wheel tenders built in 1897 for the selangor railway (with sharp stewart works numbers 4267 and 4268).	wikipedia
8ef42c834f27bb3423ef31c858151eae01f24eed	designated as fmsr numbers 30 and 31, the	designated as fmsr numbers 30 and 31, the fmsr class e was introduced in july 1901 as a fleet of two kitson 4-6-0 locomotives with four-wheel tenders, both originated from the perak railway (built 1896 with works numbers 3681 and 3682). in comparison to the class d, the class e feature larger drive wheels.	wikipedia
3ef8bc6994eaf52a48213476dc51ae789c231e82	designated as fmsr numbers 22 to 25, the	designated as fmsr numbers 22 to 25, the fmsr class d was a series of 4-6-0 locomotives with four-wheel tenders that originated from the selangor railway and given the class d designation upon its entry into the fmsr fleet in july 1901. consisting of only four locomotives, the class d included two locomotives from kits...	wikipedia
3e48448c7ebc9329f46db4f7fa02867ca285f368	an additional six orders from north british were	an additional six orders from north british were completed in 1941, but were redirected by the war department of the united kingdom to egypt for use as military locomotives in world war ii. the six locomotives were allocated fmsr numbers after the war, but a dispute over payment arose as the locomotives were no longer ...	wikipedia
0157e5fe568df46b09ae76e181c426e23c2209b9	all class c locomotives were 38-foot-11-inch-long 4-6-4 t	all class c locomotives were 38-foot-11-inch-long 4-6-4 t side tank engines with two cylinders measuring 14½" by 22". differences may be noted with the 1929 class c and the 1939–1941; among others, the 1929 series was lighter (73 tons compared to the later series' 74.1 tons) but featured a smaller fire grate (at 23.6 s...	wikipedia
c2850c3d13cedf62d52fbf4fe1041095b5730e42	by 1929, all original class c locomotives were	by 1929, all original class c locomotives were removed from active service, allowing the class c designation to be reassigned to a new series of locomotives. the "new" fmsr class c locomotives was introduced in 1929, beginning with a fleet of five locomotives from nasmyth, wilson & company and saw the addition of 11 fr...	wikipedia
360a9e175e3e58885bb3dfd3d9b61e33c916adc9	in 1907, the two class c hawthorn leslie	in 1907, the two class c hawthorn leslie locomotives were passed to the then independent johore railway, two years before the opening of the state's line in 1909, and returned to the fmsr in 1912. all class c locomotives would later be remove from service and scrapped between 1924 and 1928.	wikipedia
5253dea936c65337b7ee5eb43f6467ae73d3e6ae	with seven originally built between 1893 and 1894,	with seven originally built between 1893 and 1894, fmsr class c locomotives were essentially 4-4-0t class b locomotives with additional four-wheel tenders. as were other pre-fmsr locomotives, the class cs were absorbed from a state railway company, specifically, the perak railway, between 1901 and 1903. the class cs co...	wikipedia
d6031c22ff63bda7ce621b34a13e0ea38a87e023	class b locomotives were retired as new locomotives	class b locomotives were retired as new locomotives were delivered for the fmsr. while four class b locomotives were removed from the active fleet during the 1920s with the last class b withdrawn in 1932, three others were sold to the malayan collieries in 1923 and 1925.	wikipedia
d11c3489ea347e0a8d28512227a367f8e505c64d	like the class a, the class b was	like the class a, the class b was introduced in 1901 with the redesignation of the two perak railway locomotives, one from hunslet, and another from hawthorn leslie. in 1910, the class b fleet would see another addition, another hunslet locomotive from the johore railway, followed by another three from singapore railwa...	wikipedia
4c6847f11b6858fefcb61021f7938114a604aeaf	the 4-4-0t fmsr class b locomotives were heavier,	the 4-4-0t fmsr class b locomotives were heavier, more powerful versions of the original class a, with extended tanks. also originated from local state railways, the series was, however, made up of a smaller number of locomotives, compared to the class a, with only seven.	wikipedia
22134f08365f6f581647ebb6c3eeeb98f27deeeb	encompassing only three 1928 hunslet single engine 0-6-0	encompassing only three 1928 hunslet single engine 0-6-0 t ocs, the "new" fmsr class a was originally delivered to singapore for use in the construction of the sembawang naval base in 1929, and remained stored in the base after its construction was completed. in 1941, the fmsr acquired the locomotives, reintroducing th...	wikipedia
6313c700595c5133c69bcf59d63be0e99696592c	the class a was gradually retired beginning the	the class a was gradually retired beginning the 1920s when new locomotives were introduced into the fmsr network. from 1912 onwards, certain class as were also transferred to the construction department; fmsr 71 (malacca railway 2) was sold to siam for use in coal mining assignments in 1924. the last class a, fmsr 34 (...	wikipedia
7df9d97c61ad8de0f3ea4ac01a475e2bba8d5a29	several class a selangor railway locomotives were known	several class a selangor railway locomotives were known to have been converted to run on oil rather than firewood to cut cost, years before the formation of the fmsr class a. in addition, the outer cylinders of the class a were rebuilt with a dimension of 11" by 16" from the original 10" by 16".	wikipedia
9725ab18c6f2662b8a23749a831824d71cad98c9	the class a was designated in july 1901	the class a was designated in july 1901 for 12 locomotives originally assigned for both the perak railway and selangor railway and manufactured between 1884 and 1898, consisting of 11 from manufactured by the hunslet engine company and one from the selangor railway produced by neilson & company. the class a designation...	wikipedia
99e28589f1d52e14fec9fb73c09262abc3d66a5a	the fmsr class a was the first designated	the fmsr class a was the first designated series of locomotives in use by the fmsr. consisted of 18 4-4-0 t tank locomotives originally purchased by numerous state railways, the locomotives served as the fmsr's backbone fleet before the arrival of newer fmsr-ordered locomotives.	wikipedia
fcac2674a50f3f60439ca981b665205274d642f2	virtually all locomotives operated by the fmsr were	virtually all locomotives operated by the fmsr were steam locomotives manufactured by various builders in the united kingdom. the locomotives were also known to assume all-black liveries throughout the existence of the fmsr, with the exception of the johore railway, which used catalan blue.	wikipedia
3f82f0004b11fd7f3c514b952fb7270a64ad3a80	as the fmsr first grew through mergers of	as the fmsr first grew through mergers of existing state railway operators, the majority of its locomotive fleet during its first decade were merely absorbed from merged railway companies and renumbered. the fmsr began ordering its own locomotives by 1907, continuing to do so up to the japanese invasion of malaya in wo...	wikipedia
7d30f61360de40c3b0e8ce9c05bfcae3e84ddb56	the second and third fmsr headquarters survive to	the second and third fmsr headquarters survive to date, the former subsequently housing various occupants before serving as the national textile museum and the latter continuously housing successive rail operators in malaya and peninsular malaysia after the dissolution of the fmsr, including the malayan railway adminis...	wikipedia
3e01ad1cb24d8a0029cb5400019cbd133deaa84b	throughout its existence the fmsr has headquartered in	throughout its existence the fmsr has headquartered in kuala lumpur, but has operated in two different locations and three different buildings. the first fmsr site was situated in front of a major marshalling yard in the city near the kuala lumpur padang (present-day dataran merdeka), close to the federated malay state...	wikipedia
a589ba06c1877f9e2167563660fd54fd2eebd31e	as the fmsr was an essential shipping channel	as the fmsr was an essential shipping channel to and from the interior of malaya, some stations serving sea ports and commercial and industrial centres doubled as goods stations, managing tin and rubber shipments alongside other essential goods; such stations are typically complemented with godowns and marshalling/good...	wikipedia
4123ed11ff336c36a9a3cea385083fece1373db4	during early consolidation the fmsr would inherit many	during early consolidation the fmsr would inherit many of former state railways depots, workshops and yards located around major stations and junctions, which were eventually downgraded into minor depots while centralised workshops charged with more important maintenance duties were constructed in specific regions. the...	wikipedia
c5c26d1fa94fe45a233da7abbc4bbfc042acdc52	the fmsr "station" in george town, penang (built	the fmsr "station" in george town, penang (built 1907, later known as the "malayan railway building" and " wisma kastam "), which administered railway operations in the north of malaya, was also cited as a fmsr stop despite lacking a railway connection; the building housed ticketing facilities and railway administrativ...	wikipedia
4457df7405c1b28eb7e5dcf40e5aece904baff0c	the other form dot larger towns and cities.	the other form dot larger towns and cities. originally allocated with similarly constructed timber stations, increased ridership often necessitated the construction of larger, grander stations constructed of sturdier materials and varying architectural styles. among the stations built in grander styles include the indo...	wikipedia
62ac406af3dbb356af9e3c16561cb6ec7bc3f819	one, which characterised the vast majority of stops,	one, which characterised the vast majority of stops, are vernacular timber structures with sizes that varied based on the size of the towns they served based on construction methods of past state railways; larger timber stations are typically exemplified by longer platforms and lengthier station buildings designed to h...	wikipedia
0296f9d4d3121b590e2b669925a8d02d0b3b43ed	while rare, road viaducts crossing under or over	while rare, road viaducts crossing under or over the railway were similarly built throughout fmsr's history, typically in the form of brick arch or truss bridges in areas with high rail and road traffic. for the rest of the system, level crossings were laid instead.	wikipedia
dfe04a9c0b8059677edd039702bcfaa589697af1	the predominant number of crossings along the fmsr	the predominant number of crossings along the fmsr were almost entirely composed of single-track beam bridges (for shorter crossings) or truss bridges (for longer crossings) composed of cast iron and steel spans laid on brick piers and abutments. while much of the track was laid out along cuttings, several tunnels were...	wikipedia
f2fd99bcf74e884294caafa370d65ad6986838b9	railway signalling was entirely mechanical and manually operated;	railway signalling was entirely mechanical and manually operated; the entirety of the system utilised semaphore signals and each station with multiple tracks are equipped with a lever frame housed within the station building or a separate shed. while rare and almost exclusively found in portions of the system with larg...	wikipedia
50cb21edecfff994f1d73b96e69b82b8affad9a3	years before the formation of the fmsr, an	years before the formation of the fmsr, an agreement was met in which new lines built by state governments are to be laid out in the same metre gauge under the expectation that the separate lines will eventually be connected to each other. consequentially, the system would further expand exclusively in metre gauge unde...	wikipedia
16c78393e8400a2155c05723ccfd26fabc326d73	following the end of the war, the fmsr	following the end of the war, the fmsr continued to operate as an entity for three years under the british military administration and malayan union, before it is renamed in 1948 as the malayan railway administration (also known simply as the malayan railway, or mr) as the malayan union is reinstituted as the federatio...	wikipedia