Keretapi Tanah Melayu

The Malayan Railway

A pictorial history from 1962

1995 1998 2000

2005

Some pictures courtesy of JA Stanistreet

The Johore Wooden Railway

Coming soon: The Muar State Railway.

History of Singapore Railways updated with Military Railways.

I have now spent over 40 years visiting and studying the Malayan Railway, known locally as Keretapi Tanah Melayu, now shortened to KTM. Many changes have taken place in that time and I hope viewers will find at least some of the photographs interesting or useful. There are now over 1000 photographs on the site and I will update it after each visit to the area. This site has now been restructured and relocated, as of 1st January 2005, and the old pages will shortly become unusable.

If you require further information you can contact me at
MalSoh@hotmail.com

Click here to see a selection of pictures by Allan Stanistreet.

Click here for a listing of locomotives with names where applicable.

The following links will take you to details of the various steam locomotives.

Unclassified	A & B classes	A² class	C¹ class
Burma E and O	C² class	D class	E class
F class	G class	H class	I class
J class	K¹ class	K² class	L class
M class	O class	P class	Mallet
Q class	R class	S class	T class
	Sentinel	WD class

Click here for an explanation of the current classification system.

The Malayan Railway		The 1960s		Singapore Railways
1970s	1985	1995	1998	2000	2005
Singapore 1975		Singapore 1976		Singapore 1977 part 1
Singapore 1977 part 2		Singapore 1977 part 3		Singapore 2003
Allan Stanistreet pictures		Johore Wooden Railway		Singapore Trams

Early views

Click on any thumbnail for a page of larger images with descriptions.

These are the only pictures of my own which I can find from the 1960's but if you visit my "100 years on" page of my site you will find the open-air museum exhibits.
There were more pictures on the official KTM site, some of which go back to the earliest days of the system. These have
recently been removed but most can be seen here.
Several books have been published on the railway. Among these are:

50 YEARS OF RAILWAYS IN MALAYA 1885 - 1935 published by FMSR

THE MALAYAN RAILWAY by J.A.Stanistreet, published by THE OAKWOOD PRESS.

LOCOMOTIVE CENTENNIAL by Haji Shamsuddin published by PENERBIT HIDAYAH.

The latter I purchased from the KTM HQ building, opposite Kuala Lumpur station, in 1985.

A number of quarterly magazines have been produced by FMSR since the 1960s and these contain some historical information.

Construction commenced 1st October 2000.
Last updated 19th March 2006.
Visit my personal home page for links to my other sites.

The Malayan Railway		The 1960s		Singapore Railways
1970s	1985	1995	1998	2000	2005
Singapore 1975		Singapore 1976		Singapore 1977 part 1
Singapore 1977 part 2		Singapore 1977 part 3		Singapore 2003
Allan Stanistreet pictures		Johore Wooden Railway		Singapore Trams

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Burma O class 4-4-0. Several of these were transferred to Malaya in 1914. This picture was taken in India before that part of India became Burma.

SOME USEFUL LINKS.
Links to pictures of Asian Railways
The official KTMB web site
The unofficial GB enthusiast web site
An index of Asian Rail systems
Locomotives of the Malayan Railway by Tim Light can now be accessed here.

Jason's web site for recent pictures.

Jason now has another site where registered members can post their pictures.

KTM railway fan site

FUTURE PLANS
Concurrently with this site I have created another one covering the Indonesian Railway, PJKA, from 1976 to 1987.
Other sites include BIRDS, GLIDERS and AIRCRAFT.

I also have several other railway-related photographic sites, including the current steam scene in the UK, both on the main line in southern England and on several private railways. Click here for the main page.