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Errors and omissions
There are so many errors and omissions in this article that it borders on the unbelievable. I have attempted to make corrections but they have almost all been removed based on "advertising my own website" which I quoted as a source as it contains my own list of sources. I was just one of a team of many who were, and still are, gathering details to try and fill the many gaps. Several have already published books and magazine articles whil I have posted the information on my own web site. My own website contains much more and accurate details with information obtained from reliable sources such as original construction records which are held in Kew archives, numerous books and magazine articles held by the Stephenson Locomotive Society, along with documentation from various locomotive manufacturers and former FMSR employees who are sadly no longer with us. In summary, the FMSR ceased to exist in 1942 with the Japanese invasion. In 1945 the railway was taken over by the allied military forces who obtained 96 WD locomotives from the USATC in India which were taken to Sentul for reassembly and use in both Malaya and Thailand. In 1946 28 were earmarked for the newly designated Malayan Railway which was also repatriating locomotives from Thailand and Burma and was also using at least 17 Japanese 2-6-2 locomotives captured in 1945, most of which were soon declared unusable due to war damage and lack of spares, and a large number of Indonesian and Burmese locomotives also captured from the Japanese. These started to be scrapped in 1947, less some serviceable ones which went initially to Thailand with some finding their way to Cambodia and Vietnam. The MR had ordered more O class locomotives from NBL Co. and having previously sold all the P class to Thailand, late repurchased 2 or 3 for use on MR Port Dickson branch as the other locomotives were too heavy. Two of these were still in use in 1958. When the new O class started to arrive The MR requirement for the WD locomotives had reduced and 68 went to Thailand and two batches went to East African Railways. The locomotives used for construction of the Naval Base did not all go into storage as many were taken over by the Military to work at the Naval Base and also to other military depots in Singapore, while others were sold to various industrial concerns such as Malayan Collieries, and elsewhere. I have also obtained a quantity of material directly from the now KTM internal libraries with permission to publish the contents. These include annual reports, working timetables, House Magazines, Photographs, operational documents and pre-war locomotive listings from 1881-1939 which includes construction locomotives, these last directly from the ACME who passed them to the SLS library for safe keeping. Since almost everything I add is being deleted how are we supposed to make this an accurate record instead of a litany of mistakes which are being perpetuated elsewhere. I can be contacted at malsoh@hotmail.com. Regards Malcolm Wilton-Jones Sunbird24 (talk) 10:22, 13 March 2021 (UTC)