Sabah trains honoured in stamp series

miniature sheet 

Subject : Trains in Sabah
Country / Post : Malaysia
Primary theme : Malaysian Public Transport
Date of Issue : 28  December 2015
Denomination :  RM: 60 /70 /80 sen and miniature sheet RM 5
Number in set : 3 and miniature sheet of 1
Description : 
The collection, called Trains in Sabah, 
features Hitachi diesel locomotive (60 sen),
as well as the railbus (70 sen) and the diesel multiple unit (80 sen)
operated by the Sabah State Railway, the only railway operator in Borneo.
The Vulcan steam locomotive will be given the top 
honour by being featured as a RM5 miniature sheet.

The network managed by Sabah State Railway consists of a single
134km line from Tanjung Aru, near Kota Kinabalu,
to Tenom in the Interior Division.

Formerly known as North Borneo Railway, 
the network began construction in 1896 under British engineer Arthur J. West.

This is the third time that Pos Malaysia is featuring trains on its stamps, 
with the first in 1988 with the arrival of the Putra and Star LRT,
as well as KTM Komuter services in Klang Valley. 
The second attempt was in 2010 to mark 125 years of Malayan railway.