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Welcome one and all to the 'Philippine Railway Historical Society' blogsite. This site was set up to share photos, historical pieces, comment and virtually anything else pertaining to transportation in the Philippines, with a special emphasis on rail. Occasional we vary from topic, but this is the less serious side of the hobby shining through - cause sometimes, in this miserable and uptight world, we just take ourselves a little too seriously.
Since 1999, the Philippine Railway Historical Society has regularly published items, FOR FREE, of railway interest on our PRHS Website. These include locomotive, rollingstock and transit updates, as well as our occasional magazine, 'Along Da Riles'.
Our interest base has grown over the years with our main Facebook railway group expanding to include groups interested in other Philippine Transport, modelling of Philippine transport and even a group for Philippine railfans interested in overseas railways.
If it sounds interesting, come join in the fun of the oldest, and most diverse, group dedicated to Philippine railways and other transport.
We look forward to meeting you.

If you have a question Philippine railway related, just drop us a line, maybe we can help.
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Thursday, November 16, 2017

PTERC Train Clean

A few members of my 'Philippine Railway Historical Society' (sister group to my SMUT group), were recently involved in a train clean in Manila.

Organised by my friend Mark Chua, congratulations for helping raise the profile of the railfan hobby in the country. 

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Saturday, November 11, 2017






MRT3 Depot at Trinoma, taken during an official RHS visit. 


Former Japanese DMU donated to the Philippines.
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5001 shunting a former Japanese sleeping car. These carriages are used on the long distance 'Bicol Express' service to Legaspi when it is operating. At the current time, the line is being reaired again.


Asistio Avenue station on the rebuilt, but never used by passenger trains, line to Caloocan station.



5005, 5010 and 911 all in various states of repair.
Caloocan Workshops.



This beautiful bird had only three more years ahead of her, being 
placed into storage in 2014.






Saturday, November 4, 2017



2017.1 PT2

Kumusta, and welcome to the second part of our series on Manila in 2017.
Given that six years had elapsed between trips to the Philippines, I found myself catching up on both the situation there and the lack of photos over the years.
I also got to catch up with a number of old friends and met new ones at the same time. Some of these people will be seen in future instalments of this series.









Living along EDSA for a week is a dream come true for any bus fan.
No matter what time of day, EDSA is chock full of them, coming from parts of southern Manila, or further afield out in the provinces.
While I have long believed the provincial buses should not enter so far into Manila itself, preferring the idea of a bus/rail intermodal hub at Calamba, they do make for a busy couple of hours for one's camera.


Pasig River view from the GO Hotel.
Alas the ferries do not currently ply the route, however their return
 is regularly discussed.



MRT spotting near Boni station. 


Chaos, as only EDSA can deliver.
Boni Station (MRT3)


Stay tuned for Part 3.
Another exciting installment in the series.