Philippine Railway Historical Society News and History!

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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 28, 2019

Caloocan Workshops - Pt3

The third thrilling installment in our series celebrating the last 20 years of the famous Caloocan Workshops in Manila.

This traverser was built in Japan back in 1989, replacing one that was built in the United Kingdom back in 1908. I have been generously sent some photos of the earlier traverser, which I hope to include in a future installment.

Kogane 59 railcar while undergoing a extensive refurbishment.
This work has since been completed, with photos having appeared on this blog and our Facebook group.