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PLARIDEL STATION - QUEZON PROVINCE

5-1-2019

The municipality of Plaridel was not created until 1962 and it the smallest one in the province of Quezon. A lovely little town on the Maharlika Highway (main south road from Manila to Bicol), situated on the coastline of Lamon Bay.
In 2015 the population of Plaridel  was 10,935.

Some links that may be of interest.

Republic Act No 3493 - Forming Of Plaridel.

Slain Port & Skates/Sleds
Plaridel was once an important port for shipping Copra to western countries.

Aerial Views Of Plaridel - Inc Railway

Riding a Sled In Plaridel.

Caloocan Railway Station

The Historical First.

Bottom two photos show the historic structure today.
A terrible outcome for Philippine heritage.

Below photos:  Shane Frias Velasco

HAPPY PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY

From the Philippine Railway Historical Society

Photos Above: March Chua (2017)
He is planning to take some more photos of todays celebrations.

Tagcawayan Station - 1938

Photo with thanks to Dirk Paul Celoso

Original photographer unknown.

Tagcawayan was once a massive yard, with multiple tracks and serving
the sugar and timber industries.
 I visited the station earlier this year and will be covering today's scene (photos/video) shortly.

Thanks to Dirk for his continually sharing his passion for Philippine railway history.

LUCENA    5-1-2019

Quezon Eco-Tourism Road

Photographic survey of section between level crossing and bridge
over unnamed river to the east.
While all Google map references refer to the area as Lucena, it is some way north (actually east geographically) of the actual main city area and station.
This was the first port of call on a three day mission to Naga and back. Having the family on board the 'Magical Bongo Van' with me, did not lend itself to a large amount of research time. However, we did make numerous ports of call and these will be covered on this blog in the coming weeks.
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Eco-Tourism Road looking back towards Manila.

Eco-Tourism Road looking towards bridge, Lucena station and Bicol.

The ever present sled (motorized version) near the Eco-Tourism crossing..

A five minute walk gets you to this bridge over an unnamed river.
It is the smaller of two on the approach to Lucena station, the bigger being over the Iyam River.

Google Supplied Images.

Wish I knew this spot before going there :-)

More videos and photos from this coming shortly.

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Like them to show your support for Lucena railway history.

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