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PNR Timetable - July 24th

PNR ROLLINGSTOCK 

A PRHS Special Series.

Got a thing for Philippine National Railways freight rollingstock?

It is an area mostly overlooked by railfans worldwide, resulting in very little information often being recorded.

Over the next six months or more, along with the immense help of my good friend Mark Chua, we will be covering freight rollingstock here on the blog, as well as compiling a photographic database of rollingstock existing this century for the PRHS website.

With massive changes coming to the Philippine National Railways in the near future, we felt it was time that this was all covered. You never know when you will blink and it will be gone.

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Brad Peadon & Mark Chua

GC-??? (Formerly FL-261)   Tutuban July 2019 - Mark Chua

PLARIDEL STATION

A Video Survey

A look at Plaridel station, loop and siding as of January this year.

Check out this beautiful seaside station in Quezon Province.

For more photos of this area, check out my post HERE.

Philippine Railway Historical Society TV

PHILIPPINE FUEL TANKERS

Fuel tankers, whether in Australia, or the Philippines, hold a fascination for me.

As part of my efforts to photographically record every item of rollingstock in the Philippines since the year 2000, I have caught up with a number of tankers.
All tankers are normally captive in yards nowadays, at the moment these yards being Tutuban, Calamba and Naga. However, recently TF-71 went for a mainline trip, this being covered further down in this posting.

 TF-71 has been a Tutuban resident for as long as I can remember, however July of this year saw her transferred to Calamba.
I suspect I know why this has occurred, but I shall leave it to be revealed in due course.

 TF-76 remains allocated to the Commex shed.
The 'H' on the underframes of 71 and 76 is a leftover from the days of the RIHSPI group that we first set up to preserve rail heritage in the Philippines. While that effort was none to successful, we are currently involved in other heritage ideas being evaluated for the future. 

 The above two sat here at the start of the century, and are still there today.

 TW-75 was allocated to Calamba shed when I dropped by in 2009, but is believed to have been scrapped not long after. The shed itself has since gone on to be rebuilt itself. 

 USA-19440 is allocated to Naga depot, but it is not known if it is still used.
A post Typhoon Reming PNR inventory listing shows it as USA-19440, however it is suspected that it has carried a old TF/TC number that has just disappeared over the years.

TF-71's BIG ADVENTURE

Tutuban - Calamba

A few days ago TF-71 managed to break free of her Tutuban yard confinement and take a mainline run south to Calamba, where it has taken up residence in the lovely new locomotive shed there.
Our very own 'PRHS' roving reporter, Mark Chua, was on the scene again and covering this important event. We thank Mark once again for his generously  sharing of this quite historic event.

Above shot taken at Sucat, others on arrival at Calamba.

To finish up we have a few more random shots of tankers at Tutuban. All taken by my friend Mark Chua. Thanks for your continued help mate.

NAGA RAILWAY STATION

Bicol Region

Opened April 1st, 1920

Currently sees two 'Bicol Commuter' services to Sipocot each day. Services south to Legaspi, and north beyond Sipocot, are not currently operating.

Naga Train Timetable (Ignore Ligao Services)

Former Japanese DMU set used on Bicol Commuter services.

At time of photo, these were temporarily suspended due to perway

damage from a recent typhoon.

BONUS FEATURE

New 'Philippine National Railways' DMU being tested in Indonesia.