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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.

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Monday, April 13, 2020



BUDA22 THEN - NOW

Anyone who has visited Tutuban station would likely have noticed the small railcar looking thing up the west end of the main concourse.
  I recently found some photos in the late William 'Bill' Sullivan (PRHS VP) collection and thought it would be great to give people a comparison of the vehicle back in 2007, and how she appears today.

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In 2007, at Caloocan Workshops, she was little more than a hollow shell and in severe danger of being scrapped. Her sister, #21, was in much worse condition, and can be seen next to her in these photos.
I am not aware of the fate of #21, but suspect it cannot be good.







Another Product of the BUDA Company.
This was  not a Philippine unit.
For more information on the company, check Wikipedia.


Hard to believe she is the same vehicle as 
in the above shots.
BUDA22 now sits here in the Tutuban station concourse, along with a small display of historical shots. It is great to see people often go have a look and experience a small part of their important railway history.


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Coming Soon!

Abad Santos Signalbox - William (Bill) Sullivan Collection
Rollingstock Photo Surveys



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