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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'.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020


SPOTLIGHT ON - 7A CLASS

The 7A class (former 'Japanese National Railways' 12 and 14 series) carriages were donated to the 'Philippine National Railways' between 1999 and 2001. They were to become a familiar sight both on local Manila services, as well as provincial runs through to Legaspi.
They were mostly built during the 1970s, though construction did start in 1969. There were various manufacturers of the cars, these being 'Fuji Heavy Industries', 'Niigata Engineering' and 'Nippon Sharyo'. This later builder having also supplied the 3500 class new to the Philippines.
Today, only a few 7A class survive, in rather bad condition, so we thought we would have a look through the PRHS archive and check them out over the years.
Enjoy. 
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 7A-2001
Japan # 14 48 - 1974
Withdrawn following Padre Burgos accident (2004)
Scrapped


7A-2002
Japan # 14 49 - 1974
Withdrawn following Padre Burgos accident (2004)
Scrapped



7A-2003
Japan # 14 52 - 1973
Withdrawn following Padre Burgos accident (2004)
Situation Unknown


7A-2004
Japan # 14 53 - 1973
Believed Scrapped


7A-2005
Japan # 14 204 - 1974
Believed Scrapped


7A-2006
Japan # 12 116 - 1977
Part of last COMMEX set (Binan)
Believed Scrapped



7A-2007
Japan # 12 111 - 1977
Part of last COMMEX set (Binan)
Still existing (December 2019)





7A-2008
Japan # 12 114 - 1977
Believed Scrapped



7A-2009 (Now CAR-5)
Japan # Unknown
Still Exists


7A-2011
Japan # 12 124 - 1970
Believed Scrapped


7A-2012
Japan # 12 125 - 1970
Believed Scrapped


7A-2013
Japan # 12 231 - 1971
Believed Scrapped



7A-2014
Japan # 12 232 - 1971
Believed Scrapped



7A-2015
Japan # 12 ??? - 1971
Part of last COMMEX set (Binan)
Believed Scrapped



CAR-4 (7A-2016)
Japan # 12 234 - 1971
Still Existing.



7A-2019
Japan # 12 325 - 1977
Scrapped 2015








7A-2021
Japan # ? - 19??
Scrapped


7A-2023
Japan # 12 373 - 1978
Believed Scrapped


7A-2025
Japan # 12 372 - 1978
Only 7A to wear the Filtrack livery.
Still existing (December 2019)


7A-2026
Japan # 12 262 - 1978
Believed Scrapped


7A-2027
Japan # 12 373 - 1978Withdrawn following Padre Burgos accident (2004)
Scrapped 2009




7A-2029
Japan # 12 374 - 1978Part of last COMMEX set (Binan)
Believed Scrapped


12-801 (Japanese Number)
Japan # 12 801 - 1978Still Existing.


I would like to thank the 'Philippine National Railways' for their ongoing support of my research into their rollingstock over the years.
Special thanks to Mark Chua (PNR) for his help with this article.

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