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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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
2010 RANDOM RAILCAR IMAGES - PART 1
Rotem Sets: A None To Awesome Life.
Modern railcars are not my greatest interest when it comes to railways, whether in the Philippines, or down here in Australia.
However, I was very privileged to have been invited to be part of the early days of the ROTEM railcars around Manila, including the unloading off the ship and testing around Pasay Road.
Since then, I have aimed to photograph each power and trailer car while they were still in good condition.
This decision has turned out to be a good one, with only one of the six sets (Set 5: DMR-02 ITR-05 DMR-10) still in operation.
Considering it's age at the time, it is surprising that the first, DMR-11, was written off within a year of these photos following a collision with a Coca Cola truck. Despite talk that a new front was coming, it does not appear to have ever arrived. The car has sat around ever since.
In 2010 there was also talk of more Rotem sets, of a differing design, to be delivered to PNR. These also never eventuated.
The years since have not been kind to the six Rotem sets, collisions and derailments taking their toll, with the vast majority of the fleet laying idle around Manila at the time the local operations were suspended for five years.
At this time it is expected that the surviving operational set will be transferred by road to be used on the remaining l\narrow gauge line from Calamba to Legaspi.
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I didn't get all the ITR type trailer cars on this trip, however some can be found by searching this website, while many other shots will appear in the future.
ITR-03 - Espana Station.
Photo: Brad Peadon
ITR-04 - Espana Station.
Photo: Brad Peadon
ITR-04 - Tutuban Station.
Photo: Brad Peadon
ITR-06 - Tutuban yard.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Rotem set arrives at Paco station.
Photo: Brad Peadon
David 'MrX' Xuereb gunzelling the near new Rotem sets at Tutuban.
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We now act as a information society, having removed ourselves from the badder elements of the Manila railfan hobby, existing to meet and help others with similar interests.
PRHS - Longest Running Philippine Railways group.
25 years of serving the Philippine railway hobby.
Brad
Australia
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The PRHS regularly publishes magazines (mostly ezines, but sometimes hard copies) covering different railway topics. Locomotive, rollingstock and transit updates, publications aimed at modellers and our occasional magazine 'Along Da Riles'. In the future, we are planning a number of other publications of interest to everyone, along with plans for a regularly updated database, and another plan that could prove to be a first for the Philippines. PRHS: Bringing a railfan hobby to the nation.
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