PACITA COMPLEX

 

Pacita Complex is part of San Pedro in Laguna, between Alabang and Calamba on the main south line.

The station is situated just south of the former Carmona line junction and opened in November 1975.

During November 2020, Jared was lucky to capture U15C 921 hauling carriages  7A-2025 , CAR-5, CAR-3 and CAR-2 (CAR-2 still being in the blue livery) from Manila to Calamba.

He shared the following images with us.

We thank Jared for his generosity in sharing these interesting photographs with us.

If your interested in learning more about PNR rollingstock, we have a number of free publications on our PRHS website.

Philippine Railway Historical Society Group

Other recent PRHS articles of interest:

Lapaz Station (Panay Island) 2017

LRT/MRT Update - November 2020

PNR - The 90s Red Era

A Look At The CMC/CTC Railcars

DORMITORY CAR

During efforts to start a preservation movement in the Philippines I started to look into the history of the various types of rollingstock that still survived and that which would warrant saving should the opportunity arrive.
Despite an interest in railways that has spanned over four decades, it was not until I started going to the Philippines that I looked beyond just locomotives and into that which they haul around.

The 'Dormitory Car', so called as it is used as one in Manila's main yard at Tutuban, is one of the more interesting carriages still to be found.

It is the last Metropolitan (United Kingdom) built carriage in the Philippines, as well as the last one with six-wheel bogies.
It appears to have undergone quite a lot of modification over the years and, despite some claims that it is the former 'Presidential Car' ABB-1, is actually quite longer and highly unlikely to have been extended.
While the 'Philippine Railway Historical Society' has a listing of Metropolitan cars in the UK, this covers far earlier than when this carriage was built.If you know any other information regarding this carriage, or any built by Metropolitan for the Philippines, please contact us via our email address.

This number, welded on the under-frame, may be the best bet we have for identifying the car.

A great start would be builders records, should any reader be in possession of such.
It looks to be 66-22, though the second number in not entirely clear.

The 'Dormitory Car' is unquestionably a very historic car and very worthy of preserving in the future.

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HONDAGUA STATION & YARD

VIDEO SURVEY

5-1-2019

HONDAGUA (QUEZON, PHILIPPINES)

Part 2

Another selection of photos of this beautiful seaside yard and former station.

Hondagua remains a major location on the main south line to Bicol.

Track work trains are based here. It has a number of roads, a triangle that has been partly covered by illegal settlers and once served a large flour mill in the town.

One leg of the triangle follows the coastline here, joining with the south leg right near the blue silos of the 'Philippine Flour Mill.

Tracks appear to be all still intact, but covered up in parts by 'illegal' squatters.

Engineering Department - Hondagua Division

Not many stations can lay claim to a view this beautiful .
Underneath the grass is the north leg of the Hondagua triangle.

Unidentified Buda Car.

Stay tuned for more Hondagua shots.