BUDA 757 - LUCENA QUEZON PHILIPPINES

 

A look at this curious looking 'Buda Railway Inspection Car' that has spent many years based around Lucena (Quezon, Philippines)

BUDA 757

Seen at Lucena around 2002 is believed to have been numbered after the US Army 757th Battalion.

Photo: http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/~Philrail/

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2009

Detail shots of 757 taken at Lucena during a 2009 visit.

By this stage she appeared to have been long disused.

Photos: Brad Peadon

757 had deteriorated badly since the first image in this blog entry.

Photos: Brad Peadon

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2018

By 2018, 757 was becoming harder to photograph.

Photo: Brad Peadon

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2019

By 2019, photography was not much better, and she was in a very advanced state of deterioration with nature gradually taking over her.

Photo: Guillermo Karlo Angelo Juan III

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2023 

I failed to see 757 during my visit to Lucena in August 2022 and assumed it had been scrapped.

However, we were sent these May 2023 shots of 757 which has had everything above the underframe removed, leaving just the frame, wheels and engine.

It remains to be seen if anything becomes of the remaining frame. But it thought it may become a trailer for use with one of the Kubota vehicles.

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Thanks to:

Guillermo Karlo Angelo Juan III

Philippine National Railways

Lucena Rail Heritage Committee

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HONDAGUA - QUEZON, PHILIPPINES

Opened: 10th May 1916 as part of the extension of the south 

line from Padre Burgos to Calauag.

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.

Photo: 1926 (MRR General Managers Report)

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TAGKAWAYAN - QUEZON

Video Survey

5-1-2019

A video exploration of this once busy railway location.

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PLARIDEL-GUMACA REGION

1944

HONDAGUA STATION & YARD

VIDEO SURVEY

5-1-2019

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.

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Tagcawayan Station - 1938

Photo with thanks to Dirk Paul Celoso

Original photographer unknown.

Tagcawayan was once a massive yard, with multiple tracks and serving
the sugar and timber industries.
 I visited the station earlier this year and will be covering today's scene (photos/video) shortly.

Thanks to Dirk for his continually sharing his passion for Philippine railway history.

LUCENA    5-1-2019

Quezon Eco-Tourism Road

Photographic survey of section between level crossing and bridge
over unnamed river to the east.
While all Google map references refer to the area as Lucena, it is some way north (actually east geographically) of the actual main city area and station.
This was the first port of call on a three day mission to Naga and back. Having the family on board the 'Magical Bongo Van' with me, did not lend itself to a large amount of research time. However, we did make numerous ports of call and these will be covered on this blog in the coming weeks.
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Eco-Tourism Road looking back towards Manila.

Eco-Tourism Road looking towards bridge, Lucena station and Bicol.

The ever present sled (motorized version) near the Eco-Tourism crossing..

A five minute walk gets you to this bridge over an unnamed river.
It is the smaller of two on the approach to Lucena station, the bigger being over the Iyam River.

Google Supplied Images.

Wish I knew this spot before going there :-)

More videos and photos from this coming shortly.

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Like them to show your support for Lucena railway history.

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HONDAGUA (QUEZON, PHILIPPINES)

Part 3

A third look at this once important railway location on the 'Philippine National Railways' south line.

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.