Tutuban Station - 2009

Tutuban 2009 - William 'Bill' Sullivan

Below is a photographic look at the new Tutuban station (Manila) during trackwork in 2009.
The original station, now 'Tutuban Centermall', was located some distance beyond the 'Philippine National Railways' offices seen in the background. For some year, passengers had to board at the temporary Tayuman station, located at the north end of the yard.

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Above: An interesting collection of rollingstock sitting at the far west end of the station.
From left to right, a rake of near extinct CMC/CTC railcar stock, a GC open wagon, two fuel tankers and the 7A class coaches that were then dwindling in number due to the arriving ROTEM railcars.

Interesting to note that another track, to the left of the CMC/CTC railcars, used to lead down to Manila North Port and, much earlier, the Pasig River. While the line still exists, much of it has been covered and is not visible.

Above: An NR class coach sits at one of the platforms. This view is looking east across the station.

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Railway Stations

I was so happy to see some wonderful entries in the first 'Philippine Railway Historical Society' photographic competition.
The competition was an experiment, mostly to bring something new to the group during these dark virus times that have greatly slowed our hobby and heritage plans in Manila.
It is expected that the photographic competition will be bi-monthly and we welcome ideas for future topics.

Below we have the first, second and, multiple, third winners. I've also included some other 

shots that stood out.

Thank you to everyone who contributed.

WINNER: Mark Chua

With the most votes, this photo of a new INKA DMU at Alabang station.
Am happy to see PNR's newest attracting so many likes.

2nd Place: Jared
A very interesting look at the old San Pedro station.

There were numerous photos in 3rd place.

These are shown below.

Canteen LRT station.
I like this due to the imagination, and humour, that lead to it's inclusion.
Photo: Klarence Paul M Pitoc

Tutuban
Photo:Mark Leus Masangcay

I am wrapped to see the following two photos, primarily because Hondagua is my favourite Filipino railway location. The yard was huge and, most interestingly, had a large triangle that served the local flour mill.

The mill still exists, but sadly it no longer uses rail.

Jessie's photo shows the station when it still had the awning and roof.

Photo: Jessie Javier

Beautiful Hondagua, looking towards Manila, with the sea to your right.
Photo: Klarence Paul M Pitoc

The impressive Legaspi station at the end of the line in Bicol.
Photo: Ej Cel

921 and an INKA DMU at Tutuban.

Photo: Dirk Paul Celoso

INKA and ROTEM DMUs meet at Tutuban.
Photo: Mark Leus Masangcay

Finally, I want to add a couple of others that I feel should get a mention.

Please note that these are in 'no order' other than the file name when saved.

There is so much to love about this shot.
The station, while being quite big in size, is literally dwarfed by the huge maze of roads, on so many levels, above. The fact that it is a night shot, makes it even more impressive.

Photo: Regi Teopi

A very imaginative photo showing a ticket with a 1G vehicle in the original livery, with a real one at Tayuman station behind.
Mark sent in a few of these showing various operators, all of which I hope to use in a future MRT/LRT status update.
Photo: Mark Leus Masangcay

Wow!!!!
That is all I can say about this night shot of the original Tutuban station. I think we all dream of this once again being the main station.
Photo: Mark Leus Masangcay

A great general view of a modern day PNR station (Sucat), taken by a local fan who I know has great pride in his station.
Photo: Aldriene Mabale

While not a photo, I have long loved the artistic 

talent of Fremel.
Artwork: Fremel Bernal

A wonderful photo, taken at an angle that really portrays the new INKA DMU in a powerful way, thus reducing the impact of the usually overpowering freeway above.
Photo: Guillermo Karlo Angelo Juan III

.Thank you to everyone who contributed to the June photographic competition.

There is no doubt that the photographic talent in the Philippines is getting better and better.
All members of the 'Philippine Railway Historical Society', and sister group 'Philippine Association of Rail Enthusiasts (PARE)' are invited to join in with future competitions.
NOTE: Winners are judged based on the amount of likes (or similar), so everyone is encouraged to vote for their favorites.
HOWEVER: All Philippine photos are great and I consider every photographer there to be a winner.

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It occurred to me last week that the 'Philippine Railway Historical Society' had reached another milestone, this time being the PRHS blog ticking over 200,000 views (not including my personal views).

The blog started in 1999, primarily based on the Tripod website platform, and lasted until Tripod decided to make themselves a paid service should you wish to continue.

We are a group that aims to 'freely' share Philippine railway information with the world and grow the hobby. There was no way we were going to go down the paying path, so an alternative needed to be found.

So it was that we came across Blogger (Google), where you are reading this today. We had already surpassed 60,000 viewers on Tripod, a figure (rounded down to 60,000) that we use in our counting to this day.

Our blog site has been the one constant in this endless world of change. While our websites, and our forums especially, have changed. Our blog continues on, sharing information and helping build a community of like minded fans who share a passion for the railways (and other local transport) of the Philippines.

There has been the usual ups and downs over the years, with trouble-making railfans being a worldwide phenomenon. But they come and go, eventually realising that their efforts to destroy others are futile.

The blog did suffer from some disinterest, thanks primarily to the haters in the hobby, between 2012 and 2017, this meaning it has taken just over twenty years to reach this milestone.
However, renewed interest in 2017, saw it relaunched and it now is aimed at being a major part of new heritage and hobby promoting plans currently in the formation stage, as well as a conduit for Philippine transport information.
This revival is in no small part due to my dear friends Arvin, Mark and Reynante, who showed me that there really is good in the hobby.

The hobby is what we make it.

From here the PRHS blog will continue on, expand into new areas and ideas, but will continue on it's prime mission of promoting, and supporting, the 'Philippine National Railways', other Filipino rail operators and taking the hobby to the world.
We will continue to widen what we do and continue to publish items of interest.
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As part of the aim to build a Philippine hobby, last year we partnered with the local 'Philippine Association of Rail Enthusiasts (PARE)', a locally based group started by Justin Torrejas.
This is a first for the PRHS. we have been involved with many groups over the years, but, until now, have never felt an official partnership was in order.
Justin, like myself, has been the subject of ridicule and attacks in the past. Yet he moved beyond that and set up a local railfan group that promotes the same ideals that the PRHS has always tried to.

I have achieved much since starting out on this journey, but seeing a local group like PARE really justifies all that I have gone through.

In 1999 I was told that I would never start a railfan hobby in the Philippines.

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