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Friday, July 24, 2020
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Photo Comp June 2020
Beautiful Hondagua, looking towards Manila, with the sea to your right.
Photo: Klarence Paul M Pitoc
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.
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.
Am happy to see PNR's newest attracting so many likes.
2nd Place: Jared
A very interesting look at the old San Pedro station.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Photo: Aldriene Mabale
While not a photo, I have long loved the artistic
talent of Fremel.
Artwork: Fremel Bernal
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
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.
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.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Brad Peadon (PRHS)
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.
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.
If you have any contributions, photographic or otherwise, please do email us.
We will continue to widen what we do and continue to publish items of interest.
If you have any contributions, photographic or otherwise, please do email us.
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.
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.
I took it as a challenge :-)
I am pretty proud of what I have done in a country that I never knew until I was 30, and a country that has become my second home.
Mahal kita Pilipinas.
I am pretty proud of what I have done in a country that I never knew until I was 30, and a country that has become my second home.
Mahal kita Pilipinas.
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Pili - Late Renato Perdon Collection
With PNR GM Junn Magno
The man instrumental in the current rebuilding of the nations railways.
The man instrumental in the current rebuilding of the nations railways.
Dinner with the 'PH Model Railroaders' group.
Long live the real jeepney.
Mark at my 20th wedding anniversary party.
The late Bill Sullivan, PRHS Vice-President and my greatest source of motivation.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
| CLASS | # | YEAR | MODEL | LIVERY | DATE | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 | 902 | 1973 | U15C | Blue/Red | 5/2020 | Desco Engineering - Rebuild Ongoing |
| 906 | 1979 | U14C | Blue/Red | 4/2019 | Beyond Economical Repair - Caloocan | |
| 911 | 1979 | U14C | Blue/Red | 4/2019 | Beyond Economical Repair - Caloocan | |
| 913 | 1979 | U14C | Blue/Red | 5/2020 | Desco Engineering - Rebuild Ongoing | |
| 914 | 1979 | U14C | Blue/Red | 4/2019 | Await repair - Caloocan | |
| 915 | 1979 | U14C | Blue/Red | 4/2019 | Await Repair - Caloocan | |
| 916 | 1979 | U14C | Blue/Red | In Service | ||
| 917 | 1991 | U15C | Orange | 4/2020 | In Service | |
| 918 | 1991 | U15C | Blue/Red | 6/2020 | In Service (17th sleeper 1428 transfer) | |
| 919 | 1991 | U15C | Blue/Red | 06/2020 | In Service (16th stripped paint EMU set transfer) | |
| 920 | 1991 | U15C | Blue/Red | 5/2020 | Beyond Economical Repair - Caloocan | |
| 921 | 1991 | U15C | Blue/Red | In Service | ||
| 922 | 1991 | U15C | Blue/Red | 6/2020 | In Service - Manila to Bicol with EMUs P/P 5009 | |
| 2500 | 2535 | 1979 | U10B | Blue/Red | Non-Operational - Manila | |
| 2538 | 1979 | U10B | Blue/Gold | 5/2020 | Transfered from Naga to Caloocan | |
| 2540 | 1979 | U10B | Blue | 6/2020 | In Service (17th) | |
| 5000 | 5001 | 1992 | U6B | Blue/Red | Allocated Naga - In Service | |
| 5002 | 1992 | U6B | Blue/Red | Non-Operational | ||
| 5003 | 1992 | U6B | Blue/Red | Allocated Naga - Non-Operational | ||
| 5004 | 1992 | U6B | Blue/Red | 1-5-2020 | Non-Operational - Manila | |
| 5005 | 1992 | U6B | Blue/Red | 1-5-2020 | Non-Operational - Manila | |
| 5006 | 1992 | U6B | Blue/Red | 1-5-2020 | Non-Operational- Manila | |
| 5007 | 1992 | U6B | Blue/Red | 1-5-2020 | Non-Operational - Manila | |
| 5008 | 1992 | U6B | Blue/Red | 1-5-2020 | Non-Operational - Manila | |
| 5009 | 1992 | U6B | Blue/Red | 6/2020 | In Service - Manila to Bicol with EMUs P/P 922 | |
| 5010 | 1992 | U6B | Red/Yellow | Beyond Economical Repair, Heavily stripped | ||
| 6000- | TBC | 2019 | LM250 | Orange | 4/2020 | Tutuban 1905903-1 |
| 7000 | TBC | 2019 | LM250 | Orange | 4/2020 | Tutuban 1905903-2 |
| TBC | TBC | 2020 | CC300 | Orange | 6/2020 | Testing 21/6/2020 - INKA Indonesia - CC300 20 01 |
| TBC | 2020 | CC300 | Orange | 6/2020 | Testing Commenced - INKA Indonesia - CC300 20 02 | |
| TBC | 2020 | CC300 | Orange | 6/2020 | Testing Commenced - INKA Indonesia - CC300 20 03 | |
| Limited services due to Coronavirus. | ||||||
| Thanks: Mark Chua (PNR/PRHS), Aldriene Mabale | ||||||
| Date Column-Date of most recent update (New) | ||||||
| Compiled: Brad Peadon (June 2020) | ||||||
| Philippine Railway Historical Society | ||||||
| Corrections/Additions Are Welcome. |
CC300 20 01
Photos: Bagus Widyanto (Posted with permission).
The photos were taken somewhere near Surabaya when the train on its way back to Madiun from a test running session in Bojonegoro and Kalitidu.
Thanks to members of the 'Philippine Railway Historical Society' and 'Philippine Association of Rail Enthusiasts' for help with compiling this listing.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
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.
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.
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.
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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