Thanks for the kind words. In 85 it could quite likely have been one of the 900 class as in the above videos. Think the older shovelnose GEs were still around then also.

Gusto ko rin pumunta dyan

Thank you kind sir.

Inside the hood most likely it's got a locumotive engine.

Thanking you. If plans come to fruition, you will be able to do that run again either this year or the next. Carmona has been inspected with a view to reopening it.

I went home last year and the “line” is now an alley lined up with “squatters” in both sides. Even the rail itself was already gone! Riding PNR then was more of a necessity because of the construction of Skyway 1. I hope for all the best for PNR though. Thanks again for the video.👍🏻

@@jamcradleandmtb1023 Squatters are definitely the biggest problem facing any meaningful rehabilitation of PNR. Even where the lines still exist and are usable, the ROW is still compromised by squatter housing, which restricts the ability to run a modern, punctual and reasonable speed service. Within the Manila commuter routes, the benefits of rehabilitation justify the social upheaval and financial costs of relocating squatters to permanent homes, but on routes outside the city, it's harder, beyond a handful of possible routes, it's difficult for PNR to make a convcing case to government. The routes I think that do have a long term potential are: * The existing Manila-Calamba commuter rail (this really does justify a full-blown modernisation to electrified twin-track) * Manila north commuter rail, again electrified and twinned, would certainly be worth running to Meycauayan from Tutuban. Running beyond the commuter zone, re-opening the line to Legaspi to improve resilience to weather and operational reliability by relocating squatters, improving earthworks, draining and bridges and reballasting. Improvements in line speed, by replacing lightweight and worn out rail, tighting up rail tolerances, re-signalling with a basic but modern system, to ultimately allow 100km/h or 120km/h operation where practical without major deviations being needed. Calamba-Batangas branch line - has strong potential for large amount of freight and passengers transferring to/from ferries. Meycauayan -Clark: Extension north to Clark via San Fernando and Angeles, with a branch to Subic bay, has been strong passenger and freight potential.

Sadly now all closed up and about to be ripped out :-(

@@NeathSpadge yeah so sad i saw a photo of Alabang Station track being ripped out on Facebook is really sad to look at

Maraming salamat :-)

Yes, it is great times indeed. It has been wonderful watching the railways transform there.

I wish I was PNR staff. I miss being over there with those lovely locos.

:-)

Many thanks

David P. Jordan Thanks mate

Hi mate, it is an ex-Japanese DMU. Can't remember the class type now, think it was 350 class

Ah it's kiha 350

This is kiha 350 previously kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qal0lqqcu5rGj2Q.html

This is kiha 350 now kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fc2WitmI0NeUiJ8.html

Lawrence Gabriel Bautista yep two are in Caloocan. They appear in the Caloocan video I put up yesterday

Some in Tutuban and some in Caloocan workshops.

I think the central section of the Manila-Legaspi line is badly washed out. The problem is that for decades, the line has only recieved bare minimum maintinance, if that. There's no resilience left in the line against bad weather.

Maraming salamat mate.

Some of that appears in the Caloocan video

Try Vigan and all the way to Pagudpud Ilocos Norte

Sadly, unless preserved, all things eventually get scrapped

​@Khaleb Entertainment I have been told that you are using me as a source to say that 2535 has been scrapped. Where have I said this? In my last locomotive publication, and on my fleet update (PRHS Blog), I have never said this. So why am I being attributed to wrong information? Thanks.

@Khaleb Entertainment here is the situation in the last update. Absolutely no mention of 2535 being scrapped. prhsociety.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/locomotive-update-v3.pdf

@Itz_Cyclone Gaming she's not in a good condition lately. she was exposed at the other end of the workshop traverser beside the crrc crane, a bit tilted and looks kind of stripped. Hopefully she still get the fix she needed

@Itz_Cyclone Gaming 5003 and 5001, both inside the workshops, probably awaiting repair

Thank you muchly

Just subscribed to your channel. Looking forward to going through all your Indonesian railway videos.

Thank you so much.. Best Regards from Indonesian RF.

I don't think they do. :-(

That's sad. Hope they maintain it even if they not going to use it anymore for it is part of the history of train transport here in the Philippines.

Thanking you

No. She went to Caloocan for the refurbishment program.

Well that's good to hear :)

@@NeathSpadge thank you for replying.

G'day mate, Try to photograph what you can now. By the time I return late this year, there is expected to already be massive changes. Our beloved Tutuban yard will never be the same as the railways go through a massive moderization program.

+Semi-Retired Foamer i hope the manager would approve my Yard visit.

Never hurts to ask. A great time to be recording history for the future. PNR Northrail Jeepneys MRT7 construction. I think even the trikes will be focused on and those chicken looking bikes may be forced upon everyone. So much is going to change in coming years.

That would both make the overloading problem even worse and upset those who donated the rollingstock. Not really a good move either way. The old and new lines cannot be mixed. One is an elevated standard gauge system, the other a ground based narrow gauge one. They will be next to each other, I believe on the west side of the yard, but not mixed.

Sadly there are a lot of hateful people out there with miserable existences. Mostly who do nothing themselves, so have to spread negativity to others who do. Does not matter, I enjoy it and there be much more to come :-)

Cape Gauge ang PNR

Cape guage or meter Guage halos parehas parang sa mga main line ng Japan 3'6 ½, Indonesia, Australia, S Africa

No it's 12:01

What class of horn is that??!?!

Thank you mate

Many thanks for that. Glad you enjoyed it

On what? There is no overhead on the PNR.

we have it until early 2000's, IIRC. ICTSI used to operate an inland container yard in Cabuyao, Laguna way back then.

Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it. I love visiting that yard.

They are already rebuilding the north. They are about to start rebuilding the south. They are about to start rebuilding the metro lines. They are investigating reopening the Batangas line. Really, that is an awful lot to be going on with already. Once that is all complete, maybe they can do more.

No idea mate. Never heard of them. But freight is not normally carried on PNR atbthis time.

@Itz_Cyclone Gaming What happened to the Batangas line?

@Itz_Cyclone Gaming si there any photos of Manila Harbour with rails?

@Itz_Cyclone Gaming How did u know those??!?!

U15C 902 is my baby. Can't wait to see her return.

@Itz_Cyclone Gaming I think they are scrapped they cannot rebuild them since the parts are on a different trains for now

Not sure I get what you mean. The wire grills are quite see through and were meant for crew safety. Recent developments there mean that these may well be a thing of the past.

yes they special and in future no longer in service

On 2004 i rode it Me: wow this train is cool :) Kiha: ty News: kiha has restored now Me: NOoOO

They could theoretically build overhead, but there is no real income source. The government won't make the funds available and ticket revenue struggles to just keep the system going. It was just easier to loco haul them and place generators in one car of each set. However, plans to rebuild the system could see it all become a modern electrified railway in the near future. For this reason I have taken a lot of video of the main yard recently. A lot more is still to come.

Oh

BTW Greeting From Your Neighbour Indonesia

MARSHALL THE PUPPY Greeting from Sydney also.

Been debating one for some years, but still nothing has happened :-( I am hoping for the Panay Island one as well.

@@NeathSpadge 3:56 JR 203

@@juliusansoriansori4375 Cebu or Panay?

@@juliusansoriansori4375 oh, you mean on the video. Yes.

Jollibee hotdog with fries thanks.

Will take your word for it. I don't speak Tagalog.

Sorry mate, I have no idea what you are saying.

WTF!???

Why the swearing? Not everyone around the world speaks Tagalog, including down here in Australia. I don't understand what you are saying.

Sorry

@@NeathSpadge he said JR 203 PNR In japan to england but what he meant was the philipphines thank me later greetings from indonesia too

One still exists and has sat at Caloocan workshops since at least 2004. It had its cab totally rebuilt as it became structurally unstable. Was rebuilt before I got there in 1999.

@@NeathSpadge do you atleast had a photo or video of it? (It will be interesting to see it) BTW new subscriber

@@MaxedOutNiko it was before my time there. Though the surviving IC-888 is believed to have been one of them, but with the cab rebuilt. I think there is a shot of one of them on the Philippine Railway Historical Society blog. We recently had one on our Facebook page.

@@NeathSpadge Is it the one that has "Inspection car on it"

@@MaxedOutNiko Yes. Appearing at 2:55 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8WTm9Rjv87Iemg.html

Actually, all of the locomotives in the video are built by GE. I regularly compile this free Philippine locomotive guide. prhsociety.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/locomotive-update-v3.pdf

The bogies should be interchangeable. Unusual, because GE classified it as a U15C and the builders plate (now long gone) agreed.

I actually spent some years convincing GE researchers that the 906-915 were even U14Cs. They didn't believe such a series existed.

I would refer everyone to Reg Carter's book on the locomotives of the Philippines. He took all his records direct from builders lists. Well worth it should you be able to find a copy.

i said that to GM Magno that you have that builders plate of 902 tho...

I do not have that builders plate. Not sure where that came from. Mr Besmonte had it IIRC. He had a lot of them from the 900s.

Yes

And it has been repainted and overhauled.

@@Dash7101 yes it was painted to a nice orange color

Most of those appearing are. Also some South Korean

Sorry mate, no idea what that means

@@NeathSpadge he says that his last ride was back in 1993 when he went to batangas coming from naga (I think the line connects with batangas line and the south line via san pablo) back then PNR used to have a large compound now it only reaches up to tayuman only

@@NeathSpadge also for complete translation you can copy paste his comment by google translate

Yes

Pagewood Bus depot

Sorry mate, no idea what you are saying. Something about services in Albay I guess. But I don't speak Tagalog

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kahit matanda na yun tren hindi yan hihina na kaya na lang hilain ay 4 kaya maikli na dahil yun ang pina hatak ng pnr

Maya Maya sorry but I have no idea what you be saying.

Semi-Retired Foamer i was wonderin those carrieges will be painted white so that pnr could distinguish the dirt between the white color and they would wash the train lol

:-) I hope not. They went the white path before and it did not hold up to well. Looked good when new, but dark colours hide it better. :-)

Think that is what is on the side of that CMC

:-) Sure looks like it in sections.

Who farten? I didn't farten.

@@NeathSpadge he is speaking german

@@sidekicklemon9172 thank goodness. I thought he heard me farthen.

Sorry, I am not able to understand all that, so am not able to respond should it be a question.

When I am in or out of Australia?

Fair enough

@Itz_Cyclone Gaming hehe just a story of dmu

Que?

Que?

It means 914 is 40 years old

Things are changing.

If you say

I am sorry mate, have no idea what you are saying.

Not sure what it means. But the translator says 'How are you'. I am well, and hope you are also.

Not unless the overhead, or third rail; are invisible technology.

Sorry, but speak little Tagalog.

@Itz_Cyclone Gaming thanks mate. Guess there is not much to use it with now. Can't run by itself, and isn't really compatible with anything else :-( Be nice to see it preserved.

@Itz_Cyclone Gaming me also. But there appears no plans for either :-(

You obviously do not keep up with developments there. Brand new locos, rollingstock, DMUs, light rail vehicles and even railway lines. A lot of countries recieve a lot of second hand stock. Not sure why their country is a particular issue for you. Do some research and get back to me.

As for empty. Yet to see an empty train in service tgere.

@@NeathSpadge sorry man i do apologize for my words

@@NeathSpadge but you didn't know what i mean what i mean is theire damn trains is weird and unik unlike other countries brand new coach locos the just use the old one and i am not mad i just suprise

@@NeathSpadge indonesia use a lot a second hand stock KRL trains and i am from indonesia

vigilant hoodlum I am afraid I don't understand. I do not speak Tagalog.

vigilant hoodlum why not be paitent and stop speaking like bathering around

Ikaw tong syonga talaga ikaw pa makatira wagas sila gumawa nagdevelop ng prototype ng tren pero di sila tagapagpatuloy nagtatapos ang responsibilidad nila sa binigay sa kanilang pondo at tungkulin ng departamento nila. Eh kung walang pondo ibubuhos hanggang prototype lang.

Have no idea what any of that guff means sorry

You did what with a Jollibee meal?

@@NeathSpadge he says please Also like me on my videos

@@NoobDoomFX oh ok. I have never learnt much Tagalog sadly. Thanks for the help

Have liked a few of his videos

@@NeathSpadge no problem

Ronnie Morales Sorry mate, unable to understand.

Semi-Retired Foamer he means that everything we own, always break down to pieces

Thanks mate.

Matthew Alcoba Who? Not me.

James.

Gordon

Percy

Jollibee Hot Dog and a Coke thanks

No, we normally don't eat at McDonalds.

Though, in their defence, this is onlu the railway of my main interest. This railway is in the process of being replaced, while there are the modern elevated railways, and now a new subway being built. I don't cover much of that on KZfaq. Mostly just other media.

Then there are these railways in the provinces. Some absolutely beautiful locations. Comparing the yard here, which has been undergoing upgrades since this video, with other parts of the system, or other Filo systems, is sort of like having a bad burger at McDonalds and blaming all fast food chains :-) But I love the original national operator and all its history. I am actually sad to see to approaching modernisation :-(

@@NeathSpadge but most of Metro Manila and Commuter lines are grass infested/i dont see the wooden things

@@Samxd90 only the PNR line. LRT1 LRT2 MRT3 don't have any grass. Nor will the upcoming MRT7. Wooden things? Sleepers? If sleepers, even without grass you won't see them. The are all cement made :-)

inhabitat.com/europes-grass-lined-green-railways-good-urban-design/

What?

Even Google Translate appears confused: "The car was cleaned by the train and the car was stunned. Would you like to change the color of the road and make the train look alright..tsk tsk .."

Without electric rail? LRT1 LRT2 MRT3 MRT7 under construction. New lines north and south shall be electrified.

No response?

Andre Armanda are you clown? loool just search it! not your stupid brain.

@@Adrian-ri3cs Guess he must have Googled. To embarrassed to respond :-)

@@gwanakcendanai8193 fair enough.