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Along Da Riles – Issue 8 (2019 20Th Anniversary) ALONG DA RILES ISSUE #9 JANUARY 2019 EDITOR: BRAD PEADON A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ‘PHILIPPINE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY’ PHILIPPINE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 20th ANNIVERSARY This special ninth issue of our former ‘Along Da Riles’ magazine has been put together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our group. ‘Along Da Riles’ started as a magazine back in 2009, at the me of the group’s tenth anniversary and was inially meant to aid in fundraising for a preservaon group. Following on from the demise of this preservaon effort, the publicaon connued on for a short me as both a hard copy magazine for rail industry people and contributors, but also an ezine for others. The final issue (#7) was published in 2011, while a special issue #8 was commenced in 2014 but never completed. While the publicaon was very popular, a lack of willing contributors, plus many other projects, made it hard to compile a regular publicaon. SEMI RETIRED FOAMER Four Decades of Transport Photography hp://[email protected] ———————————————————————— PRHS.Society @ gmail. com This issue is dedicated to my dear friend hps://prhsociety.wordpress.com/ Tony Bailey (Transit Australia Editor) Rest In Peace. Cover Photo: 918 has just arrived in Naga from Sipocot. It will soon head south to Ligao. Bicol Commuter Train 2010 Photo: Brad Peadon alcogoodwin.blogspot.com Mr Regulto (PNR) 2017 Photo: Ana Peadon James Mangun 2017 Photo: Ana Peadon PH Model Railroaders 2018 Photo: Brad Peadon Team PNR Naga 2010 Photo: Brad Peadon LRT1 HQ Visit 2011 Photo: Someone PHILIPPINE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY The First 20 Years! Two Decades. It is quite a long me to be doing anything. During one of two trips to the Philippines last year, it was brought to mind that we were approaching the 20th anniversary of the ‘Philippine Railway Historical Society’, a group I set up to cater for people, primarily outside of the Philippines, with an interest in the railways of the Philippines. It was also an avenue for me to learn more about a country that has since become my second home. The reason for aiming towards railfans outside of the Philippines is because I never really expected there to be a railfan hobby there. My asawa (wife) told me that I would never find anyone interested there and I had no reason not to believe her. Twenty years later, it would appear that this was one of the few mes she has been wrong. While our aim to grow interest in the hobby remains, the vast majority of our membership is Filipino, all with a great interest in railways. I am honoured to have made a number of good friends, and sll be a part of it all to this day. I am glad to be able to leave something behind when my train has finally le the staon. 1999 This was to be a year that would change my life-long interest in railways forever. At the me I was around 30 years old, my only experience of railways outside Australia being a vague memory of a steam train in Fiji when I was about five years old. At the me, I was fairly new to the internet and only had a blog site, along with a couple of Australian based Egroups (now Yahoogroups) forums. I really did not give much thought to railways overseas. As is normal for me prior to any trip, I aempted to seek out any informaon I could on the Philippines before that inial, somewhat short by current standards, one week trip. Sadly, the internet was somewhat devoid of any Philippine railway informaon, with my only real reference being the occasional reports that appeared in the ‘Connental Railway Journal’ magazine, published in the United Kingdom. Despite informaon being slim and no railfan hobby truly exisng there at the me, I did manage to get the contact details of one Jojo Mempin from that magazine. Jojo was a resident of Tondo, living quite near the line, and was o en hired by railfans vising the country. He had a knowledge of things railfans wished to see and would drive them around. I added to that knowledge, showing him the Caloocan Workshops. Strangely enough, I cannot remember how I come to know where to find the workshops prior to that trip, but I do remember having a vague idea of how to get to it from Samson Road. Despite a memory that it quite terrible at mes, I can sll remember that exact mo- ment I first come to experience PNR. While we were staying in Ermita, the wife’s family lived out near Fairview, so it was inevitable that we would need to travel out there to visit. So it was that on one of these trips we passed over the crossing at Espana for the first me. It caught me by surprise and no photo was possible, however, this staon become the focal point of many railfan days out in the years following. At the me, the line was full of squaer (informal selers if you prefer) shanes, had its original staon building and was actually a turn back point for trains from Caloocan. It was later that day that I would see the once common CMC type railcars here on one of the services, the only me I would see them sll in self-propelled use. Nearing the end of this trip, I was already receiving requests for arcles and photos, the interest in the country was already becoming apparent and, I have to admit, I also seemed to be bien by the bug. While at our farewell party in Quezon City, I conceived the idea of seng up the ‘Philippine Railways SIG’ website and forum. I was armed with so much I had witnessed on visits to Tayuman, Caloocan and Espana, so now it was me to see if any sort of hobby could be started. At the same me, I was overwhelmed with quesons that needed answering. I knew near nothing, but passed lines, opened and abandoned, on a number of trips we partook in. On returning to Australia I got started. With my wife telling me that I would never find anyone in the Philippines who is interested in trains, I decided that the group should aim mostly at people from around the world, as there was obviously some limited interest in other countries. History has shown that a railfan hobby would not only occur in the Philippines, but it would thrive. More of this later, however, it is with great honour that I am o en referred too as the ‘Father of the Philippine Railway Hobby’. To have brought that sort of enjoyment to so many, well it really is quite humbling. Research idenfied an earlier aempt to set up a group there, this lead by a foreigner who was living on one of the smaller islands. I tried to make contact by mail, but a er an extended amount of me my leer returned with a note that the person behind it had passed away. Early on, I was contacted by a Manila local who had seen my website and had a big interest in the railways of the Philippines. Surprisingly, this first contact was a Chinese/Filipina by the name of Winter Lain (unsure if that is a real name). Soon a er I would set up the PhilippineRailways Egroup (now Yahoogroups). In 2018 this forum sll survives and has a mammoth amount of historical content on it, however the advent of Facebook Groups has seen it diminish in importance, with our Facebook presence being huge in comparison. One of our earliest members was Graham Holt (United Kingdom) who had a remarkable knowledge of the topic and was working on a book. Sadly he passed away before the publicaon was finished, however I had the pleasure Ticket: David Phillips Collecon Vising PNR GM Junn Magno 2017 Photo: Ana Peadon of meeng him, and his lovely wife, while they were in Sydney. His wife told me that a friend was working towards finishing the book, however this has not appeared as of the me I write this. The group would gradually grow in the coming years, however I would not return to the Philippine unl 2004. 2003 On June 11th, 2003, we would have a new member join in William ‘Bill’ Sullivan, a fellow resident of Sydney (Newtown), who would soon become one of my closest friends. Bill had a true passion for the Philippines and its railways, his life equally divided between Sydney and Pagsanjan. A kind and generous man, he would go on to be the godfather of my lile girl shortly before his devastang passing in 2010. He alone would be a driving force in my love of the Philippine railways for many years, even today I think back to those mes when needing inspiraon to carry on. 2004 Finally I was to return to the Philippines and, once again, experience the ‘Philippine Naonal Railways’ (PNR). This was quite a depressing trip, the Caloocan line had closed to passengers and services south had reach an all-me low. It was the general consensus amongst staff that the railways will eventually close down. With this in mind I set about photographing everything. It was also at this me that rollingstock would become a big focus for me. Again, visits were made to Tayuman, Caloocan and a couple of other local staons. The group connued to grow in size, with numerous knowledgeable joining and sharing with everyone else. 2007 My third trip to the Philippines, and probably one of the most pivotal.
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