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The Manila Railway 70 class of 1908 was a class of at least twenty-two 0-6-2 side and well-tank locomotives built by the North British Locomotive Company. These locomotives were first put into service on a mainline during the late 1900s and early 1910s by the Manila Railway Company .
The Luna Sharpshooters, also known as the "Marksmen of Death" (Spanish: Tiradores de la Muerte), was an elite unit formed by General Antonio Luna to serve under the Philippine Revolutionary Army. They became famous for fighting fiercer than the regular Filipino army soldiers.
The company then assembled its twenty-first 45 class locomotive in 1932. No. 65 was made from parts belonging to the other 20 units. In 1949, parts of 2-8-2 Mikado-type locomotives were acquired from the War Assets Administration and became the two 630 class units, the only locomotives assembled by the Caloocan Workshops. [66]
The Light Reaction Regiment (still a Battalion at the time) consisted of battle tested soldiers recruited from the Army's elite fighting units, the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment and the Special Forces. The unit was undermanned throughout the operation, only being at 40% authorized manpower and had to be augmented by 45 SEALs from the navy's Naval ...
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The Manila Railway Dagupan class comprised thirty side tank locomotives. [2] They were built for the Manila Railway Company between 1888 and 1890, and were the first true mainline locomotives in service of the Ferrocarril de Manila a Dagupan inter-city rail line, succeeding two of five Manila -class light-duty locomotives.
During the time of transfer of ownership from the British to the American government in 1916, Manila was the only known locomotive of the class to have survived. It remained in service with the new Manila Railroad until 1927, when it was transferred to the newly formed Central Azucarrera de Tarlac .
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