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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.
This began with an order for 2 Manila Railway Manila class locomotives in 1886 from English manufacturer Hunslet Engine Company. These were later named Manila and Dagupan after the line's two planned termini. [4] Between 1888 and 1890, thirty Manila Railway Dagupan class locomotives were ordered from Neilson and Company and Dübs and Company. [5]
The Manila Railroad Company (MRR) was a Filipino state-owned enterprise responsible for the management and operation of rail transport in the island of Luzon.It was originally established by an Englishman named Edmund Sykes [f] as the private Manila Railway Co., Ltd. on June 1, 1887.
Tutuban station (also known as Manila station or Divisoria station) is the central railway terminus of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) network located in the city of Manila, Philippines. The name refers to two stations: the original Tutuban station, which today forms part of Tutuban Center , and the PNR Executive Building, which houses ...
In the early years of its operation, Ferrocarril de Manila a Dagupan (now the North Main Line) of the Manila Railway Company was solely operated by tank locomotives that used wood fuel instead of coal. Horace L. Higgins, a British engineer who was the head of the Manila Railway at the time, ordered the modernization of its entire fleet. This ...
The 37 class follows the numbering of the Manila Railway Dagupan class, which were the first locomotives built for mainline service in Central Luzon and the Ilocos Region. They were built by two Glasgow-based manufacturers. These tank locomotives were numbered from 1 to 30, with no. 17 Urdaneta surviving to the present day.
Three of these locomotives were built as light-duty switchers for the Manila Tranvia system while two more were built for the Ferrocarril de Manila a Dagupan inter-city rail services in the 1890s. [2] Manila, the fourth and flagship locomotive of the class, was sold to Bamban Sugar Central in 1927. The company was reorganized into the Central ...
Dagupan station was opened on November 24, 1892 as the northern terminus of the Manila–Dagupan Ferrocarril Line of the Manila Railroad Company. The line later became the PNR North Main Line. A new station building was built, when it became an intermediate station as the line was extended north to La Union.