Saturday, June 23, 2007

ANG PAMPANGULONG KOTSE NG TREN

IPINAGAWA NG MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY (NGAYON AY PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS) PARA SA PUNONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG BANSA SA METROPOLITAN WAGON AND FINANCE CO., LTD. SA BIRMINGHAM, INGLATERA, NOONG 1913. GINAMIT NA SASAKYAN NG PANGULONG MANUEL L. QUEZON NANG MAKIPAGTALAKAYAN SA MGA PINUNO NG PAMAHALAAN TUNGKOL SA MGA ISYUNG PAMBANSA BAGO MAG-IKALAWANG DIGMAANG PANDAIGDIG AT NG SUMUNOD NA MGA PANGULO NANG OPISYAL NA DUMALAW SA MGA LALAWIGAN SA HILAGA AT TIMOG LUZON; GAYUNDIN NG ILANG MATATAAS NA PINUNO NG IBANG BANSA TULAD NINA PRINSIPE AKIHITO AT PRINSESA MICHICO NG HAPON, HARING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ AT REYNA SIRIKIT NG THAILAND AT HEN. AT GNG. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. HULING SUMAKAY ANG PANGULONG CARLOS P. GARCIA NANG PASINAYAAN ANG BAYAN NG LUCENA BILANG LUNGSOD NOONG 1961.


Site: PNR Tutuban Terminal
Tondo, Manila
Date Installed: July 31, 1984
Installed by: National Historical Institute

MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY

PREPARATION OF A GENERAL PLAN FOR RAILROAD ON LUZON AUTHORIZED BY ROYAL DECREE JUNE 26, 1875. ROYAL APPROVAL OF DON EDUARDO LOPEZ NAVARRO’S PLANS MAY 11, 1883. CONCESSION FOR THE MANILA-DAGUPAN LINE AWARDED TO DONE EDMUNDO SYKIES, JANUARY 21, 1887, AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, LTD. OF LONDON. CORNERSTONE OF THE MAIN STATION BUILDING AT TUTUBAN LAID JULY 31, 1887. ENTIRE MANILA-DAGUPAN LINE, 196 KILOMETERS LONG, COMPLETED AND SERVICE INAUGURATED NOVEMBER 24, 1892.

Site: PNR Terminal Site
Claro M. Recto Ave., Tondo, Manila
Date Installed: 1934
Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee