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Manila Railway Dagupan class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1888· railway Class
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. PNR17-Dagupan: Innapoy· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Manila Dagupan Railway Borrecon: J. Stuart· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Manila Railway Dagupan class comprised thirty side tank locomotives. 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. One of these locomotives, No.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 138 years ago, in 1888.
- Served for 71 years (1892–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1888
- in service from
- 1892
- retired
- 1963
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company, Dübs and Company
- designer
- Horace L. Higgins
- operators
- Manila Railroad Company, Franklin Baker Company
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2T (Neilson A)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104817455, Wikipedia: Manila Railway Dagupan class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.