northern railways or what's left of it! Photo Gallery by boy yniguez at pbase.com

northern railways or what's left of it!

an ongoing documentation of life around the abandoned railroad tracks of the Philippine National Railways northern luzon line. as of 2006, the section from tutuban, manila up to malolos, bulacan has been cleared for rehabilitation of the railway line.

:: NORTHERN RAILWAYS: moncada, tarlac ::	:: NORTHERN RAILWAYS: damortis station ::	:: NORTHERN RAILWAYS: mabalacat, pampanga ::	:: NORTHERN RAILWAYS: bamban & capas, tarlac ::	barangay talaga, capas, tarlac	P1150894.JPG
smoking fish	sawdust for fuel	P1150890.JPG	yummy!	P1150882.JPG	smoked fish delivery
building a chapel for easter in dolores, capas, tarlac	DSC_2690.JPG	DSC_2695.JPG	DSC_2746.JPG	DSC_2754.JPG	fishball vendor
hungry customers	DSC_2740.JPG	pool game	DSC_2720.JPG	guiguinto, bulacan station	the other side
where the rails lay	the surrounding area has been cleared...	.... for the railway rehabilitation	factory workers, tikay, malolos, bulacan..	... on lunch break!	railway bridge
along mcarthur hiway, tikay, malolos, bulacan	kaniogan, malolos, bulacan crossing	capas, tarlac station	P1010007.jpg	P1010010.jpg	P1010014.jpg
P1010017.jpg	P1010018.jpg	P1010023.jpg	sto. domingo, capas, tarlac crossing	P1010034.jpg	P1010036.jpg
P1010042.jpg	P1010044.jpg	P1010045.jpg	P1010047.jpg	P1010053.jpg	P1010056.jpg
P1010063.jpg	bamboo craft	P1010072.jpg	dolores, capas, tarlac	P1010082.jpg	P1010084.jpg
P1010087.jpg	P1010091.jpg	vending string beans from tinang	camachile tree	P1010110.jpg	P1010120.jpg
P1010122.jpg	P1010125.jpg	P1010127.jpg	P1010129.jpg	P1010132.jpg	P1010134.jpg
P1010140.jpg	PICT6383.JPG	PICT6385.JPG	PICT6389.JPG	PICT6390.JPG	PICT6392.JPG
camachile vendor	PICT5942.JPG	paniqui, tarlac	houses sitting on the rails	bamban, tarlac station	old walls....
... and doors	rails buried by lahar	bamban railroad crossing	reverse angle	bird's eye view	mc arthur highway bridge...
... over railway, bamban, tarlac	capas, tarlac memorial to death march	capas train station	junkyard?	tarlac, tarlac station	the lobby...
... now for basketball	at the back	life goes on...	... fighting cocks and all.	kids too!	dolores, capas, tarlac
rails for benches	a happy lot	no train, so bikes	P1010166.JPG	P1010167.JPG	the rails are gone!
burot, moncada,tarlac	let us pray!	... to the swans!	thru banana plants, estrada,capas, tarlac	into a shed	felix, helen & susan
thru barbed wire...	... and concrete fence	over a barrio road, san isidro,capas	view from under	san isidro, capas, tarlac railway bridge demolished	P1120666.JPG
with shack straddling	and kids biking	smile!	roosters & yoyo	cocka...	... doddle...
... doo!	abandoned tracks, dolores, capas now gone	moo!	wazzup?	carabao mudhole	moncada,tarlac / dec 2003 bridge presently gone
dec 2005	apr 2006	dec 2006	fish trap	tamarind trees by the tracks...	... between the tracks
... on the tracks	till the end ofc the world!	... under the tracks	ouch!	... in again	in between...
... under once more	... whew!	... and all over!	embrace of the killer tamarind	ouch!	ouch! ouch!
flower garden, dolores, capas	banggerahan in the backyard	stell, katarina & tatay albert at the front door	stell sitting on rail	house on rails	rails over creek
and planks-for-bridge in between	detail of bridge	fishing for tilapia	nature attacks!	who stole the connecting rail?	rooster roost & a huge contraband diesel tank
moncada town crossing...	... mcarthur highway	into a petrol station	past a rice mill	thru a wall	into a rest room
thru a waiting shed...	... with a bench	past nipa hut	past hollow block wall	P1000799.JPG	P1000800.JPG
mabalacat, pampanga station	P1000810.JPG	P1000813.JPG	P1000816.JPG	P1000825.JPG	P1000830.JPG
P1000870.JPG	P1000833.JPG	P1000835.JPG	P1000840.JPG	P1000851.JPG	P1000852.JPG
P1000860.JPG	P1000866.JPG	P1000868.JPG	P1000872.JPG	bamban, tarlac	P1000891.JPG
P1000893.JPG	P1000896.JPG	P1000905.JPG	P1000906.JPG	P1000915.JPG	P1000916.JPG
P1000925.JPG	P1000936.JPG	moncada, tarlac	P1000960.JPG	P1000957.JPG

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Luko G.-R.		08-Jun-2010 11:30
Very interesting reportage shots for an unusual topic. v

Willie Sobritchea		03-Sep-2008 05:12
Great photo documentation!

nina		23-Aug-2008 22:26
excellent! keep it up! hope to meet you soon, such an inspiring person!

Dudy Tuchfeld		06-Mar-2008 19:23
Great shots

SergeArthur		03-Jul-2007 03:54
Nice work, beautiful pics with a lot of feelings

Conrado E. Dy-Liacco		26-Jan-2007 04:02
Very inspiring works! great gallery!

Guest		24-Oct-2006 03:14
really nice work! great compositions.

GdL		20-Apr-2006 10:17
Fantastic gallery. Keep posting!

Ray :)		08-Feb-2005 17:14
What a great idea! Fascinating stuff.

Paul Teixeira		20-Jan-2004 23:16
Great series with some real gems in it! Best regards, Paul Teixeira

Guest		17-Jan-2004 23:31
Interesting subject, very nice work.

auntienana		12-Nov-2003 17:41
Beautiful! i love this gallery!

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