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4 unusual facts about Philippine National Railways


Capture of Malolos

General Arthur MacArthur, Jr.'s division advanced to Malolos along the Manila–Dagupan Railway.

It was then decided that Malolos be approached via the Manila–Dagupan Railway.

José Alejandrino

Alejandrino and his friend, General Antonio Luna, suggested to Aguinaldo that they build a defensive line from Novaliches to Caloocan to delay the northward advance of American troops intent on capturing the railway.

Linda Ty Casper

She spent the World War II years with her grandmother while her father worked in the Philippine National Railways, and her mother in the Bureau of Public Schools.


Agdangan, Quezon

The Philippine National Railways established a permanent train station which also contributed to the migration of people to this place.

José Abad Santos

He was later appointed as the first Filipino corporate lawyer of the Philippine National Bank, Manila Railroad Company and other government corporations.


see also

Oscar Moreno

He started as a trial attorney at the Philippine National Railways and later became the corporate legal counsel of major financial institutions in the country such as the Far East Bank and Trust Company, Ayala Investment and Development Corporation, Ayala International Finance Ltd. (Hong Kong), Bank of the Philippines Islands, Citibank, Ayala Life Assurance, Inc. and FGU Insurance Corporation.