Manila Railway 70 class

The Manila Railway 70 class of 1908 was a class of at least twenty-two 0-6-2 side and well-tank locomotives built by the North British Locomotive Company for the Manila Railway Company. The Manila Railway ordered them in 1906, but their construction and entry into service were delayed until 1908. They were meant to support the growing network, including the steeply graded Antipolo line, and to replace the aging Dagupan class, and they were designed to be faster and to carry heavier loads. They worked all the lines of the Manila Railway and its successor, the Manila Railroad, until larger American-built locomotives arrived in the 1920s, and then served as switchers into the 1930s. The class was retired by 1947, and the last unit, No. 79, remained with the Pampanga Sugar Development Company as late as 1989.