Comments on: Dinosaurs Once Roam This Land

By: Glady

Glady — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:53:19 +0000

I agree, I hope somebody or perhaps an organization will save these steam locomotives and put up a sugar museum.

By: John Orford

John Orford — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:39:19 +0000

Sad to see that none of the super-rich here are sufficiently patriotic to restore these beautiful pieces of Filipino history. Steam locomotives of all sizes are alive, running and in perfect condition in England, having been thrown onto the scrap heap by British Rail when diesel took over. We could do the same.

By: raymond llorca

raymond llorca — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:58:23 +0000

Dear Glady,
Thank you for your historical info on those old trains. I am especially interested in the background of the sugar industry on Negros, especially as it operated in the Bacolod-Murcia area in the late 19th century. It’s a personal and an objective interest both. I’m looking into my grandfather’s activities in the late 19th when he came to Negros as an “engineer” with the industry and seemed to have concentrated on the trains and other machinery there. Named Gregorio Llorca, he came to Negros in the 1890′s from Manila, possibly in connection with the sugar aspect of business of the Compania General de Tabacos. He married someone from Murcia on Negros and we are his descendants, all born in Bacolod City from one of his two sons.

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By: Nature's Village Resort: A Hideaway Close To Nature | Explore. Discover. Experience Negros!

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:31:39 +0000

[...] There were chandeliers made from glass ocean buoys once used as net markers by fishermen in the province. There were also pottery jars from Tangub, lusong from Sipalay, coconut graters and stone grinders Railroad ties fashioned into other furniture items is a sad reminder of the once heyday of the Iron Dinosaurs. [...]

By: Glady

Glady — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:33:17 +0000

@Butz – It can be a good tourist attraction. Hopefully somebody in power can make this a reality.

By: butz

butz — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:22:19 +0000

i hope some money eyed negrosanon will envisioned to put up a train museum with refurbished steam engines, steam boilers and turbines and other steam equipment as an added attraction to the museum. bacolod murcia milling company can be used as a museum to display this negros heritage they have the facilities and the equipment for display.

cheers
butz

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:54:05 +0000

wow…reminiscing my younger years in Pampanga. I was born in a barrio surrounded by sugar canes and we used to climb (and ride) those Iron Dinosaurs

By: Glady

Glady — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:11:05 +0000

Hahaha! Oo nga Mommy no? Showing na pala Ice Age 3. Pang iron age itong mga iron dinosaurs.

By: Pinay Mommy

Pinay Mommy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:30:41 +0000

I was thinking that I will be reading about actual dinosaurs in time for Ice Age 3. Hehehehe…