A poor picture of a car leaving the Malinta tunnel. The picture’s caption describes it as “Car 66 leaving Malinta tunnel between Monkey Point and Bottomside – 1934-36.” Note the single track. The currently restored portion of the main Malinta tunnel has two tracks, and suggests that the rail system was expanded from its original design. Cars 65 and 66 were two 14-bench bogie (8-wheel) cars delivered in 1927. These, plus a 35 foot motorised flat car, were the last pieces of railway equipment brought to the Island.
Ralph Forty. It will come as a surprise to many readers that some tramways of the United States have evaded documentation. One of the least known electric systems outside the continental United States was also the west-most tramway in the Philippines. On the small island of Corregidor at the entrance of Manila Bay was located a strategic defense post of the U.S. Forces, known as ‘Fort Mills’, or more commonly just “The Rock.”