[5] To solve this issue as well as to increase the efficiency of the rail system, steam locomotives were ordered from Germany to pull the tram carriages.

[6] The first batch design was simple, with a small steam engine with an open cab resembling a generator set on wheels.

The cab was covered with sheet metal to protect the engineers against sunlight and rainfall to make it suitable for operations in the tropical climate of the Philippines.

[7] The second design of Manila and Dagupan was comparatively larger and heavier, resembling a proper tank locomotive for mainline services.

Manila was given to Hozugawa Live Steam Club upon the closure of the line sometime between 1988, when all rail services in Northern and Central Luzon have closed; and 1991, after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.