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The long-distance passenger train services of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) were still earning enough revenues for the railroad company in the late 1960s. However, the peak of PNR's train operations with respect to long-distance passenger services was in the 1970s, following the effectivity of Republic Act No. 6366 (1971), which infused fresh capital into the state-owned railway through a debt-for-equity conversion scheme. The then administration of President Ferdinand Marcos further improved the financial standing of the railway with the enactment of Presidential Decree No. 741, which amended the original PNR Charter (Republic Act No. 4156), by authorizing the railroad concern to enter into domestic and foreign loan arrangements. As a result of these changes, the number and quality of passenger trains on both Main Line North and Main Line South improved. In Main Line North, there were five sets of trains running daily, the "Ilocos Express," (Train 20), which departed Tutuban at 6:00 a.m. to arrive at San Fernando, La Union, six hours later; the all "Economy-class" Passenger Train 10,which departed at 9:00 a.m. and took eight hours to reach the "Amianan Day Express," (Train 74) which left Manila at 11:00 a.m. and likewise took six hours to reach San Fernando, the "Ilocos Special" (Train 26), which had an all "De Luxe" and "Tourist" consist and left Manila at 2:40 p.m. and averaged five hours to reach San Fernando and the "Amianan Night Express," (Train 72), which departed Manila at 11:00 p.m.and arrived in San Fernando at 4:20 a.m. of the following day. In Main Line South, the PNR operated eight sets of trains: the "Bicol Day Express" (Train 511) which left Manila at 5:30 a.m.and arrived at Legaspi at 8:00 p.m., the "Isarog Day Express" (Train 521), which left Manila at 10:00 a.m. with a scheduled 6:00p.m. arrival in Naga City; the "Mayon Limited" (Train 517) which departed Tutuban at 3:30 p.m. for a 4:00 a.m. arrival in Legaspi on the following day; the all- "De Luxe" and "Tourist" class "Mayon Limited Special" (Train 577), which departed Manila at 6:30 p.m. for a 12-hour run to Legaspi; the "Isarog Night Express" (Train 519), which was scheduled to leave Manila at 8:40 p.m. and arrive in Naga at 5:00 a.m. of the following day; and the "Bicol Night Express" (Train 531), which was the last south-bound train for the day, leaving Manila at 9:10 p.m. and arriving at Legaspi at 10:20 a.m. of the following day. In addition to these named trains, there were two ordinary trains plying the Lucena-Naga route. These were Train 531 which left Lucena at 5:00 a.m. and Train 533, which departed Lucena at 2:00 p.m. Both took an average of six hours to run to Naga. (SOURCE: PNR PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES, 1974.In its peak year of operations in 1977, the PNR was running 12,000 passenger trains in one year.(SOURCE: PNR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, 1977 REPORT).