Trestle Bridge

Hintok, Thailand. 19 October 1945. A diesel rail car on the southern end of the curved trestle bridge which was located approximately one kilometer south of the Hintok station. A member of the Military History Section Field Team can be seen in the rail car which they used to traverse the Burma-Thailand railway. This trestle bridge was one of six between Konyu cutting (Hellfire Pass) and Hintok station. The embankment which was linked to the bridge can be seen in the bottom right hand corner of the photograph. Because of its height, it was known as the seven meter embankment. The primitive, but temporarily effective, bridge construction is well demonstrated. The timber was cut from the adjacent jungle by prisoners of war (POWs) and carried to the site. The poles and rails were held together by metal spikes, nails, bolts and wire. The only sawn timber used was for the platform to take the railway track and sleepers. The site of this bridge was approximately 154 kilometers north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 260 kilometers south of Thanbyuzayat.

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