The Railway Man
About Hellfire Pass
The cutting know as Hellfire Pass is the longest and one of
the deepest along the entire length of
the railway. It was also notorious as one of the worst places of worst places
of suffering on the Burma-Thailand railway.
The cutting was planned by Japanese engineers and was to be cut
using manual labour. In face ,there were
two main cuttings at Konyu – a shorter one of 73 metres length and about 25 metres deep and a longer cutting about 450 metres long and 8 metres deep.
The cutting here was know by several names ,originally
Konyu
Cutting and then later variously
'Hammer
and Tap' because of the constant sound of 'hammer and tap' crews drilling holes
for explosives and the now better known
Hellfire Pass ,so named after the
prisoners of war were kept working long into the night by the lights of fires
and torches. (Reference : Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum )
Go to Destination
Location : Saiyoke ,Kanchanaburi ,Thailand
Hour of Operation (Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum)
09.00 am - 4.00 pm daily.
Arrival : Hellfire Pass
( Date taken : August 1,2015 )
Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum.
Mini theater
Clothing
Radio
Letter
Walk to Hellfire Pass.
This is one place you should not miss to visit ,enjoy.
National Aviation Museum of the Royal Thai Air Force
