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Thailand–Burma Railway Centre

Coordinates: 14°01′56″N 99°31′29″E / 14.0323°N 99.5248°E / 14.0323; 99.5248
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Thailand–Burma Railway Centre
พิพิธภัณฑ์ทางรถไฟไทย-พม่า
Thailand-Burma Railway Centre from Jaokannun Road
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Coordinates14°01′56″N 99°31′29″E / 14.0323°N 99.5248°E / 14.0323; 99.5248
FounderRod Beattie
Websitewww.tbrconline.com

The Thailand–Burma Railway Centre (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์ทางรถไฟไทย-พม่า) is a museum and research centre in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. It is privately funded and ran by Rod Beattie,[1] an Australian who is an expert in the history of the Thailand–Burma Railway.[2] The centre is located to the west of the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery,[3] and is housed in the former headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army which was constructed by prisoners of war and Asian forced labourers.[4]

History

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Rod Beattie is the museum's curator and is originally from Queensland, Australia, but has spent at least a decade living in Kanchanburi and uncovering abandoned sections of the railway.[5]

Layout

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At the start of the museum is the introduction area located under a mockup of a wooden bridge constructed with the same techniques that were used to creat bridges on the Burma railway. The area describes the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia and the transportation of POWs to Burma and Thailand. The end of the area is a mockup of a boxcar used to transport POWs. Through the boxcar is the area that describes the planning, construction and logistics of building the railway and contains relics of tools used to build the railway recovered from the late 1990s. Subsequent sections of the museum describes the geography, living conditions, deaths and the end of the railway.[6]

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  • Mosaic in the cafe
    Mosaic in the cafe
  • Medical scene
    Medical scene
  • Humanitas mosaic
    Humanitas mosaic
  • Boxcar with POWs
    Boxcar with POWs

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "'The Railway Man: Australian Keeps Legacy of Thailand's 'Death Railway' Alive, Helping Relatives of POWs Gain Closure". South China Morning Post. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Stranger In the House: Women's Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War by Julie Summers". Simon & Schuster UK LTD. 2008. ISBN 9781416526841. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Thailand-Burma Railway Centre". Children, families and friends of POWs. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ "THE THAILAND-BURMA RAILWAY CENTRE". TBRC Online. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ "TBRC Online: RESEARCH WORK". www.tbrconline.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  6. ^ "TBRC Online: CENTRE FACILITIES". www.tbrconline.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
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