Bangkok – Japanese tank runs along Royal Palace December 1941

See more photos of Siam/Thailand, HERE:

http://teakdoor.com/famous-threads/39970-siam-thailand-bangkok-old-photo-thread.html

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Bangkok – WW-II bomb goes BOOM!, kills SEVEN!

Via: Coconuts Bangkok

When what seemed a 70-year-old bomb from World War II was dug up by a construction crew, it wasn’t taken for disarming and study. Instead, someone saw a lot of valuable American steel and took it to sell for scrap.

Apparently the bomb was not a dud, as seven people died yesterday when a worker at a Bang Khen district recycling yard cut into the 500-pound bomb with a welding torch.

Nearly 100 homes were damaged and 12 people injured by the blast on Soi Lat Plakalo 72, and now police are charging the yard operator with negligence, Thai PBS reported.

Nothing was said of who made the decision to sell the enormous, antique explosive. (Oh, this will be good!)

http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/04/03/world-war-ii-bomb-buried-70-years-kills-7-when-scrap-worker-cuts-it-torch

 

1943 – Chiang Mai railway station BEFORE Allied bombing

Via: TeakDoor

See more vintage photos of Siam/Thailand, HERE:

http://teakdoor.com/famous-threads/39970-siam-thailand-bangkok-old-photo-thread.html

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related post:

“Chiang Mai – The Youngest Operative: A Tale of Initiative Behind Enemy Lines During WW II”

https://seattle99.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/chiang-mai-the-youngest-operative-a-tale-of-initiative-behind-enemy-lines-during-ww-ii/

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Chiang Mai – Death Railway train re-discovered

Via: Chiang Mai Mail

An antique Japanese train that was used on the infamous Death Railway in Kanchanaburi and made its way to Chiang Mai only to disappear from train enthusiasts’ radar 20 years ago was found 25 kilometers south west of Chiang Mai on Highway 1269 by Phil Gibbins of Rider’s Corner sitting under a small roofed in area with four carriages nearby.

A quick contact with some Thailand based train enthusiasts yields the results that this 1936 Kawasaki steam engine was shipped over to Thailand by the Japanese for use during World War II, ferrying troops and munitions to Burma.

These steam engines were quite durable and in use until the 1980’s. Two locomotives remain in Kanchanaburi and are pulled out for operation during River Kwai Festival in December. This particular engine was renamed the 744 after the Japanese left Thailand and was used for a further 25 years by the State Railway of Thailand.

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Read more, HERE:

http://chiangmai-mail.com/current/news.shtml#hd3

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