made famous by the Hollywood treatment of the story in The Bridge on the River Kwai. The real story of what came to be known as the Burma Death Railway is far grislier than any movie could make ...

The project, later called the "death railway," became infamous for its brutal ... made famous by the 1957 Oscar-winning film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," has shown little interest in expanding ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 23 -- The west span of the "Big Four" railroad bridge across the Wabash River in this city gave way this afternoon just as east-bound Freight Train No. 96 was crossing ...

The Death Railway line from Ban Pong in Siam (Thailand) to Ye in Burma (Myanmar) was built over 76 years ago by Prisoners of War (PoW) and slave labourers. Besides the Tamils, Chinese and Malays ...

NAMAKKAL: A 38-year-old man, who was reported missing, was found dead on Wednesday near Amaravathi Bridge in Karur district after his wife and children were fou ...

Amy Hamilton said she wanted Network Rail to complete its gridding - a type of protective mesh - underneath the railway bridge at Shenfield in Essex. The 39-year-old said her fellow campaigners ...