Crossing the Guillemard Bridge in Kelantan, Malaysia

This clip shows Malaysia’s only sleeper train, the Ekspres Rakyat Timuran or Jungle Railway, crossing one of Malaysia’s oldest rail bridges. The Guillemard Bridge in the state of Kelantan was constructed between 1920 and 1924 and was inaugurated in 1925.

During the invasion of Malaya by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1941, British forces destroyed one section of the bridge to halt the invasion, which ultimately failed. It was only a few years after the end of the Second World War in 1948 and the liberation of Malaya that this bridge was restored.

Outside being one of the oldest, it’s also the longest railway bridge in Malaysia today. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx_UU5rZDSs