Capas Railroad Station, Death March Landmark

#01. The Capas Philippine National Railroad (PNR) Station before WWII, captured from the Internet.

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The Capas Railroad Station was a landmark in the WWII Death March.

From Wikipedia:

Upon arrival at the San Fernando railhead, prisoners were stuffed into sweltering; brutally hot metal box cars for the one-hour trip to Capas, in 43 °C (110 °F) heat. At least 100 prisoners were pushed into each of the unventilated boxcars. The trains had no sanitation facilities, and disease continued to take a heavy toll on the prisoners. According to Staff Sergeant Alf Larson:

The train consisted of six or seven World War I-era boxcars. … They packed us in the cars like sardines, so tight you couldn’t sit down. Then they shut the door. If you passed out, you couldn’t fall down. If someone had to go to the toilet, you went right there where you were. It was close to summer and the weather was hot and humid, hotter than Billy Blazes! We were on the train from early morning to late afternoon without getting out. People died in the railroad cars.

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At the Corregidor Forum we have presented the Capas Railroad Station for some time now, and we present more information here.

Forum Death March Markers page 13 & 14, click here:

Or:

At my Photobucket album, click here:

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#02 picture is the Death March Marker/Monument at the Capas Railroad Station, this is 2008 picture.

#03 picture is the Death March Marker/Monument Plaque, zoomed in, at the Capas Railroad Station, this is 2008 picture.

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Capas Railroad Station at 2025-04-10

We participated in the ceremonies of “Tribute to all Filipino Heroes” at the Capas National Shrine and decided to have another look at the Capas Railroad Station.

It seems a renovation project is in progress, and we took these pictures.

#04 picture is the Death March Boxcar at Capas National Shrine. Filipino Amer5ican Memorial Endowment, Inc. (FAME) has a page for this boxcar, click here:

#05 picture shows renovations in progress at the Death March Marker/Monument at the Capas Railroad Station.

#06 picture shows renovations in progress at the Death March Marker/Monument at the Capas Railroad Station. Notice the 2 information signs, the Death March Marker #106 (it will be reported on in a separate presentation. The green building in back is the Barangay Hall of Santo Domingo, Capas Municipality.