The Original Bamboo Train, Battambang, Cambodia


Norry motorcycle or tractor engines provide speed up to 30 mph.


The warped and bumpy tracks provide a rocking, reeling, rolling ride.


At the end of the line at O’Sralau village the vehicle is lifted and turned.	The norry is a small wooden-framed deck on top of two axles from tanks and military vehicles damaged during the civil war.


	O’Sralau village is the return point.

VIDEOS
Antonio and Carlina de la Cova ride the original Battambang Bamboo Train in Cambodia (June 5, 2017)
End of the line for Cambodia's homegrown 'Bamboo Train' (AFP News Agency, Aug. 31, 2017)
The new Battambang Bamboo Train (Battambang Post, March 20, 2018)

ARTICLES
Catching the Bamboo Train, Smithsonian Magazine, January 2011
The end of the famous Bamboo Train? BBC, January 16, 2016
‘Bamboo train’ back on tracks in Battambang, The Phnom Penh Post, Jan. 2, 2018
Cambodia's bamboo train back on track, The Straits Times, Jan. 2, 2018
Famous Bamboo Railway Restarts Operations in Battambang VOA Cambodia, Jan. 9, 2018


A norry is an improvised rail vehicle in Cambodia.	No two norrys are alike because of their ramshackle construction.


The $5 round-trip ride starts at O’Dambang village.	Engines power the carts with a rubber belt around the back axle.


	The Bamboo Train is an 8.5 mile scrap of track outside Battambang.