Cambodians get creative on rickety rail system

July 30, 2007 by admin 


Left with an extensive French colonial rail system but only a handful of trains which survived war in the 1970s Cambodians have adopted a DIY approach and built their own locomotives out of bamboo and farming equipment The government warns they are dangerous and has tried to ban them but with no alternative the system is flourishing A report from the village of Tbeng Khpos

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