The Bamboo Train

If you’ve ever been to Cedar Point, Indiana Beach, or any other amusement park with wooden roller coasters you have had a similar experience to riding on the Bamboo train in Cambodia. The Bamboo train is a platform made of bamboo, a small engine, and two barbell axles that make for a fun trip down an old railway. An interesting note… there are multiple bamboo trains on one set of tracks. When another Bamboo train is heading in the opposite direction of the one you’re riding, you simply both stop. One of the bamboo trains is lifted off the tracks, and the other one goes hurling down the track. Bamboo trains are light weight but can carry up to 3 tons!

Enjoy this video.

-Alan