Norry (or nori) is a simple type of rail vehicle created by people to move between areas near the tracks.

Located in the northwestern provincial capital of Battambang, the bamboo train began after the Khmer Rouge left Cambodia in tatters.  With the railroad mostly broken and abandoned, villagers took tank and truck parts leftover from the war and cut them to fit the railroad.  They then placed a bamboo platform on top – held in place only by gravity – and added a small motor to the back, often taken from small cars, motos, or boats.  The result was the bamboo train – a small railroad cart capable of traveling up to 40km per hour down the warped and bumpy tracks, which can be taken apart and reassembled in under two minutes.

As these railroad cars operate on a single-track railway line, whenever another one approaches from the opposite direction, passengers of either nori have to disembark and help the driver dismantle and lift the trolley off the tracks to enable the other to pass.

Today, norry is mainly used for tourism. You can choose to take the spontaneous bamboo train of the people or the bamboo train operated by the government (however, the government bamboo train is very far from Battambang city). For US$5 – US$10 per person and you can enjoy the Cambodian sunshine, beautiful atmosphere and unforgettable thrill of the journey!

According to Wikipedia, airasia.com and bambootrain.com