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The train from the provincial capital Battambang to Phnom Penh is a skeleton of its former self, a shambling relic to the locomotive network operated prior to the country's demise under the Khmer Rouge. Bracing themselves on collapsed wooden benches, strung up in hammocks, or clinging to gaping holes in the rooftop, the passengers endure the hours of shunting and lurching, turning the train into a mobile village. Local traders board along the route to ply produce, grilled meat or bugs to...
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  • Riding the rails.
  • A family next to the train tracks. Living along the tracks presents less of a hazard than living roadside- trains are likely to pass only once a day. The passenger train no longer travels to Sisaphon.
  • Dawn at Battambang train station.
  • Buddhist monks and soldiers aboard the Phnom Penh-bound train.
  • Child vendors sell drinks and fruit to passengers aboard the train stopped at a station on the route to Phnom Penh.
  • Children aboard the Phnom Penh-bound train buy drinks whilst stopped at the Pursat station.
  • Police armed with AK47s ride with passengers in the goods car to guard against bandits attacking the train.
  • Out of town, guards throw off firewood loaded aboard the train without having duty paid..
  • Passengers and guards travelling in the goods carriage of the train pass time playing cards en route to Phnom Penh.
  • Passengers and guards travelling in the goods carriage of the train pass time playing cards en route to Phnom Penh.
  • A mother cradles her child in her arms aboard the Phnom Penh-bound train.
  • A mother cradles her child in her arms aboard the Phnom Penh-bound train.
  • Passengers try to take cover from rain that enters through open windows and gaping holes in the rooftop of the aged train en route to Phnom Penh.
  • Passengers travel on a train to Phnom Penh.
  • A girl sells fried insects as a snack to passengers making the long journey by train to Phnom Penh.
  • Passengers hurry to board the departing train to Phnom Penh.
  • Passengers board the train and stow goods at Pochentong railway station.
  • Boys climb atop the train hoping to avoid the 50 US cent fee for riding 270km from Battambang to Phnom Penh.
  • A boy climbs atop the train hoping to avoid the 50 US cent fee for riding 270km from Battambang to Phnom Penh.
  • A young man rides between the goods cars to avoid paying the meagre train fare to Phnom Penh.
  • A boy vaults the gap between carriage roofs of the train in motion to Phnom Penh.
  • A former soldier and a monk aboard the Phnom Penh-bound train. The soldier hopes to receive HIV treatment.
  • A woman bundles together groceries to sell to travellers on the train bound for Phnom Penh.
  • Train engines pass on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Russian diesel engines have been used on the Cambodian railways since 1979.
  • Bearings are greased as a final maintenance prior to departure from the Phnom Penh railway station.
  • The train driver's console. Russian diesel engines have been used on the Cambodian railways since 1979.
  • Bearings are greased as a final maintenance prior to departure from the Phnom Penh railway station.