Saturday 22 October 2011

Strongman pulls '100 tonne' train



A strongman in Syria pulls a train packed with passengers, that weighs over 100 tonnes thanks to an incline, using nothing but muscle power.

Crowds gathered at Kadam train station near the Syrian capital Damascus to watch Adnan Ismail al-Awad put his strength to the test.

The onlookers came to watch him pull a train which he claimed weighed over 100 tonnes.

Its length is 20 meters and it weighs 2.5 tonnes. But when we pull something on an incline it becomes heavier. So it becomes more than 100 tonnes.

After getting into his harness, and positioning himself over the tracks, he began to tug the train. The wheels moved, and Awad managed to pull it along the rusty line.

One of the engineers who works at the train station said the stunt needed incredible power.


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