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." Awad said.
He began to tug the train after positioning himself and getting into his harness.
One of the engineers who works at the train station said incredibale strength and power were a must to pull this performance off.
''The difficulty is at the beginning with getting the carriages to move, this needs great strength, more than 100 horses,'' said Mohamad Youssef.
To watch the video, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP00VmKx_No.
