Manila’s ‘trolley boys’ dodge traffic and death

Risky trade: ‘Trolley boys’ standing with their home-made carts as they avoid a passing train in Manila.  — AFP

MANILA: As soon as the train rumbles past, the men heave their home-made pushcarts back onto the tracks and passengers hop aboard – cheating death and beating Manila’s notorious traffic.

Scores of commuters in the city of about 12 million are propelled to their destinations daily by so-called “trolley boys” pushing metal carts that ply a few segments of the sprawling capital’s railroads.