Man Dragging Locomotive Makes it into Guinness World Records

Chinese man Zhang Xingquan pulled a locomotive through ropes hooked around a bowl attached to his abdomen on a rail track on August 3, 2007 in Dehui of Jilin Province, China. Dong set a Guinness World Record by dragging the locomotive which weighs 36 tons for 39 meters (about 128 feet) in one minute and 16 seconds. 40 year old Zhang said he dragged the locomotive through the help of Qigong, a system of deep breathing exercises.