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NSU Ro 80 in Bonn, Germany.
NSU Ro 80 (1967-1977)
2x 0.497 litre Wankel engine
115 PS at 5500 rpm
Kerb weight: 1280 kg
Vmax: 180 km/h
CSX's northbound Juice Train passes through RO Interlocking at Arlington, VA. RO was the north end of RF&P owned trackage and the southern end of PRR owned trackage in the Washington DC area. By the time of this photo, it was the dividing point between CSX and Conrail, and as of 2024, it's all just CSX. Immediately ahead of the train is the Long Bridge across the Potomac River, the railroad's entrance into Washington, DC. The office buildings of Crystal City provide the backdrop.
Same as www.flickr.com/photos/sigurdruschkowski/9698834445/ but now with adjustments made by Ronny O. He has removed some stuff, lightened up the flower´s centr, and added some more light on the flower. All made on the JPG in the link. Great work, RO! and tahnks for your work!
Model: Adrian Ro
Assistant: Victor Romera
Strobist: Elinchrom Quadra with 70cm beauty dish camera left.
RORO means Roll On Roll Off, where loaded trucks are directly carried by railway wagons to their destination. Konkan railways passes through tough terrains of India. There is NH-17 passing through same route. Truck drivers find it extremely difficult to drive loaded trucks through ghats, undulating surfaces, narrow roads and poor road & weather conditions. The KRC came with concept of RORO, where loaded trucks are moved on wagons and are travelled by train. This has helped in saving of fuels, decrease in wear and tear of lorries(trucks), relief to drivers of driving in extreme conditions, can reach faster to destination. This also helps in decongestion of roads and lowering of pollution. This concept has been beneficial for both truck operators and KRC.
source - www.wikipedia.org
Konkan Railway pioneered the 'roll-on, roll-off' ('RORO' or 'RO-RO') concept in India on its route between Mumbai (Kolad) and Goa (Verna). In this service, trucks belonging to commercial private trucking companies loaded with their goods drive on to a rake of flat cars and are carried (trucks and their cargo, and their drivers!) by train to the destination where they simply drive off the train; this obviously eliminates a lot of time lost in intermodal transshipment. Loading and unloading at either end can be as short as 10-15 minutes. The RORO rake normally achieves speeds of about 75km/h. The Kolad-Verna stretch takes about 10 hours with RORO while it can be a full day's driving or more if the trucks take the road instead. The trucks are restricted to 25 tonnes for 2-axle trucks and 40 tonnes for 4-axle trucks. RORO service is also available now until Mangalore (Surathkal) on the KR route. Recently [7/04] it was proposed that KR get monopoly rights to operate such RORO services on the rest of the IR network. Mumbai-Ahmedabad and Mumbai-Kochi are said to be among the routes being considered for this.
source - www.irfca.org
Here you can see a South bound RO RO led by KYN WDM-2 17608 passing over the Asurde Viaduct in KR