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The "Earl Granville" was built in 1972/3 for the Sally Line group and entered service with Viking Line from Sweden. In 1980 she was chartered to Sealink for 10 years and was used principally from Portsmouth to the Channel Islands. A full history can be found here: www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/mv-earl-granville-past-a... She is seen here on 23 June 1984, just weeks before Sealink was privatised, with plain red funnel, departing St Helier, Jersey.
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
While it's not as involved of a costume as some, I figured I would share what I put together for my mannequin to wear this Halloween. Rain or sun, dark or sunglare, she's ready for anything with her Remarkable Oblivion goodies!
Best of luck to all of you who entered the contest!
RO - Rožaje
Already my second car from MNE this year. And the second time RO. Maybe this year it will run better with MNE - in 2018 it was still 2 (or 3?) in total.
Seen in Leipzig.
Visit to Konkan Railways is incomplete without a Ro-Ro :D !
Seen here is GOC WDG-4#12830 rushing towards Kolad with Ro-Ro!
62nd postcard received through postcrossing. 1st card from Romania.
From postcrossing user dulf
Received 4 Sep 2008
Brief comment: This makes me very happy every time I look at it. The items look so lovely and the food so delicious. :) This is a great card.
Came with these stamps: Stamp RO-2596