© irene waters 2014
(9 photos) Where ever there is industrialisation there is transportation. For the past 200 years Germany’s economy has been predominantly held up by its level of manufacture. A rail system was quickly developed as was The Ruhr and it initially the supplier of many of the raw materials required for the building of the train line and other materials required for industry. Now the Ruhr’s production of coal and steel has declined and these raw materials are now imported. The “made in Germany” trademark is known world-wide for its excellence. Such as Mercedes. Much of the specialised intensive care equipment that I uses was “made in Germany” and considered state of the art.
© irene waters 2014
Transportation is therefore a must. Raw materials need to be bought in and the finished goods need to be taken to market. In Germany there are three major modes of cargo transportation and if you have ever travelled the Autobahns on a Friday you will know just how many huge trucks are on the move. Barge is a major way of moving goods.
© irene waters 2014
Travelling the scenic route along the Nekar and Rhine Rivers the barges, loaded with their containers.
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
Having to pass through locks along the way.
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
Road transport is also vast. The reason Friday let you see just how many trucks are on the German motorways is because from midnight Friday to midnight Sunday no trucks are prohibited on the roads. On Friday all the trucks are trying to get to their destinations, home or out of Germany by the clock’s strike of 12. As an Australian country girl I found it daunting being surrounded on three lanes by huge trucks whilst on the outer lane the cars were just moving so quickly it was next to impossible to make the move out, into it and then you had to move. There was just nowhere to go. Why I didn’t take a photo I don’t know. I take everything else but with a lack of factories in my photo albums trucks and signs of industrialisation probably just don’t appeal.
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
This truck from industrialised Australia.
In response to Cee’s fun foto prompt industrial
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
The locks always intrigued me, just the mechanics of it alone! so cool to watch 🙂
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Yes they are fascinating to watch. I’ve only been on one boat that has gone through a lock and that was really interesting. I took lots of photos of the lock wall as you could see the changing water levels.
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Great photos, Irene. Would love to travel on those barges!
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I’d love to do a boat trip up the Rhine. I don’t know whether they do them on barge type boats. The cruises are all the rage here and everybody that does one comes back raving about how good they are.
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Wonderful photos for this week Irene. Thanks for playing along. Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year Cee. Looking forward to 2015. Already thinking of all my favourite things.
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Great photos. I do know what it is like to travel on the Autobahns with no speed limit. It is rather scary. Happy New Year. 😀
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Happy New Year Raewyn. The scariest for me was travelling with my brother in law who travelled in the fast lane at massive speed whilst turning his head around to look at me in the back seat when he wanted to emphasize some point he was making. Roger, sitting beside him in the front seat told him that I was very nervous and would probably appreciate it if he kept looking ahead at the road. I think though it was Roger who was nervous.
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