India, part 2 

So this time the non rail bound transportation gets a bit more attention. Tractors are a very common sight for all kind of transportation issues here. When you arrive by air in India the first vehicles you see will be tractors pulling backage cars at the airport. At the picture above you can see a tractor at a construction site to transport water to make concrete.

This tree-tunnel was so impressive, that we made a foto stop.

At the right side of the street tender coconuts are sold on the left lane a monkey is begging for food.



At a road crossing we get a view of a track junction with tower.



We ran parallel to the railway tracks when an express train with a

diesel loco appeared. By the jumping deere logo in front of the engine, 11201 can be identified beeing home at the Erode loco shed.  On the road you see a three wheeler and one of the typical waste places at the road. The waste is sometimes also food for the holy cows.



By removing unimportant components the threewheeler seems to be as fast as the train for a small moment...



Diesel framed by the side window of the car.



A few cows at their garbage meal, they are enjoying the fine toasted taste!



Public transportation by bus. Some places are more comfortable than others.

Commercial vehicles have several additional safety features: colourful marks indicate the side of the car, "sound horn" is important when you overtake this vehicle, "Two Ours One" stands for the one child policy in India. 

This lorrie sports an other safety feature: "Stop" avoids back crashes.

The "stop" sign is strongly supported by this demon at the axle. With devils horns and a scorpio on the tongue you better stay away.

Also at the front of a truck specific features can be found. Besides demons also watchful eyes are taking care of the vehicle and the people on it.

A typical street scene in a village around Chennai - road widening projects cut away all parts of the houses which would later interfere with a wider street.  These half ruined builings are ignored by their inhabitants - lives just goes on.

Beside Hindhu's and and Moslems there are also christian people in India - an example gives this "Jesus Saves" truck.

Their way from the truck chassis plant to the Bus builder the chassis has to move on own wheels.

The Kingfisher brewery of Chennai.

Many elder vehicles  here are of british heritage, but also vehicles designed in Germany can bee seen as this Indian build Matador F307, a van build in the 1960s to 1970s in the Tempo plant in Hamburg.

A bit off-topic this time, but I hope still interesting. For the weekend a visit to Chennaiu main station is planned - this shall be part 3.