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RoLa freight train at speed through Jenbach station. ROLA stands for "Piggybacks". This concept unites road and rail transport. With this special transport system, entire trucks or Articulated trucks with drivers can cover over 250 miles (400km) of their route environmentally-friendly by train, arriving relaxed and rested ready to carry on their journey. Photographed 3rd February 2007. © Adrian D. Smith. Plymouth, England.

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RoLa freight train at speed through Jenbach station. ROLA stands for "Piggybacks". This concept unites road and rail transport. With this special transport system, entire trucks or Articulated trucks with drivers can cover over 250 miles (400km) of their route environmentally-friendly by train, arriving relaxed and rested ready to carry on their journey. Photographed 9th February 2007. © Adrian D. Smith. Plymouth, England.

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OeBB articulated flat car with military vehicles at Wörgl on Thursday September 30th, 2004. Part of a train hauled by 1042 050-3 along with Slovak couchettes. Photo by Michael Taylor, Binbrook, Ontario, Canada. (michael@einbahn.org) Website www.EinBahn.org

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ÖKOMBI Saadkms 83 81 A-RCW 498 4 203-4 in Matrei, 22-07-2015. © Eddy Konijnendijk.

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RoLa in Matrei, 22-07-2015. © Eddy Konijnendijk.

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Freight train ("rollende Landstraße") passing station Linz Ebelsberg. 2004-09-05 Photo: Georg Hofer

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80 81 9770 601-9 parked at Radstadt. 2005-07-31 Photo: Georg Hofer

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 497 9 056-3 Sdmmrs (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 497 9 058-3 Sdmmrs (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 497 9 098-5 Sdmmrs (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl) and in background ÖBB 50 81 21-73 194-9 Bmpz-l. Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 497 9 115-7 Sdmmrs (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 497 9 131-4 Sdmmrs (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl) and in background ÖBB 91 81 1144 239-1 and 91 81 1144 103-9. Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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ÖKOMBI 83 81 498 2 066-7 Saadkms stored near Leoben Hinterberg. 2009-10-25. tobias b köhler

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ÖKOMBI 83 81 498 2 085-7 Saadkms (with buffers) stored near Leoben Hinterberg. 2009-10-25. tobias b köhler

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ÖKOMBI 83 81 498 2 085-7 Saadkms (with buffers) stored near Leoben Hinterberg. 2009-10-25. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖBB 83 81 498 2 085-7 Saadkms - start of a long train of RoLa wagons currently stored near Leoben Hinterberg. 2012-04-27. tobias b köhler

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Ökombi 83 81 498 2 140-0 Saadkms, a 10-axle rolling highway (RoLa) car, stored at Leoben Hinterberg. Note the removable buffer beam on the right, and the low-floor coupling on the left. 2009-03-28. tobias b köhler

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Ökombi 83 81 498 2 181-4 Saadkms, a 10-axle rolling highway (RoLa) car, stored at Leoben Hinterberg. Note the removable buffer beam on the right, and the low-floor coupling on the left. 2009-03-28. tobias b köhler

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ÖKOMBI 83 81 498 2 189-7 Saadkms stored near Leoben Hinterberg. 2009-10-25. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 498 3 307-4 Saadkms (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 498 3 308-2 Saadkms (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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Bertani/ÖBB low floor wagon Saadkms 83 81 498 3 345-4 for truck transportation. Innotrans 2002 Berlin, 2002-09-25. Photo: tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 498 3 353-8 Saadkms (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 498 3 385-0 Saadkms (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 498 3 871-9 Saadkms (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 498 3 930-3 Sdmmrs (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl) and in background ÖBB 91 81 1144 103-9 and 50 81 21-73 194-9 Bmpz-l. Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG 83 81 498 4 223-2 Saadkms (ÖKOMBI, home station Wörgl). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler

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ÖBB truck-transporting car, type "Saadkms", 83 81 498 2049-3 in Budapest Ferencváros station, 30.May 2004. Digital photo by Imre Varga (imre.v@chello.hu)

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ÖBB rolling highway train with low floor truck transporting cars slowly rolling through Graz Hbf. 2002-09-05. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Articulated ÖBB truck-transporting car Sdmmrs, rolling on three 4-axle bogies (so it has 12 axles). This car has special couplers compatible to 8-axle Saadkms cars, and forms rolling highway trains mixed with those. Graz Hbf, 2002-09-15. Photo: tobias b köhler

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The end of a rolling highway (RoLaLa) train, this time fully loaded, composed of 8-axle Saadkms and 12-axle Sdmmrs cars. The last car has a removable buffer beam (with end of train plate). Graz Hbf, 2002-09-15. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Three RoLa trains of Ökombi are currently stored at the station Leoben Hinterberg. No passenger trains are using this part of the line any more, and it seems like no freight trains stop at this station either. Note that only one track is left free, mostly for diverted freight trains. 2009-03-28. tobias b köhler

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A-ÖKWBG - 83814983855-2 Wagen 83 81 498 3855-2 A-ÖKWBG (Typ Saadkms, für Rollende Landstraße) unbeladen im Bahnhof Kufstein, aufgenommen am 26. März 2011. Photo: Claudia Kittendorf-Wolf (info@claudia-blondie-wolf.de) Homepage: www.claudia-blondie-wolf.de

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D-DISPO 91 80 6 189 202-5 (ES 64 F4-202, Class 189-VO). In foreground, A-ÖKWBG 83 81 497 9 131-4 Sdmmrs (ÖKOMBI). Kufstein, 2012-01-01. tobias b köhler