An Australian road train heading for Darwin known as the ‘Top End’ departs Alice Springs, one of the few main ‘pit stops’ for its trucker facilities
An Australian road train heading for Darwin known as the ‘Top End’ departs Alice Springs, one of the few main ‘pit stops’ for its trucker facilities on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory of Australia. Road Trains towing 4 or more trailers, weigh between 120-200 tonnes, are a common sight on the one-lane Stuart Highway, stretching 2,834km between Darwin in the north and Port Augusta in the south. The Stuart Highway is named after the Scottish explorer who explored this vast red earth barren region by camel in the ninetieth –century. The Stuart Highway is a lifeline to the Australian economy, for its exported and imported freight. It is considered more practical to use a road train than goods being transported by ship along the west coast of Western Australia to Port Augusta in Southern Australia. Wondering wildlife and cattle crisscrossing the highway mainly at dawn and dusk are a major hazard. Most road trains are equipped with massive bullbars as added protection for the engine and radiator. It takes a road train travelling at 120km (70mph), roughly 2km to stop.
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Location: Alice Springs, Australia
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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