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S302, S317 and G513 power up the grades through Woodford with track machines bound for Lithgow.
Woodford, NSW.
Monday 9 January 2017.
Clouds race by overhead as we find ourselves standing in the mud admiring S303 and T357 in the loop at Camperdown waiting for a cross with the down Warrnambool passenger train. The green glow of the LED signal behind the train is perhaps the only modern touch in this scene.
Shunting at the Adelaide Freight Terminal are Pacific National locos S307,NR57,NR85 and DL48 on 12-12-11.
S307 was used by Pacific National for during 2011 and 2012 as a banker through the Adelaide Hills
42101, 4490, 4477, B65 and S302 take the stage at Goulburn's roundhouse and turntable as part of the Streamliners 2016 event.
Goulburn, NSW.
Saturday 1 October 2016.
W126
1979 - 1991
Die S-Klasse der Baureihe 126 überzeugt 1979 durch ihre die aerodynamisch optimierte Form und die konsequente Gewichtsreduzierung, unter anderem dank neuer Leichtmetall-V8-Motoren. Auch ihr Design setzt Akzente: als erster Mercedes Personenwagen hat sie anstelle der traditionellen Chrom-Stossstangen verformbare Kunststoff-Stossfänger, die auch einen Parkrempler unbeschadet überstehen.
1981 hält der Airbag, heute ein zentrales Element der Automobilsicherheit, in der S-Klasse Einzug in den Serienautomobilbau. Der Fahrer-Airbag ist dabei zunächst mit einem pyrotechnischen Gurtstraffer für den Beifahrer kombiniert. Ab 1988 bietet Mercedes seinen Kunden auch einen Beifahrer-Airbag ein.
4.973 cc
V8
231 PS @ 4.750 rpm
Vmax : 225 km/h
Techno Classica 2013
Essen
Deutschland - Germany
April 2013
The Balco running with double CFCLA S class locos S311,S300 run through the Canola fields near Kallora heading towards Bowmans on 16-8-13
Scanned the negative in for this recently. One of those wtf moments. Walking through a Melbourne suburb back in 1988 I stumbled on this scene. Someone had bought the front of a S Class Diesel locomotive from Victorian Railways (I just googled that bit), put it in their front garden and arranged the roof and the wall to look like it had smashed through their front living room.
10/10 for effort!
In the 1920s, the Victorian Railways built an express passenger locomotive for the express run from Melbourne to Albury (where passengers changed trains – and gauge – to continue on to Sydney). These were the first three-cylinder locomotives designed in Australia.
Four locomotives were built between 1928 and 1930. In 1937/38 they all were streamlined in blue and gold livery for the new “Spirit of Progress” service. Tenuis is currently building the streamlined version. I like the lines of the original, and as a bonus, the locos were painted in a red livery from 1934, unlike so many VR locos which were plain back.
The initial boiler design and cab are from Teunis’s design. I just got the loco finished in time for this weekend, although there are a few more details I may add later. It ran well on it’s first outing other than the cow catcher falling off a few times.
A Broad Gauge SSR grain train arrives at Piangil in northern Victoria on 24-10-18 with double S class locos S302,S317
There were quite a few photographers gathered on the other side of the bridge so I decided on a different take on the traditional eastbound Brewongle departure shot for this quad carbody hauled 8878 wagon transfer. A bird of prey taking flight, possibly a goshawk, can be seen in the foreground.
079024 30 Oct 2016
Seymour Rail Heritage Centre preserved locos S307,C501 have just arrived at Heywood station on a shuttle trip from Portland on the morning of 16-7-23.
After a quick run around the locos will head back towards Portland
B61, the 'Bernie Baker', pokes it's nose out and shows off the Streamliners 2016 livery.
Goulburn, NSW.
Saturday 1 October 2016.
No badging to suggest what engine this Dutch-registered one had.
Edit: Title updated thanks to Peter's comment below.
With the road set onto the double track section, VR interlopers T357 and S303, on hire to SSR from SRHC get 8M41 wagon transfer underway again through Newbridge.
SSR's 1845 Kelso Freight passes through Lidcombe behind the impressive combo of G514, VL354, VL353, S302 & GM27.
Something of a surprise find and a bit of an oddity. LHD and apparently US-spec, but DVLA says first registered in 1979 and no date of manufacture given.
As far as I know, we didn't get official UK sales of a diesel-engined S-Class of this generation.
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Zoute Sale - Bonhams
Estimated : € 75.000 - 100.000
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Zoute Grand Prix 2022
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2022
'Exclusive' is a much bandied-about word in the classic car world, but it is a most apt description of the Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5. Why? Because at $13,500 in 1970 its price was not only $3,500 more than that of the equivalent Mercedes-Benz sedan but also more than double that of a Cadillac Deville Coupé! Commonplace it was not.
The 3.5-litre version of the 280 SE typifies the resurgence of larger-engined Mercedes-Benz models that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the progressive easing of fiscal constraints, which had dissuaded customers from buying cars with large capacity engines, encouraged the German manufacturer to offer bigger, more potent power units. Thus the ultra-luxurious 280 SE Coupé/Cabriolet and 300 SEL saloon were the models chosen by Mercedes-Benz to launch its magnificent new 3.5-litre V8 engine in September 1969. An over-square design featuring a cast-iron block and aluminium-alloy cylinder heads, each equipped with a single overhead camshaft, this all-new, state-of-the-art power unit produced 200bhp courtesy of Bosch electronic fuel injection and transistorised ignition.
The new V8 engine had particularly smooth-running characteristics and endowed the 280 SEs with performance superior to that of many out-and-out sports cars. Thus equipped, the Coupé/Cabriolet was good for 125mph (200km/h) with 60mph (97km/h) reachable in 9.5 seconds, a substantial improvement on the six-cylinder version's figures. As befitted top-of-the-range luxury models, the 280 SE 3.5 Coupé and Cabriolet came equipped with automatic transmission, power windows, and a stereo radio as standard.
Although the equivalent SEL saloon used the 'New Generation' bodyshell, the 280 SE Coupé and Cabriolet kept the elegant coachwork that had debuted back in 1960/1961 on the 220 SE. Nevertheless, there had been some refinements made: the radiator shell was lower and wider, with a correspondingly flatter front end to the bonnet, a characteristic that has led to enthusiasts referring to these face-lifted cars as 'flat radiator' models, while the bumpers were now fitted with rubber strips. Significantly, the 280 SE 3.5 was to be the final model featuring this long-established and much-admired body style. It was truly Mercedes-Benz's flagship model, representing status, luxury and reliability. Today these last-of-the-line classics are highly sought after by discerning Mercedes-Benz collectors.
Most elegantly finished in the original colour combination of beige grey (beigegrau) with bamboo (bambus) coloured leather interior, this beautifully presented Mercedes-Benz incorporates a host of desirable options including a Becker Grand Prix radio; central armrests front and rear; heated rear screen; additional spotlights; automatic transmission; electric sliding sunroof; and electric windows.
As per the Mercedes-Benz data card (copy on file), the car was sold new via the Munich based dealer (code 226) but its first custodian was a medical doctor based in Vienna. The doctor owned the Mercedes from new until 1989 when the car was sold to its second Austrian owner, who would keep it until 2012 (copies of Austrian registration documents are on file). In 2012 the car was sold via a German dealer to its first German owner, who in turn sold it to the current vendor, a very well-respected collector of fine cars based in Munich. Clearly this car has been looked after all its life, and recent expenditure includes the following:
• 2017: comprehensive service by Mercedes-Benz in Munich including a comprehensive brake service; repair of the power-assisted steering; cooling circuit overhaul; installing new engine mounts; check and repair of heating and ventilation system, etc for a total of €14,600
• 2018: overhaul of the automatic gearbox and further smaller repairs, again at Mercedes-Benz Munich €5,530
• 2018: installing safety belts at CarTech Knowledge, Ismaning near Munich €2,000
• 2020: dry ice blasting and repair of some rust on wheel arches including paint, again at CarTech €5,150
• 2021: service with some minor repairs at CarTech €3,050
The slightest glimmer if sun pokes out under the low cloud late in the afternoon of 15-7-23 as Seymour Rail Heritage Centre's S307,C501 approach the Illuka siding heading to Hamilton after working the second shuttle service from Chrome.
After arrival at Hamilton, the locos once again ran around and headed back to Portland for the night