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Working hard out of Sunbury, Steamrail Victoria’s S301, T364 & S313 put on a show as they roar out of Sunbury with the “Australia Day Diesels” tour to Rochester
Sunday 26th January, 2026
250126 S301-T364-S313 Sunbury, VIC
Steamrail Victoria’s S301 & R761 are seen at KM Post 229, preparing to return to Echuca with the second shuttle of the day
Saturday 7th June, 2025
250607 S301-R761 Echuca, VIC
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.
With the sun still visible in the tree tops, X31 leads T356, S303 and T386 through Broadford in the dying hours of sunlight as 9374 loaded container service from Tocumwal.
Saturday 25th February 2017
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Car: Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC.
Date of first registration: 14th March 1990.
Registration region: Chelmsford.
Latest recorded mileage: 146,402 (MOT 24th June 2019).
Last V5 issued: 11th April 2012.
Date taken: 18th December 2018.
Album: Carspotting
Waiting to depart Tocumwal at night due to earlier heat restrictions is Qube goods with S303 trailing B75,T386 on 11-2-2017
Sitting in a line up of stored CFCLA power on 5-2-2017 is S300,S311,44208,44209 facing an uncertain future .
CFCLA purchased S300 after the demise if West Coast Rail
S302,B76 on a trees for life charter from Melbourne to Winchelsea have dropped thier passengers off at Lake Modewarre and as they run empty cars to Winchelsea to run around, they stop at the Princes Highway overpass near Winchelsea for a photostop on 13-8-2000
The streamlined S-Class locomotives are finally finished (unless we modify them further)! I have been helping Teunis with them for the last couple of months. Teunis has built two locos (301 and 302) and I have built a third (303) to go with the non-streamlined S that I built last year.
Here S 302 Edward Henty is posed next to unstreamlined S 300.
The non-streamlined loco can run through standard Lego curves. The streamlined loco has a minimum of R120 thanks to the streamlining around the front truck.
Four S Class locomotives express passenger locomotives were built by the Victorian Railways, entering service in 1928. With the introduction of the new Spirit of Progress service in 1937 (providing the Victorian leg of the Melbourne to Sydney express), the locomotives were streamlined and received a new blue and gold livery and larger tenders for the express run from Melbourne to Albury on the New South Wales border.
Passing through Bolwarra north of Portland and at the end of Nash's road are the preserved Seymour Rail Heritage Centre locos S307,C501 heading towards Hamilton on a day trip from Portland and return on 15-7-23
.. 2020 kommt die 11. Generation der Mercedes S-Klasse .. der W 223.
.. 2020 comes the 11th generation of the Mercedes S-Class .. the W 223.
Showing off the mixed consist, S301, T395 and S313 approach the location of Massey where a crew change will be conducted before continuing onto Melbourne as 8198 from Mildura.
Monday 2nd November 2009
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
W111
Zoute Sale - Bonhams
Estimated : € 75.000 - 100.000
Sold for € 83.375
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
Four veteran locos, with Goodwin Alco 44206 trailing, on train 1845 at Lithgow.
In service dates of the four vary from 1957 (S302) to 1971 (44206)!
With most of the CFCLA branding removed , former CFCLA S class units S311,S300 are stored at Goulburn up for Sale at the time on 22-10-18.
Later both units would be sold to a private operator who in turn later sold S311 to Southern Shorthaul Railroad.
A pair of Victorian Railways GM-equipped 5'3" gauge classic 'S class' A1A-A1A diesels leave the town of Portland, Victoria on a wet day in May 1982.
Production: 1962 - 1967 (708 cars built).
Engine: 2,996 cc inline six cylinder engine, 160 hp @ 5,000 rpm.
The W112 was based on the W111 model and came with the engine from the 300 SL with the fuel injection and air suspension from the 600 series.
This car was originally purchased by Peter Sellers from Woking Motors.
Mercedes-Benz World, Brooklands - July 2013
S313 and T364 take a break at Newport Workshops, showing off their 'nose profile'.
The face of a locomotive has changed drastically over the years, long have the days gone since it was a 'must' to have a streamlined engine to appear sophisticated to the now boring flat front style.
Sunday 25th October 2015
Location: Berlin - 1417km from home.
This week's highlight comes from a country I haven't uploaded in a long time now - Andorra. I was pretty surprised to find this W220 just randomly parked up at the Gendamermarkt when I was running some errands. I guess I was pretty lucky. I usually try not to take pictures of parked cars with people inside of them, but I had no choice here. Andorra is definitely one of the rarest European state for me, which is no surprise, given that it's far away and it only has about 80k inhabitants.
S302,B76 have stopped at a level crossing near Lake Modewarre on the Warnambool line with a trees for life charter on 13-8-2000.
Here the passengers will get off to go plant trees while the train runs empty to Winchelsea to run around and return later
CFCLA Bulldog S311 leads VL358 and VL359 on Espee Rail Services/ CFCLA transfer movement 2AG4 from Adelaide to Parkes as it travels along between Virginia and Two Wells on 12th November 2012.
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