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S312,T363,S302,P14 have just departed Boort yard after a crew change with an empty grain train to Quambatook on 9-4-21
A very smart looking W140, as seen by Mr Benn. Unfortunately it failed its MOT today on a tyre. Given its outwardly very nice condition, I was surprised to see that this has covered an impressive 293,071 miles!
W140
1991 - 1998
Die S-Klasse der Baureihe 140 ist 1991 der neue Mercedes der Superlative. Bei seiner Entwicklung haben die Ingenieure und Techniker auf maximalen Komfort gesetzt - unter anderem durch grosszügige Abmessungen und Doppelverglasung für eine optimierte akustische Dämmung. Auch diese Generation der S-Klasse führt eine bahnbrechende Sicherheits-Innovation in den Automobilbau ein : das seit 1995 verfügbare Elektronische Stabilitäts-Programm ESP. Das innovative System verringert durch gezielten Bremseingriff an einzelnen Rädern die Schleudergefahr in kritischen Fahrsituationen. Ende 1996 wird der Brems-Assistent BAS eingeführt, der bei Notbremsungen automatisch die maximale Bremskraftverstärkung aufbaut.
5.987 cc
V12
408 PS @ 5.200 rpm
Vmax : 250 km/h
Techno Classica 2013
Essen
Deutschland - Germany
April 2013
S313 B74 depart from Heritage Centre to the station. Seymour Railway Heritage Centre run a New Year's eve special from Seymour to Melbourne.
31/12/2012 Copyright S312 Photography
W109
Chassis n° 109.018.12.002140
RM Sotheby's
Place Vauban
Parijs - Paris
Frankrijk - France
February 2020
Estimated : € 150.000 - 200.000
Sold for € 432.500
Arguably AMG’s most iconic vehicle, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL ‘Red Pig’ jump-started the small company’s rise to fame, leading to Mercedes-Benz’s eventual takeover of the tuning house roughly twenty years ago.
Modified at a customer’s request, AMG started with a damaged 300 SEL and turned it into an all-out racing machine. Boring the engine out to 6.8 litres, which produced 420 bhp, AMG fitted aluminium doors, widened the track, fitted larger tyres, and flared the wheel arches. Due to its ungainly proportions and red paintwork, the car was quickly nicknamed the ‘Red Pig’, but soon enough the car proved itself in the crucible of motorsport. At the 1971 24 Hours of Spa, the car won its class and finished 2nd overall, having started 5th on the grid.
While the original ‘Red Pig’ was eventually used in aircraft testing leading to its destruction, a handful of faithful replicas have been built, including one by Mercedes-Benz. This example started as an accident-free, 1969 model year 300 SEL 6.3 and was restored to a ‘Red Pig’ replica by the Mercedes-Benz specialists at Arthur Bechtel Classic Motors in Böblingen, Germany. Purchased by James Goo Kim, CEO of D.Parts of South Korea, directly from Arthur Bechtel, it has travelled less than 800 km since its conversion.
Steamrail Victoria's R711, S301 & T364 work towards Clarkfield with the Bendigo Easter Festival train.
Mercedes Maybach S600 (W222) (2015-on) Engine 5980cc V12 Bi Turbo
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The W222 Mercedes S class is Mercedes premier luxury Saloon, the designe proposal of the car was created by Il-hun Yoon, a Korean designer, who was inspired by the Mercedes-Benz F700 concept car while the cars exterior design was developed by a team of designers under the direction of Robert Lešnik.and and is bristling with cutting edge technology
Mercedes AG had revived the retired Maybach name in 2002 for a range of Maybach 56 and 62 hyper luxury saloons, but following the heavy impact of the 2008 international financial crisis the division was reveiwed, and following the revelation that each sale represented a 330,000 Euro loss the decision was made to cease the Maybach brand, merging the bespoke luxury cars into the existing top of the Mercedes luxury line, the S class
In 2015, Mercedes brought back the Maybach name as a sub-brand of the Mercedes lineup, representing advanced luxury. The first model produced was the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, designed to be pitched against the Bentley Mulsanne and Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII, At 5,453 mm (214.7 in) long with a wheelbase of 3,365 mm (132.5 in), the new model is approximately 20 cm (7.8 inches) greater in both dimensions compared to the long-wheelbase S-Class models. The Mercedes-Maybach is available as S 500 and S 600 models with 4MATIC optional with the V8 engine and V12 for the latter. Mercedes also claims that the S Class is the world's quietest production car The Mercedes-Maybach S 600 is also available in a Pullman version, a chauffeur-driven sedan which includes a partition-separated ultra-luxurious rear passenger compartment with two sets of paired facing seats. This version is equipped with the V12 dual-turbocharger gasoline engine, the seven-speed automatic transmission, and rear-wheel drive. The same vehicle is additionally available as an armoured version, known as the Pullman Guard
Mercedes Maybach S600 shares the same 5980cc V12 Bi-Turbo engine with the standard S600, both are tuned to an output of 523bhp, though the Maybach is slightly slowere on account of its greater weight
This car along with a regular S600 were part of a Mercedes fleet ferrying VIPs two and from the IAA Motorshow.
Many thanks for a fantabulous
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W221
The technology vehicle will display the future of Mercedes modular set of hybrid systems at the IAA in Frankfurt in 2009. The Vision S 500 Plug-in Hybrid can drive up for up to 30 km solely on electricity and therefore without producing any local emissions. The efficient drive system combined with the CO2 bonus for the battery-electric driving mode enables the vehicle to achieve a certified consumption on only 3,2 liters of petrol per 100 km.
3.498 cc
6 Cylinder
306 PS @ 6.500 rpm
Vmax : 250 km/h
Mercedes-Benz Museum
Mercedesstraße 100
Stuttgart
Deutschland - Germany
December 2013 / July 2014
W108
Collection Freddy Deklerck
Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais
Bonhams
Parijs - Paris
Frankrijk - France
February 2019
Estimated : € 40.000 - 60.000
Sold for € 36.800
Mercedes-Benz' new 3.5-litre V8 engine debuted at the 1969 Frankfurt Show in the 280 SE coupé and convertible, and the 300 SEL saloon. 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 M116 power unit produced 200bhp (DIN) at 5,800rpm courtesy of Bosch electronic fuel injection and transistorised ignition. This was some 40 horsepower more than those models' existing 2.8-litre six, so performance was greatly increased.
From 1971 the new V8 was available in the 280 SE saloon, the marriage resulting in a fast and well equipped 'gentleman's express' combining 200km/h performance with considerable luxury. Running gear was pretty much state-of-the-art from the time, consisting of independent suspension all round and four-wheel dual-circuit disc brakes.
The 3.5-litre version of the 280 SE saloon 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. One of the rarer mass-produced Mercedes-Benz saloons - a little over 11,000 being built between March 1971 and September 1972 - the 280 SE 3.5 is today much sought-after by collectors.
This floor-shift automatic transmission 280 SE 3.5 saloon is equipped to an enviable specification, boasting a sunroof and a gorgeous Pullman interior. Owned for many years by a passionate German collector, the car was purchased in Germany by the current Belgian owner some 7 years ago. At the time of purchase the previous owner was told that the car was used by the Mercedes-Benz Factory as a demonstrator during the Munich Olympic Games in 1972 to convey the athletes. Described by the vendor as in excellent restored condition, and in full working order, this rare and supremely elegant modern-era Mercedes-Benz is offered with German registration papers.
S392,B76 on a trees for life charter stop for a quick photo while running empty cars to Winchelsea to run around after dropping the passengers off at Lake Modewarre to plant trees on 13-8-2000
HMS Seawolf - second batch of WW2 S class british submarines. Fought WW2 and participate in the hunt of the Bismarck. Was eventually transfered to Nova Scotia, Canada to help Royal Canadian Navy to train in anti-submarine warfare.
Mercedes S63 AMG Coupe - ADV.1 ADV10R M.V2 CS Series Directional Wheels
Car by Xclusive Auto Spa
Photos by Marcel Lech
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The former Victorian Railways Clyde/EMD S-Class locomotive was the most numerous of the various Australian "Bulldog" types on display at the Streamliners 2016 event in Goulburn.
18 S-class locos were constructed by Clyde Engineering in two batches in 1957 and 1960/1. 12 examples survive split between in-service, stored or preserved.
8003 Southern Cross to Bendigo V/Line service passes a stationary 9071 QUBE Deniliquin rice train at Elphinstone with T364, X31, S303 and S313.
A217
3.982 cc
V8
612 pk
Expo : Dream Cars 2020
98° Motor Show Brussels
Autosalon Brussel
Salon de l'Auto Bruxelles
Salon Auto - Moto - Mobility
Brussels - Belgium
January 2020
S2110 on a coal train from Collie pass the Pinjarra station and preserved passenger cars at Hotham Valley Tourist Railway on 9-3-1999
The Mercedes-Benz W116 is a series of flagship luxury sedans produced from September 1972 until 1979. The W116 automobiles were the first Mercedes-Benz models to be officially called S-Class, although earlier sedan models had already unofficially been designated with the letter 'S' - for Sonderklasse or "special class." WIKIPEDIA
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W111
Class III a : Post-War Closed Cars "The most elegant ones"
Zoute Concours d'Elegance
Royal Zoute Golf Club
Zoute Grand Prix 2021
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2021
Bonhams : The Autumn Sale 2020
Estimated : € 120.000 - 180.000
Sold for € 143.750
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
September 2020
"The Mercedes 220 SE coupé is a very fine engineering achievement. Not only does it provide fast and economical transports for four and their luggage, but outstanding roadholding and riding qualities make this a car which is a pleasure to drive hard, and one in which it is safe and comfortable to do so. Furthermore, it has superb brakes and a high standard of mechanical refinement." – Autocar.
Mercedes-Benz debuted four new models at the Frankfurt Show in 1959 - the 220 SEb among them - all of which shared the same basic unitary-construction bodyshell and all-round independent suspension. This new 220 family moved Mercedes-Benz's styling into the modern era; longer than their predecessors, these elegant newcomers featured a wider radiator shell, wrap-around windscreen, enlarged rear window and vertically stacked twin headlamps. The new 220 SEb retained the fuel-injected, single-overhead-camshaft engine of the previous 220 SE, though maximum power of the 2,195cc six was increased by five horsepower to 120bhp (DIN). Top speed was now 172km/h with 100km/h attainable in under 14 seconds.
Coupé and Cabriolet models appeared in 1960 and 1961 respectively, minus the already dated-looking tail fins of the saloon. More modern in style, the luxurious 220 SEb Coupé and Cabriolet were better appointed too, being equipped as standard with a rev counter, leather upholstery, and four-speed automatic transmission with floor-mounted gearchange lever. Girling servo-assisted front disc brakes were fitted from the start of production, a benefit not enjoyed by the saloon until 1962. By the time production ceased in October 1965, fewer than 17,000 220 SEb Coupé and Cabriolet models had been manufactured, of which only 2,729 were Cabriolets, and today these stylish and luxuriously equipped Grand Tourers are highly prized.
This superbly restored Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Cabriolet was delivered new in Germany. A matching-numbers example equipped with the desirable manual 'floor shift' gearbox, the Mercedes was sold new to a member of the United States' armed forces, who, it is presumed, took the car to the USA.
The present owner discovered this 220 SEb Cabriolet while searching for rare spare parts for his Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Cabriolet D. Visiting the classic car fair in Stuttgart in March 2015, he became enchanted by this Mercedes 220 SEb cabriolet, which he considered to be the most perfectly restored vehicle on show. Delivered new in Germany, retaining matching numbers, and restored to concours standard, it met all of the perfectionist owner's exacting criteria and duly became part of his private collection on 1st March 2016. Since then, some 1,000 kilometres have been covered, including a recent trip to the Coppa Classic Concours in Belgium where it won the award for 'Best Restored Car'. Finished in the attractive colour combination of Burgundy with tan interior, and guaranteed to turn heads wherever it goes, this quite exceptional soft-top 4-seat Mercedes is well-documented and offered with all its original books; M-B Datakart; a selection of restoration photographs; and Belgian registration documents.
Making a smoky entrance onto the Oaklands branch line at Benalla is S300,44209,TL152,S312 working an empty El Zorro grain train to Oaklands on 14-10-11
S302,B76 with thier empty trees for life charter train cross the Barwon River at the entrance to Winchelsea where the locos will run around and return to Lake Modewarre to pick up passengers before continuing on to Melbourne on 13-8-2000
Location: Berlin - 1803km from home.
Greece is one of the countries that has massively benifited from my new "completion"-policy. For some reason, since I started looking for these plates, Greek plates become more common here. As you can see, Athens to Berlin is quite a trip, hence Greece plates are pretty cool to spot here. It's also nice to see them on a W220.
IH = Athens
W126
RM Sotheby's
Estimated : € 30.000 - 35.000
Sold for € 54.050
Techno Classica 2019
Essen
Deutschland - Germany
April 2019
W111
Chassis n° 111026-12-001948
Zoute Sale - Bonhams
Estimated : € 80.000 - 120.000
Sold for € 143.750
Zoute Grand Prix 2024
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2024
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 chosen by Mercedes-Benz to launch its magnificent new 3.5-litre V8 engine in 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. Thus equipped, the Coupé/Cabriolet was good for 205km/h (127mph) with 100km/h reachable in 9.5 seconds, a substantial improvement on the six-cylinder version's figures. Although the equivalent SEL saloon used the 'New Generation' bodyshell, the Coupé and Cabriolet kept the elegant coachwork that had debuted back in 1959 on the 220 SE and, as befitted top-of-the-range luxury models, came equipped with automatic transmission, air conditioning, power windows and stereo radio as standard. Significantly, the 280 SE 3.5 was to be the final model to feature this long-established and much admired body style, and today these last-of-the-line classics are highly sought after by discerning Mercedes-Benz collectors.
One of only 3,720 Coupé examples produced, of which 3,025 were left-hand dive, this most elegant Mercedes-Benz, the top-of-the line 280 SE 3.5 V8 Coupe, was originally delivered to the United States and ordered in the stunning 'Tobacco Brown' colour scheme it is presented in today. It was bought by the immediately preceding owner - a UK-based enthusiast - for his impressive private collection in France. While there the car was maintained by his personal mechanic and saw only very limited use. The current vendor purchased the Mercedes in October 2016, since when it has benefited from considerable refurbishment. In 2017 the body was thoroughly restored and treated to a full professional respray at a cost of €12,490, photographs and details of which are on file. In 2021 various electrical and mechanical repairs plus a service were carried out at a cost of some €6,680. Early 2023 ignition and fuel injection systems were inspected and repaired at a cost of €4,385. Repairs have also been made to the air conditioning, suspension, interior, etc at a cost of €9,990, while the overhauled Becker Europa stereo is now functioning correctly. The total spend on the aforementioned works was approximately €35,000. The related invoices are on file together with various smaller bills. It should be noted that the Mercedes has been professionally converted to European specification, not only deleting the reflectors but also installing a km/h speedometer, etc. The replacement automatic gearbox had been installed already before the 1990s it is believed.
Beautifully finished in a most attractive colour combination of dark brown and sumptuous tan leather interior, this stunning Mercedes-Benz comes with the desirable options of automatic transmission (column-mounted change), air conditioning, and electric tinted windows all round.