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Back before RUPO/PORU got abolished in favor of some lamer L053/054 runs, MEC 306 takes PORU at a decent speed (for Pan Am) through Auburn, Maine.
The 1936 Auburn Boattail Speedster (predominantly the Model 852 Supercharged) is one of the most iconic and visually striking American cars of the Art Deco era. Designed by Gordon Buehrig, it featured a supercharged 150-horsepower straight-eight engine and an aerodynamic "boattail" rear end, and was famously certified to exceed 100 mph.
Performance & SpecsEngine: 280 CID Lycoming L-Head Inline 8-CylinderHorsepower: 150 bhp at 4,400 RPM
Transmission: 3-speed manual with a Columbia two-speed rear axle (acting effectively as a 6-speed)
Top Speed: 100+ mph (each car originally came with a dash plaque signed by race car driver Ab Jenkins verifying this speed)
Notable Features: Sleek, teardrop fenders, and prominent, chrome-plated side exhaust pipes.
Value & Collectibility
Original, ACD Club-certified 1936 Auburn Speedsters are exceedingly rare (with roughly 150 ever built) and command multi-million-dollar price tags at auction. Pristine examples have sold in the range of $1,210,000 to upwards of $2,000,000 depending on their provenance and restoration quality.
On the second day of this new year at start of last week, my west coast damsel and I arose in the wee hours of the morning before the break of day, on a bitterly cold morning and made our way to the Auburn Ravine to the east of our temporary digs. The temporary digs are where we still find ourselves because of the unfortunate power/data outage from the brutal winter storm that had struck the foothills of the Sierra Nevada that affected three counties with much damage left by the heavy wet snow just after Christmas. So back to the tale of our quick trip over to western precipice of the Auburn Ravine where the North Fork of the American River runs through to capture the sunrise over the mountains that were snowcapped on the horizon. This image is of something that isn’t found generally back northeast of an irrigation canal; they are oh so necessary in California. It is the first image I’m posting that I captured on my iPhone walking back from our picture taking as my pictures are still on my SD card to be downloaded and processed still. California is not only one of the largest states but largest agricultural state accounting for about 11% of the United States national agriculture. The irrigation canals are a key component of the many crops that depend on them as a source of water and an intricate part of the state’s Water Project which amalgam of natural and manmade structures that move water throughout the state.
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Explore Highest #7 on March 25th, 2010
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For the first time in nearly a decade, the Providence & Worcester's newest motive power arrivals' came dressed in G&W's 250th Bicentennial scheme. Two of three arrived at the railroad early this year dressed in the new Red, White and Blue celebratory scheme for the nations' 250th Birthday. "Lady Liberty" GP39-2 2325 leads Worcester based local WX-2 south on the former New Haven Norwich mainline in Auburn, MA on May 1, 2026.
The Auburn car company originated from a coachbuilder who built his first car in 1900. In 1925 the brand was taken over by Cord, when that company went bankrupt in 1937, it took Auburn with it in its fall.
Technical information
The weight of the car
1880
Engine capacity :
4288 cm³
Power :
72 kW (98 pk)
Amount of cilinders :
8
Historie
Date of first admission : 1931
Date of first registration in the Netherlands : 2007
Date of second of registration in the Nederlands: 2022
2009 Challenge, Day 288: AUBURN
Didn't stop raining!!! So I had to run down from my office and take few shots of this window display!!!
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A wonderful stroll in the woods yesterday. The sun, shrouded though it was in the eternal plane-made haze, set the withering leaves ablaze, figuratively speaking, of course. Thousands of strange fly-like insects bumped into our faces, buried themselves in our hair or crawled behind the collars. I've yet to figure out what they are... Right, so those are deer keds, or deer flies (Lipoptena cervi).
Got some pretty fall color reflections off the pond at the Auburn Regional Park this afternoon while with my beloved damsel and her two sweet granddaughters as we attempted to get some photographs of the little ones which proved to challenging to say the least. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitauburnca @visitcalifornia #omd #olympus #micro43 #micro43photography #fallfoliage #fallcolors #fall
Leaving the Historic Auburn Train Station, I glanced west and saw the silhouettes against the warm skies generated by the setting sun. iPhone 13 Pro 9.0 mm. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #iphone13pro @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitauburnca @visitcalifornia @apple
A very shiny 864 leads 4471 to a stand at Auburn with T281 container trip train from Port Botany to Yennora. The two locos would then get permission to ease up the grade to the platform, before crossing from the down mainline to the down suburban line.
Just getting their load of containers moving on the grade up from Lidcombe, both locos were sounding in fine form, proving that these beasts were built to last - 864 was built in 1963, with 4471 in 1966.
The elegant dome of Placer county Courthouse in old town Auburn California beautifully lit every evening overlooking the rest of old town Auburn was built between 1894 and 1897. The design of prominent architect John M. Curtis, it has been in use since then by the Placer County Superior Court. Placer the county’s name refers to deposit of sand or gravel that contains valuable minerals like gold, so it was nearby in Coloma also in Placer where James W. Marshall found gold in the placer of the American River at Sutter’s Mill in 1848 and the gold rush was on. - [x] #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany @mpbcom @kehcamera @visitplacer @visitauburnca #usaprimeshot #tamractales #omd #microfourthirds #micro43 #micro43photography @visitcalifornia
Located in Auburn Indiana where the Auburns, Cords, and Duesbergs were made. Many famous people stayed there. Now many meth users live there.
A beautifully restored Concord stagecoach mail wagon used by the US Postal Service in Auburn California from the mid to late nineteenth century. Concord stagecoaches were built in Concord New Hampshire and it was easy to distinguish the ones constructed for clients west of the Mississippi, the ones east of the Mississippi had glass windows but those west did not because the early roads out west were very rough and the glass would end up breaking, so just were built without it. This particular stagecoach is at the museum located at the historic courthouse in downtown Auburn, Auburn which was a primary mail hub for the region. See the stops include Forrest Hills, Colfax and Michigan Bluff. Panasonic Lumix DMC LX100 Mark II 12-35mm f/1.7.2.8 #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitcalifornia @visitauburnca @placercounty #microfourthirds #micro43photography #micro43 @panasonic @lumix #lx100m2 #lumixlx100ii
Located on the property of his dental practice in the gold rush town of Auburn California Dr Ken Fox a dentist began sculpting concrete statues of concrete poured over rebar and wire mesh between appointments at his still operating dental practice during the late 1960’s through 1970’s. At first, his first a male nude was so shocking to the Auburn community that school buses were rerouted to avoid Dr Ken Fox’s practice on Palm Avenue. Eventually though the hate became love. In this image is one of two Amazon women sculptures, with her spear. According to the research I was able to find, Ken Fox chose the bare-breasted Amazons, as he said, celebrated strong women. Panasonic Lumic DMC FZ50 Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 35-420mm f/2.8 #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @californiaisbeauty @lumix @visitcalifornia @visitauburnca @panasonic
Mount Auburn Cemetery in fall.
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This whole series is of a car I had never seen before, the 1934 Auburn 652Y. And here is it's story. The Auburn line saw a drastic redesign for the 1934 model year. This was to be the final design done for the Auburn Automobile Company by Alan Leamy. The 1934 Auburns were wider, lower, and more streamlined than their predecessors. Production of the cars was slow, and momentum did not reach full levels until March of 1934. Due to sales resistance to the new cars, plans were made to put the 1935 line into production as soon as tooling could be put into place. 1934 Auburn production was halted mid-year and only around 4,000 vehicles were produced.
Financially, the Auburn Automobile Company did worse than in 1933, posting a net loss of $3.6 million for the 1934 calendar year.
The Auburn 652Y was available as a cabriolet, phaeton, 2-door brougham, and a sedan. Pricing ranged from the mid-$800's - $945. The engine is a six-cylinder Lycoming powerplant that displaces 209.9 cubic-inches and produces 85 horsepower. The Auburn 652 was powered by a six-cylinder engine that was mated to a three-speed gearbox. They had a two-speed rear axle and four-wheel hydraulic brakes with power assist. This was one of the last models to be created by the Auburn Company, as they went out of business just a few years later, in 1936. Very few were ever made.
The success of the vehicles and the survival of the company up to this point was due mostly to Erret Lobban Cord. The Auburn Company had come into existence in 1877 producing wagons. In 1903 the direction of the company switched to creating automobiles, their first being a one-cylinder chain-driven runabout. The styling and diversity of the vehicles evolved over the years, as did the mechanical capabilities and technological innovations. The Great Depression had taken its toll on the Auburn Company and was headed to receivership when it was rescued by William Wrigley. E.L. Cord was recruited to assume the duties of the general manager. This fast-talking, energetic, salesman, though less than thirty years old, was the right man for the job. By applying new paint to a parking lot of excess vehicles, Cord was able to sell over 750 cars in just a few months. This earned him the title of vice president and in 1926 he became president and primary stockholder of the Auburn Company.
Throughout the next few years, the Auburn/Cord Company would experience highs and lows.
By expanding its dealer network and building a reputation through motorsport accomplishments, the Auburn Company was able to sell 20,000 vehicles a year by the close of the 1920's. In 1931, Auburn sold 32,301 vehicles. The Stock Market Crash and the onset of the Great Depression meant that for 1933 only 4,636 vehicles were sold to customers. 1934 was also a very disappointing year for the company, selling 4,703 units.
E.L. Cord made the decision to spend half a million dollars to redesign the entire Auburn model line. This did little to inspire sales so Cord ordered a second redesign, this time under the direction of Gordon Miller Buehrig. This redesign was first seen in June of 1934 as a 1935 model. The most memorable of these new vehicles was the stunning 851 Speedster.
The Auburn 6 Series was introduced at this time offered as a low-cost alternative powered by a 210 cubic-inch six-cylinder engine.
Die Auburn Automobile Company war ein US-amerikanischer Automobilhersteller.
Das Modell "supercharged" wurde in verschiedenen Versionen 1935/1936 gebaut.
gesehen beim "Oldtimer fly & drive in" am Flughafen Mönchengladbach
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This photo is from a blog post about Auburn that you can view here: fotorich.com/blog/02-2012