You may have noticed that I like trains and railroads. Nevertheless, as a
transportation engineer I appreciate cars, too, and thus we made our
way today to the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart-Untertuerkheim.
Let's start off with a model that most visitors to the museum won't even notice. There's a series of display cases that show state of the art transportation before the advent of the automobile.
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Model of river transportation in the 19th century. The Neckar at Esslingen stone bridge. Chain ships transport barges up the river by pulling on a chain that's installed on the river bottom over a distance of 130km. |
The museum spans the history of Mercedes Benz cars, trucks, and busses from early times to recently.
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A period car. I especially like the shadow effect along the back wall. |
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The oldest surviving Mercedes. |
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I really enjoyed the displays in the sports cars section. |
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Oh yeah, I'd like this one please. |
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A 300 SL Coupe. Nice. |
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