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Commonwealth Engineering (often shortened to Com-Eng, later Comeng [[[:Шаблон:IPAc-en]] Шаблон:Respell]) was an Australian engineering company that designed and built railway locomotives, rolling stock and trams.

History

Smith and Waddington, the predecessor to Commonwealth Engineering, was founded in 1921, in the Sydney suburb of Camperdown, as a body builder for custom motor cars. It went bankrupt in the Depression, and was reformed as Waddingtons Body Works and the main factory was moved to Granville, after a fire in the main workshop. The Government of Australia took control of the company during World War II as the company was in serious financial difficulties but had many government orders in its books. The government purchased a controlling stake in the company in 1946 and changed the name to Commonwealth Engineering.[1]

In 1949 a factory was established in Rocklea, Queensland. This was followed in 1952 by a plant in Bassendean, Western Australia and in 1954 by another in Dandenong, Victoria. In June 1957, the government sold its shares. In November 1982 Comeng was taken over by Australian National Industries.

The Granville factory closed in 1989 and has been demolished. The site, which was situated between the Great Western Highway and Main Western railway line west of Duck River, has been replaced with new developments including high-rise housing and light industries.

In 1990, the Dandenong plant was sold to ABB (later Bombardier Transportation, now Alstom), while the Bassendean facility was sold to A Goninan & Co.

John Dunn has written a history of Comeng:

  • Volume 1, 1921 – 1955, published in 2006[1]
  • Volume 2, 1955 – 1966, published in 2008[2]
  • Volume 3, 1967 – 1977, published in 2010[3]
  • Volume 4, 1977 – 1985, published in 2013[4]
  • Volume 5, 1985 – 1990, published posthumously in November 2013[5][6]

Buses

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Preserved former Sydney Albion Venturer in Glasgow in October 2009

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Victoria

  • 50 AEC Regal IIIs

Western Australia

Leyland OPSU1/1s

Diesel locomotives

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New South Wales XPT

XP2009 at Tallarook in November 2011

New South Wales

Queensland

  • 1 Mount Isa Mines 302 class diesel-hydraulic locomotive
  • 1 Mount Isa Mines 305 class diesel-hydraulic locomotive
  • 7 DL class locomotives for Innisfail Tramway operations

Western Australia

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Preserved Mount Newman Mining MLW M636 diesel locomotive in April 2012

Electric locomotives

New South Wales

Queensland

Diesel multiple units

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Westrail ADP/ADQ class
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TransAdelaide 2000 class railcar

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Western Australia

Tasmania

India

  • Diesel railcars for Indian Railways[7]

Electric multiple units

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New South Wales V set

New South Wales

Victoria

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Comeng train in Connex livery

Carriages

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CountryLink RUB carriage at Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot in December 2012

Commonwealth Railways

Long Island Rail Road

New South Wales

Queensland

Trams and light rail

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Z class Melbourne tram 168 at Preston Workshops in August 2007
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MTR Light Rail Phase I vehicle (pre-refurbishment)

New South Wales

Victoria

Hong Kong

References

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External links

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite book
  2. Шаблон:Cite book
  3. Шаблон:Cite book
  4. Шаблон:Cite book
  5. Шаблон:Dunn-Comeng-5
  6. Шаблон:Cite web
  7. The Indian Railcar Contract Adam, Eric Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, December 1989 pp285-291