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The Commonwealth Engineering Company Limited (Comeng) is the brand name of a former Australian Engineering Company that designed Locomotives , Electrical Multiple Unit's (EMU) and Trams. Nationalization or nationalisation is the act of transferring assets into public ownership. ...
The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways—first, referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations; and second, referring to ownership of the companys stock by a relatively small number of holders who do not trade the stock publicly. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ...
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History
The Commonwealth Engineering Company Limited was a major Australian engineering and railway rolling stock manufacturer. It began in 1921 as Smith & Waddington, a small company in the Sydney suburb of Camperdown building bodies for motorcars and small buses. It was reformed after the Depression as Waddingtons Body Works and moved to Granville. The Commonwealth government took control of the company during World War 2 to produce materiel in the Granville factory. The government bought up a controlling stake of the shares in 1946 and changed the name to Commonwealth Engineering. Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ...
A view of rooftops in Camperdown Camperdown postcode 2050 is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ...
In 1931, over 1000 unemployed men marched from the Esplanade to the Treasury Building in Perth, Western Australia to see Premier Sir James Mitchell. ...
Granville is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the City of Parramatta Local Government Area. ...
The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a federation, and a parliamentary democracy. ...
German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...
Materiel (from the French for material) is the equipment and supplies in Military and commercial supply chain management. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The company name was changed to Commonwealth Holdings Limited in 1963. It was taken over by Australian National Industries Limited in 1983 and Comeng became ANI's rolling stock division.
ANI sold Comeng to ABB Transportation in 1990. This later became Adtranz and is now part of Bombardier Transportation. ABB, formerly Asea Brown Boveri, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in the power and automation technology areas. ...
Adtranz was a German rail rolling stock equipment manufacturer which designed rail cars and engines. ...
Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ...
The first of a three volume history of Comeng by John Dunn was published in 2006. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
S Class EMU
Comeng S set at Blacktown. The S Class EMU are the given name to some of to non-airconditioned stainless steel double deck suburban trains that operate on the CityRail network in Sydney. The earlyer trains were built by Comeng and the later models by Goninan. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 229 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): L, R & S set (CityRail) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 229 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): L, R & S set (CityRail) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital...
The Comeng fleet of carriages commenced service in 1972. The motor carriages were C3805 to C3986 and C3741 to C3765, the trailers were T4921-T4987, the driving trailers D4001-D4010, the converted driving trailers being T4011 to T4095. These were made between 1973 and 1979. Earlier Tulloch trailers T4839-T4895 were modified in 1972 for operation with the first batch of production double deck motor cars (C3805-C3857). The motor cars camshaft type, powered by 4xMitsubishi 150 kW motors, have knuckle couplings and have a maximum speed of 115km/h.
Harris Referbishment Refurbished Harris motor carriage A program to refurbish the Harris trains was begun in 1982. Comeng's refurbishment program included individual vinyl foam type cushions on an integrated plastic frame to replace the former more traditional vinyl sprung seats, air conditioning, and a new colour scheme.
However due to industrial and other problems with the refurbished trains meant that Comeng only converted 16 carriages before the program was canceled. The refurbished trains were withdrawn in 1991 and subsequently cut up for scrap, except for one M carriage which has been preserved.
The four refurbished trains ran initially in an M-T-T-M configuration, but three of the trains were later remarshalled to two M-T-T-M-T-M configurations.
The refurbished trains generally ran on the Port Melbourne, St. Kilda and Sandringham lines and never in the City Loop.
M Class EMU Main Article Comeng (train) The term Comeng originally defined the company COMmonwealth ENGineering which, among others things, manufactured Melbournes A, B and Z class trams, some Sydney R, L & S class double-decker trains and Brisbane buses, although now is popularly used to define Melbournes Comeng Trains. ...
EDI-refurbished Comeng in Connex livery The Comeng M class trains are most commonly reffered to as Comeng's. They are single deck that were ordered by vicrail in 1981. Production of these unit's spaned from 1981 - 1987. The M class EMU's are semi-permanently coupled as M-T-M (motor-trailer-motor) sets, but spend much of their time coupled in pairs to make six-carriage sets. Comeng trains have power operated doors that must be pulled open by hand but are closed by the driver. Like Sydney Comeng EMU's the M class EMU's run on Mitsubishi motors. Image File history File linksMetadata EDI_Comeng. ...
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Melbourne, capital city of the State of Victoria, Australia, has a long history of railway development. ...
From 2000 to 2003, the two train operators at the time, Connex and the now defunct M>Train, introduced a refurbishment program for the trains. Connex had Alstom refurbish their trains, while EDi Rail refurbished M>Train's trains. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Connex Melbourne is wholly owned by French company, Veolia Environnement. ...
M>Train was the former operator of half of Melbournes suburban railway network. ...
Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ...
EDi Rail is a rail company based in Australia. ...
3000 class railcar
TransAdelaide’s 3000 & 3100-class diesel-electric railcars are the backbone of the suburban network Main Article 3000 class railcar Image File history File links AdelaideRail_2. ...
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TransAdelaide is a public transport company which previously operated the majority of the suburban bus network in Adelaide, Australia and currently operates the suburban train and tram network. ...
TransAdelaide’s 3000 & 3100-class diesel-electric railcars are the backbone of the suburban network The 3000 class railcar is the main workhorse of suburban passenger operations in Adelaide, South Australia. ...
The "3000" class railcar is the main workhorse of suburban passenger operations in Adelaide, South Australia. Similar to Melbourne's M class EMU's. The 3000's main difference is that they are diesel-electric. 70 cars were introduced into service between 1987 and 1996 with the first 20 built by Comeng between 1987 and 1989 numbered 3001-3008 and 3101-3112. In 1992, orders for 50 new railcars were placed to replace the Redhens and Clyde built the remaining 50 railcars numbered 3009-3030 and 3113-3130.
There are two variants: 30xx, featuring a cab at each end, and 31xx with one cab. 30s can run single, while 31s run in sets of two. 30s can also be found running multiple at times. A single 3000 and 3100 makes a 3 car train, while four 3000s or two 3000s and a single 3100, or 2x 3100s can make up a four car train. Sometimes a single 3100 is joined to a 3000 to make a 2 car train and often happens when the other 3100 is getting serviced. Trains of over 4 cars are very rarely seen today, 6 cars is the limit.
Z Class Trams The Z-class trams were built by Comeng and introduced from the mid-late 1970s. Production started with the Z1 class, built from 1975 to 1979. 100 trams were built, most of which are now being withdrawn. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 956 KB) Garden variety Z3 Melbourne tram, turning. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 956 KB) Garden variety Z3 Melbourne tram, turning. ...
Lygon Street, of the suburb of Carlton, Melbourne, Australia, is the Italian food precinct of the city. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, In the Western world, the focus shifted from the social activism of the sixties to social activities for ones own pleasure, save for environmentalism, which continued in a very visible way. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ...
In 1978 and 1979, fifteen Z2 class trams—having little difference from the Z1 classes—were built. As with the Z1 class, Z2 class trams are now being withdrawn from service. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ...
From 1979 to 1984, Z3 class trams were introduced, being a significant improvement on the Z1 and Z2 class trams. 115 were built, 114 of which are in service (Z3.149 was destroyed in a fire). All are reliveried in either Yarra Trams or all-over advertising livery. For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Yarra Trams is a tram operating company in Melbourne, Australia. ...
A light rail vehicle wrapped in an iPod advertisement Wrap advertising is the practice of completely covering (wrapping) a vehicle in an advertisement or livery. ...
An A1 class tram at St. Vincent's Plaza Image File history File links source: http://en. ...
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The A class trams The A class trams were built by Comeng and were introduced between 1984 and 1987. This model did away with the concept of a seated conductor, which was characteristic of the Z class trams. 70 were built and are still in service today.
The B1/B2-class trams/light rail vehicles The B-class trams (also known as light rail vehicles) were first introduced to Melbourne in 1984 with the prototype B1 class trams. These trams were a significant improvement over the older Z1-classes. Only 2 B1 class trams were built and they remain in service today. Collins Street, looking West from the Collins Street / Swanston Street Super Stop Collins Street, looking East from Swanston Street The bottom end of Collins Street, in between William and King Street Collins Street is a major street in the Melbourne central business district and runs approximately east to west. ...
Spencer Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
This article is about light rail systems in general. ...
B2 class trams were built from 1988-1994, by Comeng, and later ABB Transportation. They were an improvement over the B1-classes. 130 were built, all of which remain in service today. B2-classes are often spotted in all-over advertising livery. The B2 class was notable for the long overdue introduction of air-conditioning. Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ...
All of the B2-classes, and B1.2002 have been repainted in Yarra Trams livery (B2.2001 is in all-over advertising livery, but was also in Yarra Trams livery).
Yarra Trams is a tram operating company in Melbourne, Australia. ...
Yarra Trams is a tram operating company in Melbourne, Australia. ...
References - Comeng, A History of Commonwealth Engineering Vol I 1921 to 1955 by John Dunn, Rosenberg Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1877058424.
Internal Links Un Refurbished Harris Refurbished Harris Train The Harris trains were first introduced to the Melbourne metropolitan railway system in 1956 with the last of the unrefurbished trains seeing service in 1988. ...
The term Comeng originally defined the company COMmonwealth ENGineering which, among others things, manufactured Melbournes A, B and Z class trams, some Sydney R, L & S class double-decker trains and Brisbane buses, although now is popularly used to define Melbournes Comeng Trains. ...
External Links - M class EMU's
- Further information on the 3000 and 3100 series railcar
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