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The Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon (MCCW) was a Birmingham, England based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons, based in the suburb of Washwood Heath. Image File history File links Metro-Cammell. ... Image File history File links Metro-Cammell. ... Birmingham (pron. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Tourists in a vis-a-vis, Prague The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs or leather strapping for suspension, whether light, smart and fast or large and comfortable. ... A wagon (in British English waggon) or dray is a wheeled vehicle, ordinarily with four wheels, usually pulled by an animal, or animals, such as horses, mules or oxen and used for transport of heavy goods. ... Washwood Heath is an area of Birmingham, England. ...

It was formed in 1929 after Vickers Ltd and Cammell Laird and Co merged their railway-building interests (which included the Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company). Vickers Armstrong (Aircraft) company logo Vickers, founded as the Vickers Company in 1828, was a British manufacturer, primarily of military equipment, traditionally based in Barrow-in-Furness. ... Cammell Laird logo Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. ... The Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company was a Birmingham, England based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons. ...

It has made trains for railways in the UK and overseas, including the Mass Transit Railway of Hong Kong, Kowloon-Canton Railway (now KCR East Rail), the Channel Tunnel and locomotives for Malaysia's Keretapi Tanah Melayu. The vast majority of the current and past London Underground rolling stock in mid 20th century was made by the company. This article is about the metro system in Hong Kong. ... The Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a railway network in Hong Kong, China, comprising intercity rapid transit and light rail systems. ... Opening Date 10 October 1911 Stations 14 Number of trains 37 Service Area North, Tai Po, Sha Tin, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City The East Rail (東鐵) is one of the three lines of the KCR network in Hong Kong. ... Map of the Channel Tunnel. ... A train stopping at a KTMB railway station in Kuala Lipis, Pahang Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) or the Malayan Railway is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. ... The London Underground is an electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ...

MCCW also built bus bodies. In 1932, the business was combined with Weymann Motor Bodies and Metro Cammell Weymann was formed. Metro Cammell Weymann (MCW) was once a major player in transportation manufacturing in the UK and Europe. ...

In May 1989, the railway business was sold to GEC Alsthom (now Alstom) Group. The last trains to be built at the Washwood Heath plant prior to its closure in 2005 were the Class 390 "Pendolino" tilting trains for the West Coast Main Line modernisation. Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Class 390 no. ... The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...

Notable Products

London Underground 1973 Stock.

• British Rail Class 101 "Heritage" Diesel Multiple Unit
• British Rail Class 156 "Super Sprinter" Diesel Multiple Unit
• British Rail Mark 4 coaching stock
• Glasgow Subway metro trains
• M-stock metro cars (Hong Kong MTR)
• London Underground 1967 Stock (Victoria Line)
• London Underground C67 Stock (Circle Line)
• London Underground 1973 Stock (Piccadilly Line)
• London Underground D78 Stock (District Line)
• London Underground battery-electric locomotives
• Tyne and Wear Metro trains

Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 915 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Two London Underground Picadilly Line 1973 tube stock trains at Rayners Lane station on 24 October 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 915 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Two London Underground Picadilly Line 1973 tube stock trains at Rayners Lane station on 24 October 2005. ... Two 1973 Stock trains pass at Rayners Lane. ... Class 101, no. ... Class 156, no. ... Interior of a refurbished first class coach. ... An Inner Circle train arrives at West Street station. ... Line-up of the MTR rolling stock : (from left) Refurbished M-Train, Original M-Train (before 1998), K-Stock, Tung Chung Line Stock, and Airport Express Line Stock. ... This article is about MTR as a metro system. ... The London Underground 1967 Stock currently runs on the Victoria Line. ... The C Stock currently on the Circle, Hammersmith and City and the Wimbledon to Edgware Road section of the District Line. ... Two 1973 Stock trains pass at Rayners Lane. ... D stock train at Blackfriars station The London Underground D Stock is a type of electric multiple unit used on the London Underground District Line1. ... A 1938 battery-electric locomotive preserved at Londons Transport Museum depot London Underground Battery-electric locmotives, most commonly known as battery locomotives are used for hauling engineers trains, and can draw power from the electrified rails like a normal tube train, or run on batteries when the power is... The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail metro system based around Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...

Further research

• MCW archives at the Historical Model Railway Society, at Butterley in Derbyshire
• Birmingham City Council Public Records Office also has an archive of old Metro Cammel material