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Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products.
It was founded in September 1898 by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen buying the Granville factory of timber merchants Hudson Brothers. The company won contracts for railway rolling stock, a sewerage system, trams and agricultural machinery. In 1907 it won its first contract for steam locomotives for the
A History of Clyde Engineering
Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products.
It was founded in September 1898 by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen buying the Granville factory of timber merchants Hudson Brothers. The company won contracts for railway rolling stock, a sewerage system, trams and agricultural machinery. In 1907 it won its first contract for steam locomotives for the New South Wales Government Railways
The New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) was the agency of the Government of New South Wales that administered rail transport in New South Wales, Australia, between 1855 and 1932.
Management
The agency was managed by a range of differe ...
. By 1923 it had 2,200 employees. After contracting during the depression it became a major supplier of munitions during World War II.
In 1950 it was awarded the first of many contracts for diesel locomotives by the Commonwealth Railways
The Commonwealth Railways were established in 1917 by the Government of Australia with the Commonwealth Railways Act to administer the Trans-Australia and Port Augusta to Darwin railways. It was absorbed into Australian National in 1975.
O ...
after it was appointed the Australian licensee for Electro-Motive Diesel
Progress Rail Locomotives, doing business as Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), is an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. The company is owned by Caterpillar through its sub ...
products. Apart from building locomotives and rolling stock, Clyde Engineering diversified into telephone and industrial electronic equipment, machine tools, domestic aluminium ware, road making and earth making equipment, hydraulic pumps, product finishing equipment, filtration systems, boilers, power stations and firing equipment, car batteries, hoists and cranes, door and curtain tracks and motor vehicle distribution.
In July 1996 it was taken over by Evans Deakin Industries. In March 2001 Evans Deakin was taken over by Downer Group
Downer Group is an integrated services company active in Australia and New Zealand.
Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and New Zealand Stock Exchange as Downer EDI (DOW), Downer is an ASX 100 company.
Downer Group employs approximat ...
to form Downer EDi.
Products
Amongst the classes of locomotives built by Clyde Engineering were:Steam locomotives
Commonwealth Railways
* 4G class G class or Class G may refer to:
Locomotives
* NZR G class (1928), a type of steam locomotive used in New Zealand
* Tasmanian Government Railways G class, a class of 0-4-2T steam locomotive used in Australia
* V/Line G class, a class of diese ...
Granville
* 10 L class Granville
* 8 K class
New South Wales
*10 C30T class rebuilt from C30 class Granville *45 C32 class Granville *65 C36 class Granville *5 C38 class Granville *30 D50 class Granville *160 D53 class Granville *120 D55 class Granville *25 D57 class GranvilleSouth Australia
*10 740 class GranvilleTasmania
*20 Q class Granville *1 P class GranvilleDiesel locomotives
Commonwealth Railways / Australian National
*47 GM class Granville *17 CL class Granville *6 NJ class Granville *8 AL class Rosewater *10 BL class Rosewater *15 DL class Kelso *11 AN class SomertonNew South Wales
*6 42 class Granville *10 421 class Granville *20 422 class Granville *18 49 class Granville *84 81 class Kelso *58 82 class BraemarVictoria
*26 B class Granville *18 S class Granville *94 T class Granville *75 Y class Granville *24 X class Granville / Rosewater *10 C class Rosewater *33G class G class or Class G may refer to:
Locomotives
* NZR G class (1928), a type of steam locomotive used in New Zealand
* Tasmanian Government Railways G class, a class of 0-4-2T steam locomotive used in Australia
* V/Line G class, a class of diese ...
Rosewater / Somerton
*11 A class (rebuilt from B class) Rosewater
*13 P class (rebuilt from T class) Somerton
*25 N class Somerton
*5 H class (Modified T class) Granville
Queensland
*13 1400 class Granville *10 1450 class Granville *42 1460 class Granville *29 1502 class Granville *27 1550 class Eagle Farm *12 1700 class Eagle Farm *56 1720 class Eagle Farm *27 2100 class Eagle Farm *11 2130 class Eagle Farm *8 2141 class Eagle Farm *14 2150 class Eagle Farm *45 2170 class Eagle Farm *24 2400 class Eagle Farm *18 2450 class Eagle Farm *38 2470 class Eagle FarmWestern Australia
*25 A class Granville *5 J class Granville *27 L class Granville / Eagle Farm *13 DB class Rosewater *19 Q class Forrestfield *11 S class ForrestfieldMining
*9BHP Whyalla DE class
The BHP Whyalla DE class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for BHP between 1956 and 1965.
History
In 1956, BHP purchased two Electro-Motive Diesel G8 locomotives from Clyde Engineering for use at its narr ...
Granville
*5 Hamersley Iron EMD SD50 class Rosewater
*1 Goldsworthy Mining Company GML10 Kelso
New Zealand
* DA class NO's 1430–1439, Phase II variant of the class. Featured longer-than-standard chassis to accommodate a larger fuel tank than the earlier Phase I (1955) variant. * DBR class rebuilt from Canadian-built DB class in 1980–1982. * DC class rebuilt from Canadian-built Phase III DA class locomotives from 1978 to 1981.Electric locomotives
Queensland
*22 3300/3400 class Kelso / SomertonDiesel railcars
South Australia
*50 3000 class railcars SomertonElectric multiple units
New South Wales
*205 Suburban single deck carriagesElectric tramcars
New South Wales
* 10 C-Class Granville (delivered 1899–1900) * D-Class Granville (1890s) *70 E-Class Granville (delivered 1902–1903) *260 F-Class Granville (delivered 1899–1902) *195 R-Class Granville (delivered 1933–1935) * 55 R1-Class Granville (delivered 1935)Other non-rail related products
* Lawnmowers and lead batteries - 1930s * Servicing aircraft, naval vessels * Mining equipment * Automobile parts and accessories * Bulldozers * Bus bodies * Cranes * Structural steel (e.g.trusses
A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure.
In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembla ...
for the Peats Ferry Bridge)
* Air cargo
* Lorries
* Filtration Systems (e.g. fume hoods, dust extractors, air filters)
* Roller Doors
* Materials Handling Equipment
* Automobile Assembly Paint Lines
Manufacturing Facilities
* Granville closed 1973 * Kelso opened early 1970s, closed before 2014 *Somerton Somerton may refer to:
Places Australia
* Somerton, New South Wales
* Somerton Park, South Australia, a seaside Adelaide suburb
** Somerton Man, unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead in 1948 on the Somerton Park beach
* Somerton, Victoria ...
*Eagle Farm
Eagle Farm is an eastern industrial suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Eagle Farm had a population of 0 people.
The neighbourhood of Whinstanes is located in Eagle Farm ().
Geography
Eagle Farm is situated no ...
closed 1995
*Rosewater
Rose water ( fa, گلاب) is a flavoured water made by steeping rose petals in water. It is the hydrosol portion of the distillate of rose petals, a by-product of the production of rose oil for use in perfume. Rose water is also used to flavour ...
opened 1974, closed April 1986
* Forrestfield established in 1997 to assemble the Westrail
Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was the operator of railway services in the state of Western Australia between October 1890 and June 2003. Owned by the state government, it was renamed a number of times to reflect extra responsi ...
Q and S classes, closed 1998
Non rail products
*Woodville North
Woodville North is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 10 km from the Adelaide city centre, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Charles Sturt. The post code for Woodville North is 5012. It is adjacent to ...
- Clyde Apac Industries (Air filtration systems, Lemcol materials handling systems, Selson air jacks)
* Revesby - B&D roller door systems
*Port Kembla
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ha ...
- Clyde Carruthers
Because of capacity constraints, in the 1990s Clyde leased Australian National Industries
Australian National Industries was an Australian heavy engineering company with diverse range of holdings.
History
In 1911 John McGrath began to sell motor vehicles. It operated the first public garage in New South Wales. The company held motor ...
' Braemar
Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee sitting at an elevation of .
The Gaelic ''Bràigh Mhàrr'' prop ...
factory to fulfill its order for FreightCorp
FreightCorp (formally the ''Freight Rail Corporation'') was a railway operator owned by the Government of New South Wales responsible for intrastate and some interstate rail cargo handling from its creation in January 1989 until it was privatis ...
82 class locomotives."Clyde Set to Lease Mittagong Factory" ''Railway Digest'' June 1993 page 221
References
Further reading
*A History of Clyde Engineering
External links
{{commons category-inline, Clyde Engineering Collection Companies formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Former General Motors subsidiaries Defunct locomotive manufacturers of Australia Australian companies established in 1898 Australian companies disestablished in 1996 Manufacturing companies based in Sydney