Metro-Cammell
British manufacturer of railway locomotives and rolling stock / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Metro-Cammell, formally the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company (MCCW), was an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons, based in Saltley, and subsequently Washwood Heath, in Birmingham. The company was purchased by GEC Alsthom in May 1989; the Washwood Heath factory closed in 2005 and was demolished in early 2019.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Railway engineering |
Founded | 1863; 161 years ago (1863) |
Defunct | 1989; 35 years ago (1989) |
Fate | Acquired By Alstom |
Successor | Alstom |
Headquarters | Birmingham, England, UK |
Products | Railway carriages, locomotives, diesel multiple units and electric multiple units |
Parent | Independent (1863–1989) Alstom (1989–2005) |
The company designed and built trains for the railways in the United Kingdom and overseas, including the Mass Transit Railway of Hong Kong, Kowloon–Canton Railway (now East Rail line), the Channel Tunnel, and the Tyne and Wear Metro, and locomotives for Malaysia's Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Diesel and electric locomotives were manufactured for South African Railways, Nyasaland Railways, Malawi, Nigeria, Trans-Zambezi Railway and Pakistan. DMUs were supplied to Jamaica Railway Corporation and the National Railways of Mexico. The vast majority of London Underground rolling stock manufactured in the mid-20th century was produced by the company, which also designed and built the Blue Pullman for British Railways.