Clyde Engineering

Clyde Engineering
Company typepublicly listed
ASX: CLY
IndustryEngineering
FoundedSeptember 1898
Defunct15 July 1996
SuccessorEvans Deakin Industries (1996–2001)
Downer Rail (2001–present)
Headquarters
North Sydney
Number of locations
Granville
Kelso
Somerton
Eagle Farm
Rosewater
SubsidiariesMartin & King
Men at work in the aircraft workshop at Clyde Engineering
The senior staff of Clyde Engineering in a historic photo
3830 at the Hunter Valley Steamfest in April 2008
V/Line A class locomotive at Flinders Street station in August 2006
Queensland Rail 2470 class locomotive at Corinda in February 1998
Pacific National DL class locomotive at Two Wells in December 2007
Australian Railroad Group L class locomotive at Forrestfield in December 2012
South Australian State Transport Authority 3000 class railcar at Goodwood station in May 2005

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. By 1923 it had 2,200 employees. After contracting during the depression it became a major supplier of munitions during World War II.[1]

In 1950 it was awarded the first of many contracts for diesel locomotives by the Commonwealth Railways after it was appointed the Australian licensee for Electro-Motive Diesel products.[2] 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.[1]

In July 1996 it was taken over by Evans Deakin Industries.[3][4][5] In March 2001 Evans Deakin was taken over by Downer Group to form Downer EDi.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b "Clyde publishes company history". Railway Digest: 455. December 1992.
  2. ^ Downer & Electro-Motive Diesel Sign New Agreement Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Downer EDi 26 June 2012
  3. ^ "Clyde Industries door handle, 1972 - 1996". Powerhouse Museum.
  4. ^ Clyde Industries Limited delisted.com.au
  5. ^ "EDI Wins Clyde Takeover Battle" Railway Digest September 1996 page 10
  6. ^ Evans Deakin Industries Limited delisted.com.au
  7. ^ Annual Report 30 June 2001 Archived 6 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Downer EDI