A. E. Goodwin

AE Goodwin was an Australian heavy engineering firm, which produced railway locomotives and rolling stock, as well as roadmaking machinery at its factory in Auburn.^[1]

AE Goodwin

44 class at Minto in March 1961
Industry	Railway locomotive & rolling stock manufacturer
Defunct	November 1972
Headquarters	Auburn

600 class at Jamestown in April 1969

830 class in Mount Gambier in 1983

700 class at Tanunda in March 2007

History

Founded in December 1935 by Arthur Elliott Goodwin, the company was originally based in Lidcombe. In 1946 it relocated to St Marys and in the late 1960s to Auburn. In the mid 1950s it became the Australian licence holder for American Locomotive Company (Alco) products, building over 400 diesel locomotives between December 1955 and November 1972.^[2] In 1961 the company was taken over by household appliance manufacturer AG Healing.^[1][3][4]

AE Goodwin collapsed in November 1972. It was purchased from its administrator by Comeng, who completed the outstanding locomotives on order, six 442 class for the Public Transport Commission,^[5] one M636 for Hammersley Iron and four M636s for Mount Newman Mining at the Auburn factory before closing it.^[4]

Production

Diesel locomotives manufactured included:^[6]

New South Wales Government Railways

• 100 44 class
• 40 45 class
• 165 48 class
• 34 442 class

South Australian Railways

• 37 930 class
• 45 830 class
• 7 600 class
• 6 700 class

Silverton Tramway

• 3 ST class

Hamersley Iron

• 12 Alco 636
• 19 MLW M636

Mount Newman Mining

• 17 ALCO Century 636
• MLW M636C++

++ 27 built in total by AE Goodwin and Comeng, split unknown

Robe River Mining

• 7 MLW M636

See also

• List of locomotive builders

References

1. Geoff Strong (14 August 2002). "Australian made is out of service". The Age. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
2. John Cleverdon. "Goodwin-Alco / Comeng-Alco / Alco Model Numbers". Locopage. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
3. "AE Goodwin Limited - Company Profile and Status". deListed. delisted.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
4. Dunn, John (2010). Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 3: 1967–1977. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 174–194. ISBN 9781877058905.
5. Oberg, Leon (2007). Locomotives of Australia 1854 to 2007. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-877058-54-7.
6. Locomotive Classes Vicsig

External links

• Magazine advertising by AE Goodwin