Martin & King
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| Industry | Railway locomotive & rolling stock manufacturer |
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| Headquarters | Somerton |
| Parent | Clyde Engineering |
Martin & King was a manufacturing company based in Melbourne, Australia. The company specialised in motor vehicle bodies[1] and railway locomotives and rolling stock.[2]
History
The company was initially based in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale from at least 1948,[3] later opening a plant for railway stock at Clayton in the 1950s. In 1959 a new plant was opened at Somerton, which was provided with its own railway siding. The company became part of Clyde Engineering in 1960.[4] The Somerton plant is today occupied by Downer Rail.
Products
Hitachi suburban train in Middle Footscray in September 2006
- Bodywork for Buick cars (late 1930s)[1]
- Assembly of Volkswagen Beetles (1954)[5]
- Ford 103E Utility (1955)[6]
- Melbourne's Harris suburban trains ('T' car bodies) (1950s)[7]
- Victorian Railways 102hp Walker railmotors (1948)[8]
- Victorian Railways 153hp Walker railmotors (1948)[9]
- Victorian Railways 280hp Walker railmotors (1950)[10]
- Melbourne's Hitachi suburban trains (fitting out of 'M' and 'D' cars) (1970s)[11]
- V/Line N class diesel locomotives (1985)[12]
- V/Line P class diesel locomotive rebuilds (from flat top T classes) (1980s)[13]
- V/Line G class diesel locomotives (numbers G516-543) (1984)[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Buick Car Club of Australia Inc in NSW - Buick - Australian History the chassis of which was imported from Canada by Preston Motors of Melbourne and had a body constructed by Martin & King. It is known that Martin & King built bodies on Buick chassis for the Victorian Electricity Commission in this era.
- ↑ VictorianRailways.net: 280 Walker railmotors
- ↑ State Library of Victoria: Car bodies and premises of Martin & King, auto body finishers
- ↑ Somerton VR History
- ↑ Classic and Vintage Volkswagen Club of Australia
- ↑ Ford 103E Ute :: Vintage Car Parts
- ↑ SE Dornan & RG Henderson: (1979) The Electric Railways of Victoria'
- ↑ Peter J. Vincent: Walkers 102hp Railcar
- ↑ Peter J. Vincent: Walkers 153hp Railcar
- ↑ Peter J. Vincent: Walkers 280hp Railcar
- ↑ 30 Years of Hitachi Trains Vicsig
- ↑ N class Vicsig
- ↑ P class Vicsig
- ↑ G class Vicsig