Martin and King

Updated on Dec 08, 2024

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Headquarters Somerton		Parent organization Clyde Engineering

Industry Railway locomotive & rolling stock manufacturer

Martin & King was a manufacturing company based in Melbourne, Australia. The company specialised in motor vehicle bodies and railway locomotives and rolling stock.

History

The company was initially based in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale from at least 1948, 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. The Somerton plant is today occupied by Downer Rail.

Products

Bodywork for Buick cars (late 1930s)

Body for the Reo Speed Tanker trucks (1937)

Assembly of Volkswagen Beetles (1954)

Ford 103E Utility (1955)

Melbourne's Harris suburban trains ('T' car bodies) (1950s)

Victorian Railways 102hp Walker railmotors (1948)

Victorian Railways 153hp Walker railmotors (1948)

Victorian Railways 280hp Walker railmotors (1950)

Melbourne's Hitachi suburban trains (fitting out of 'M' and 'D' cars) (1970s)

V/Line N class diesel locomotives (1985)

V/Line P class diesel locomotive rebuilds (from flat top T classes) (1980s)

V/Line G class diesel locomotives (numbers G516-543) (1984)

References

Martin & King Wikipedia

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