Comeng Locomotives

Model Numbers

Comeng is an abbreviation of "Commonwealth Engineering", and was a division of ANI. In the late 80's / early 90's, Comeng was taken over by ABB. Then, more recently, ABB merged with Daimler to become ADTranz. It is now part of Bombardier Transportation.
As well as work in conjunction with Alco, and subcontracting with Clyde, Comeng has also built diesel and electric locomotives with equipment from other suppliers.
On its own, Comeng has built around 145 electric and some 60 diesel locomotives for Australian operators, many of the latter being smaller shunting and industrial types.
Comeng have had factories in Dandenong (Melbourne), Rocklea (Brisbane), and Bassendean (Perth). Only the Dandenong factory is still around; it is now used by Bombardier.
The list below only covers those locos on Locopage; the units for sugar cane tramways and other industrial units are not listed. You will need to download the spreadsheet (on the Builders Numbers page) for that.
 
Model Number Locomotive Class/Classes
AA
Q:Innisfail Tramway
AB11 Q:Innisfail Tramway
BE10 MIM:305
AI
Q:Innisfail Tramway
AJ
Q:Innisfail Tramway
BF W:E
CL61? N:85
CL627a N:86, Silverton:86
CL629 Q:3100/3200
CL640m
Q:3700
J W:B
JA42 MIM:302
Unknown N:70
Unknown N:XP

 
 
Model Number Description
a Difference between 85/86 class designs
AB ?
BE ?
BF ?
C ?
J ?
JA ?
L Electric
10 ?
11 ?
27 2700 kW
29 2900 kW
42 ?
6 Co-Co

If you can fill in the gaps in the model number definitions, please e-mail me.
 

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