Metro-Cammell was the trading name of the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company, an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and wagons based first at Saltley and then at Washwood Heath in Birmingham. The business began in 1863 as the Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, joined a group of carriage builders in 1902, and took its Metropolitan-Cammell form in 1929 when the rolling stock business of Cammell Laird was merged into it. It built most of the London Underground rolling stock of the mid twentieth century, the Blue Pullman for British Railways, and trains for the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway, the Tyne and Wear Metro and railways overseas, and it built tanks in both world wars. GEC Alsthom bought the railway business in May 1989 and the Washwood Heath works closed in 2005.
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an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons
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History, Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
The company was formed in 1863 as the Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
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The company was purchased by GEC Alsthom in May 1989
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an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons
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an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons
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an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons
View the SourceBritish Rail Class 403 (Wikipedia)
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All 15 cars were built by Metropolitan Cammell.
SR Class CP (Wikipedia)
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Thirty motor coaches and 30 driving trailers were built by the Metropolitan Amalgamated Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd. in 1911.
SR Class CW (Wikipedia)
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The stock, built by the Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Company at Birmingham
LNER Tyneside electric units (Wikipedia)
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Built by Metropolitan-Cammell, the trains ran on a 600 V DC third rail system.
British Rail Class 306 (Wikipedia)
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Metro Cammell (Driving Motor Brake and Trailer)
British Rail Class 506 (Wikipedia)
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M59401-M59408 (8 cars 1954, Met-Cam)
Blue Pullman (Wikipedia)
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There were two versions, built by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham
British Rail Metro-Cammell Lightweight (Wikipedia)
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In 1955, Metropolitan Cammell produced its first lightweight diesel multiple units
British Rail Classes 101 and 102 (Wikipedia)
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built by Metro-Cammell at Washwood Heath in Birmingham, England, from 1956 to 1959
British Rail Class 111 (Wikipedia)
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part of an order for 339 Metro-Camm cars
British Rail Class 151 (Wikipedia)
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developed and constructed by the British railway equipment manufacturer Metro Cammell
British Rail Class 156 (Wikipedia)
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for British Rail by Metro-Cammell's Washwood Heath works
British Rail Class 466 (Wikipedia)
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by Metro-Cammell in Washwood Heath
British Rail Class 483 (Wikipedia)
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The trains were originally built by Metro-Cammell as 1938 tube stock for London Underground.
British Rail Class 503 (Wikipedia)
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Metro Cammell of Saltley (who built the motor coaches)
British Rail Mark 4 (Wikipedia)
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were built between 1989 and 1992 by Metro-Cammell's Washwood Heath factory
MTR Metro Cammell EMU (AC) (Wikipedia)
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a model of electric multiple unit built in 1980-1990 by Metro-Cammell
London Underground Standard Stock (Wikipedia)
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Another 112 cars, all fitted with GEC equipment, were ordered from Metropolitan Carriage Wagon and Finance in 1926.
London Underground 1935 Stock (Wikipedia)
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was an experimental train design by Metropolitan Cammell in London
London Underground 1938 Stock (Wikipedia)
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A total of 1,121 cars were built by Metro-Cammell and Birmingham RC&W.
London Underground R Stock (Wikipedia)
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The 90 new R49 cars were constructed from aluminium and built by Metro Cammell
London Underground 1959 Stock (Wikipedia)
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The 1959 Stock was built by Metro-Cammell at the Washwood Heath Railway Works in Birmingham
London Underground 1962 Stock (Wikipedia)
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The 1962 Stock was built by Metro-Cammell and the BR Workshops in Derby
London Underground 1967 Stock (Wikipedia)
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316 cars (39.5 train sets) were built by Metro-Cammell
London Underground C69 and C77 Stock (Wikipedia)
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an order for 212 cars (35 6-car trains, plus a spare car) was placed with Metro-Cammell of Washwood Heath
London Underground 1972 Stock (Wikipedia)
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441 cars were built by Metro-Cammell at Washwood Heath
London Underground 1973 Stock (Wikipedia)
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The trains were built by Metro-Cammell between 1974 and 1977
London Underground D78 Stock (Wikipedia)
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Seventy-five six-car trains were built by Metro-Cammell, Washwood Heath
London Underground 1983 Stock (Wikipedia)
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a class of electric multiple unit built by Metro-Cammell for use on London Underground's Jubilee line
London Underground 1986 Stock (Wikipedia)
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Two were built by Metro-Cammell at its Washwood Heath
Glasgow Subway rolling stock (Wikipedia)
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built by Metro-Cammell in Washwood Heath between 1977 and 1979
Tyne and Wear Metrocar (Wikipedia)
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Ninety units were manufactured between 1978 and 1981 by Metro-Cammell
Air-Rail Link (Wikipedia)
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Metro-Cammell performed the bulk of the manufacturing of the carriages at its Washwood Heath plant.
Mark V tank (Wikipedia)
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Production of the Mark V started at Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon at the end of 1917
British Rail Class 465 (Wikipedia)
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The first two sub-classes (designated 465/0 and 465/1) were built by BREL/ABB while the third sub-class (465/2) as well as the two-car (466) units were built by Metro-Cammell.
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