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Post by countryman on Oct 17, 2018 17:36:17 GMT
The official Companies House register shows former names for company No 00293588 as Alstom Transport (1998-2017), GEC Alsthom Metro-Cammell Ltd (with a hyphen, 1993-1998), and Metropolitan Cammell Ltd (no hyphen, 1934-1993) So from that I would suggest "Metro-" with a hyphen or "Metropolitan" without. Metro-Cammell was in common, but unofficial, usage long before it became the official name in 1993 - see for instance the doorplates in the 1973 stock. It was also used in the name of the bus-building joint venture Metro-Cammell-Weymann. I don't think we ever got clarification on which of Metro-Cammell's many and varied designs a questioner meant by " the" Metro-Cammell design? To some, the name may conjure up images of 1972 stock, to others the name will be synonymous with the class 101 dmu, the Blue Pullmans or the Brighton Belle. I know buses are off topic, but I believe the above in inaccurate. When RTs were built in the late 40s and early 50s, bodies were built by Park Royal Vehicles, Weymann, Cravens and Saunders. RTLs built at the same time were bodied by Park Royal Vehicles and by Metro Cammell. So at this time Metro Cammell and Weymann were separate companies, which later were somehow combined to give the MCW company referred to.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 17, 2018 18:00:17 GMT
RTs were built in the late 40s and early 50s, bodies were built by Weymann, . RTLs built at the same time were bodied by Metro Cammell. So at this time Metro Cammell and Weymann were separate companies, which later were somehow combined to give the MCW company referred to. Metro Cammell and Weymann were part of the same company from 1932, but had separate factories in Birmingham and Addlestone respectively until the latter closed in 1966. Bus bodies were badged according to which factory built them. This was not uncommon in the motor industry - Morris, Austin, Jaguar, Rover, Land Rover and Triumph were all part of British Leyland in the 1980s but each had its own factory and produced its own models. The company started branding its products as MCW some time in the 1970s.
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Post by movingmillion on Oct 18, 2018 13:22:41 GMT
I was referring to the return of the general tube stock design by Metro-Cammell (and the subsurface stock design too)
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Post by countryman on Oct 25, 2018 20:38:59 GMT
RTs were built in the late 40s and early 50s, bodies were built by Weymann, . RTLs built at the same time were bodied by Metro Cammell. So at this time Metro Cammell and Weymann were separate companies, which later were somehow combined to give the MCW company referred to. Metro Cammell and Weymann were part of the same company from 1932, but had separate factories in Birmingham and Addlestone respectively until the latter closed in 1966. Bus bodies were badged according to which factory built them. This was not uncommon in the motor industry - Morris, Austin, Jaguar, Rover, Land Rover and Triumph were all part of British Leyland in the 1980s but each had its own factory and produced its own models. The company started branding its products as MCW some time in the 1970s. nteresting that , although the Metro Cammell and Weymann bodies were built by the same company and look almost identical (although the trained eye can distinguish) under the surface they were completely different!
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