Private company

A. E. Goodwin

Australian heavy engineering company

A.E. Goodwin was an Australian heavy engineering firm, which produced railway locomotives and rolling stock, as well as roadmaking machinery at its factory in Auburn.² It ceased to exist in 1972.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

HeadquartersAuburn¹

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Arhs 4459 minto — Photo: Commissioner Geoff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons⁴

A.E. Goodwin was an Australian heavy engineering firm, which produced railway locomotives and rolling stock, as well as roadmaking machinery at its factory in Auburn.²

The story

Founded in December 1935 by Arthur Elliott Goodwin, the company was originally based in Lidcombe. In 1946 it relocated to St Marys and in the late 1960s to Auburn. In the mid-1950s it became the Australian licence holder for American Locomotive Company (Alco) products, building over 400 diesel locomotives between December 1955 and November 1972. In 1961 the company was taken over by household appliance manufacturer AG Healing.

A.E. Goodwin collapsed in November 1972. It was purchased from its administrator by Comeng, who completed the outstanding locomotives on order, six 442 class for the Public Transport Commission, one M636 for Hammersley Iron and four M636s for Mount Newman Mining at the Auburn factory before closing it.

From Wikipedia’s article on A. E. Goodwin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.³

Products and brands

Diesel locomotives manufactured included:

New South Wales Government Railways

100 44 class

40 45 class

165 48 class

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34 442 class

South Australian Railways

37 930 class

45 830 class

7 600 class

6 700 class

Silverton Tramway

3 ST class

Hamersley Iron

12 Alco 636

19 MLW M636

Mount Newman Mining

17 ALCO Century 636

MLW M636C++

++ 27 built in total by A.E. Goodwin and Comeng, split unknown

Robe River Mining

7 MLW M636