The Comeng is a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) operating on the suburban railway network of Melbourne. Built by their namesake Commonwealth Engineering, the trains were introduced in 1981 as a replacement for the Tait and Harris trains. In total, 190 three-car trainsets were built.
An Alstom-refurbished Comeng at Prahran, December 2019
Interior of an EDi-refurbished Comeng with life extension upgrades
A now-scrapped unrefurbished Comeng set in its original Metropolitan Transit Authority livery
An M>Train liveried Comeng 477M as delivered after refurbishment by EDi Rail. The brand went defunct in 2004, leaving Connex to take over all Comeng operations.
The Tait trains were a wooden bodied electric multiple unit (EMU) train that operated on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They were introduced in 1910 by the Victorian Railways as steam locomotive hauled cars, and converted to electric traction from 1919 when the Melbourne electrification project was underway. The trains derived their name from Sir Thomas James Tait, the chairman of commissioners of the Victorian Railways from 1903 to 1910. The first cars were built during 1909 with the last entering service in 1952.
Tait 317M passing Kensington, 2022
Interior of a Tait car restored by ElecRail.
First set of Tait suburban passenger carriages hauled by steam locomotive Dde 750, c. 1910
Four-car Tait train at the Spring Vale Cemetery platform
