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  Accident damaged P2005
The P class was unfortunately involved in a level crossing collision with a car and a semi trailer on 10 July 2001, sadly 2 occupants in the car were killed.
Locomotive overhauls for United Goninan have all but dried up at present with only DA1575 currently in the works and presumably DA1577 to follow.
Permission was sought from United Goninan prior to taking this photograph.
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 The Advertiser: United bullish outlook (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United had a lower effective tax rate of 24 per cent mainly due additional research and development tax concessions, which the company expects to continue for some time.
United Goninan, the group's railway division that manufacturers and maintains Sydney's Tangara segment - achieved an EBITA of $26.2 million - up 34 per cent.
United KFPW - the property and facilities management - lifted EBITA to $10.3 million, while United KG's EBITA - its engineering and construction arm - was lower at $16.4 million.
www.theadvertiser.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5936,10459098%255E462,00.html   (576 words)

  
 The Advertiser: United stands as expectations unfold [ 16aug05 ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United's train manufacturer Goninan increased revenue by 33 per cent to $577.2 million, due to strong demand for passenger and freight trains.
Goninan is contracted to deliver new trains for the NSW Hunter Valley this year and will pitch for RailCorp's billion-dollar contract to upgrade Sydney's passenger network.
"United is now well placed with a well-defined, long-term growth strategy, wide-ranging opportunities in our sectors, excellent client base and order book, and a large capable workforce." The group's order book has grown by 17 per cent to $2.7 billion.
www.theadvertiser.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,16272987,00.html   (485 words)

  
 United rail steams ahead on a strong resources sector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United's rail subsidiary, United Goninan, has attracted $110 million in new orders for locomotives and freight trains in recent months.
United is currently manufacturing 360 iron ore wagons for BHP Billiton's iron ore business, with delivery expected in November, 2005.
United is engaged in the manufacture of 88 coal wagons for Queensland Rail.
www.industrysearch.com.au /news/viewrecord.asp?ID=15977   (359 words)

  
 United accelerates as rail unit powers ahead - News - www.theage.com.au   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United is a contender, with business partner Mitsubishi, for the $1.5 billion contract to modernise Sydney's ageing rail fleet.
United Group cemented its reputation as the darling of the engineering sector yesterday by posting a 33 per cent lift in full-year profit and providing an upbeat assessment for the coming year.
United declared a fully franked final dividend of 10 ¢ and a special dividend of 10 ¢ a share payable on September 24.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/08/16/1092508370839.html   (482 words)

  
 Trains on the MTR - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Trains on the MTR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
All trains are electric multiple units (EMUs), equipped with ATC and ATP, operating on 1432mm rail gauge and are powered by 1500V DC through overhead electrification.
They were built originally by Metro Cammell (now Alstom Transportations), and were refurbished in the mid-1990s by the Australian company United Goninan.
United Goninan was subsequently awarded a contract to maintain the MTR rolling-stock.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Trains-on-the-MTR.html   (1279 words)

  
 egoli - News & Views   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United’s railway transportation service’s division, United Goninan saw a 33% increase in sales revenue to $577.2 million.
United KFPW, the real estate services and property management division recorded a 139% jump in sales revenue to $174.6 million when compared to the previous year.
United Gooder, the group’s engineering and industrial services division in New Zealand showed a 35% improvement in sales revenue to $62.9 million when compared to the previous year.
www.egoli.com.au /egoli/egoliNewsViewsPage.asp?PageID={923E9785-56B1-4570-8CCB-2514B6AD29AC}   (347 words)

  
 150 years of NSW Railways
United Goninan is Australia's largest provider of maintenance services to public and private railway operators, covering passenger cars, locomotives and freight vehicles.
United Goninan Limited is a member of the United Group of companies and is Australia's leading designer and manufacturer of railway rolling stock.
United Goninan has 14 manufacturing, maintenance, refurbishment and design facilities in five states around Australia and an operation in Hong Kong.
www.railcorp.info /150years/our_supporters   (2386 words)

  
 IndustrySearch - United Group wins $44 million Queensland Rail contract   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In conjunction with the coal wagons, QR has also awarded a contract to United Goninan to supply 920 bogies for the coal wagons to be constructed by United Goninan and also for wagons constructed in QR's own workshops.
United Goninan's Townsville workshop has constructed coal wagons before but the supply of wagons and bogies in an integrated package is new.
United Goninan, which was established in 1899, has an annual turnover in excess of $300 million.
www.industrysearch.com.au /news/printarticle.asp?id=15416   (245 words)

  
 13 Wn. App. 766, RICHARD A. MANNING, Individually, Plaintiff, v. JOHN LOIDHAMER et al, Respondents, THE STATE OF ...
The State and Kainz prevailed on the cross claim by virtue of the verdict of the jury finding United and Goninan to have been negligent, which was a proximate cause of the accident, thus making them contributorially negligent as to their claim against the State and Kainz.
Goninan was driving United's truck in an easterly direction on the inside lane of SR 16 on a downgrade at a high rate of speed considering the rainy weather condition.
If United and Goninan had sued the State in another action for property damage and personal injury, based upon the same alleged acts of negligence, and had failed to recover as they did in the case at bench, the State could not be awarded attorney's fees beyond those authorized by statute.
www.mrsc.org /mc/courts/appellate/013wnapp/013wnapp0766.htm   (2549 words)

  
 4D (train)
Built by Goninan in 1991, the only existing train ran as a 4-car set, in a T-M-M-T combination.
It was expected that the PTC would order 19 more units from Goninan, however, this was never carried through.
The 4D is based on the design of the Tangara train used in Sydney, but it has been modified to be compatible with Melbourne's workhorse Comeng trains.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/4D_%28train%29   (301 words)

  
 Goninan-GE / GE Model Numbers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Goninan is now one of the main two locomotive manufacturers in Australia, with Clyde, and is the GE license-holder in this country.
Since the early 1950's, Goninan has built around 330 locos for local operators, with most of this being in the 80's and 90's.
Goninan has factories at Broadmeadow (Newcastle), Townsville, and Bassendean (Perth), and was a subsidiary of engineering company Howard Smith, until being sold recently.
locopage.railpage.org.au /ge.html   (163 words)

  
 eBearing News - Sydney Commuter Train Bearing Failures Investigated   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Each motor car unit is driven by eight traction motors, putting out 170kw.
Built and maintained by United Goninan, the first of 450 Tangara units (370 suburban, 80 outersuburban) was delivered in 1987.
The traction motors and gearboxes are supplied to United Goninan by Mitsubishi Electric.
www.ebearing.com /news2004/041601.htm   (526 words)

  
 Herald Sun: United front defends and delivers growth [16aug05]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United Group chief executive Richard Leupen said the company's geographically diverse base consolidated its ability to generate earnings in the longer term.
Train manufacturer United Goninan, which is due to deliver new trains for the NSW Hunter Valley this year, experienced a 33 per cent increase in revenue to $577.2 million from $435 million.
United declared a final dividend of 20c per share, bringing total dividends for the year to 30c per share.
www.heraldsun.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5478,16272789^664,00.html   (436 words)

  
 United, up 33%, engineers rails run - News - www.smh.com.au
United Group cemented its reputation as the darling of the engineering sector yesterday by posting a 33 per cent lift in full-year profit and providing a upbeat assessment for the next year.
Mr Leupen said he expected Goninan to be the main source of United's future earnings and expressed confidence in the outlook for rail spending.
United declared a fully franked final dividend of 10c and special dividend of 10c a share, both payable on September 24.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/08/16/1092508374733.html   (509 words)

  
 Financial Review: United wins $30m China rail contract   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United Group has strengthened its China ties with a $30 million deal to design and manufacture trains and platforms.
The company said United Goninan had a long history of supplying engineering and design capability and specialised manufacturing support to GE Transportation on international projects.
He said the United Group's rail operations across Australia continued to perform strongly, and further successes were expected in the year ahead.
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 First Report from Railway Gazette International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The cars are being built by United Goninan's Broadmeadow plant in New South Wales to re-equip the state's Prospector and AvonLink regional passenger services.
Meeting the latest Australian rail safety requirements, the units are equipped with automatic train protection equipment, and microprocessor-based traction controls, with information display screens in each driving cab.
The remaining two-car unit is intended to operate the AvonLink regional service over the 106km route from Midland to Northam, and is expected to enter service early next year.
www.railwaygazette.com /2003/03x-frp1.asp   (614 words)

  
 International Railway Journal: Bouyant HH locomotive market in Australia: while contracts for new locomotives in ...
United Goninan is delivering another six of the very successful General Electric (GE) Dash 9-44CW locomotives to the Pilbara region by the middle of this year.
In the Hunter Valley of New South Wales and in Central Queensland, new locomotives are being acquired for the growing coal traffic and because of the switch to competitive tendering for freight operations.
Goninan is also building more than 300 120-tonne coal wagons at its Taree plant for this traffic.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_5_45/ai_n13784668   (1089 words)

  
 United in $30m China rail contract - Breaking News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United Group Ltd has strengthened its China ties with a $30 million deal to design and manufacture rail trains and platforms.
As part of a contract with GE Transportation, United's rail engineering, manufacturing and maintenance business, United Goninan, will design and build 156 fabricated locomotive bogie frames and design locomotive platform structures.
The company said United Goninan had a long history of supplying engineering and design capability and specialised manufacturing support to GE Transportation on various international locomotive projects.
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 CNW Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"United Goninan is a technology leader, establishing new designs and concepts for locomotives and has been a very successful locomotive manufacturer in Australia, winning many large contracts.
United Group CEO, Richard Leupen, stated, "The business philosophy of United Goninan is to draw on the world's best sources of technology and use them to build on our core strengths in above-the-track rail engineering and maintenance.
United Goninan's head office, in Newcastle, New South Wales, is the administrative and technological centre of the organisation, providing group management, finance, marketing and engineering expertise to the business' operations.
www.newswire.ca /releases/August2004/04/c8381.html   (514 words)

  
 BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
United Goninan, and to all its’ employees employed in the classifications set out in subclause 3.2 of this Award, and who are performing railway rolling stock maintenance, upgrade and service activities at the BHP Port Kembla Steelworks rail network.
Employees of United Goninan Pty Ltd who are members or entitled to be members of the organisations detailed above and are engaged in classifications specified in paragraph 3.2.3 of this Award.
The absence of an employee from work for a continuous period exceeding three (3) working days, without the consent of Fluor or United Goninan and without notification to the employer, shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence that the employee has abandoned employment.
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au /irc/IRCGazette.nsf/LUPublications/EAA39926A2C6F422CA256FF10009DCA0?OpenDocument   (4520 words)

  
 Trains on the MTR - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All trains are electric multiple units (EMUs), equipped with ATC and ATP, operating on 1432 mm rail gauge and are powered by 1500 V DC through overhead electrification.
They were built originally by Metro Cammell (now Alstom Transportation), and were refurbished starting in 1998 by the Australian company United Goninan.
It is also interesting to note, that such advances were not integrated into the M-Train until late 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trains_on_the_MTR   (1415 words)

  
 Downer EDI Company Research Report - News - by IBISWorld
United Group has beaten Downer EDI to a $262 million contract with NSW RailCorp for a new fleet of passenger trains.
United Group, through its rail subsidiary United Goninan, is able to build OSCARs using infrastructure and staff already in place.
The short list includes various consortiums such as Star Transit, a consortium of United Goninan and Mitsubishi Electric; Reliance Rail, a consortium of Downer EDI, ABN Amro, Hitachi and AMP Capital Investors; Aurora Rail Partnership; a consortium of Siemens and Commonwealth Bank; and Bombadier Consortium, made up of Bombadier Transportation, Plenary Group and Deutsche Bank.
www.ibisworld.com.au /car/News.asp?enterprise_id=7890   (679 words)

  
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United Group Limited is a diversified services company working at facilities and customer sites throughout Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, America and Europe.
Its range of services is delivered by its four operating companies: United Goninan for railway manufacturing, maintenance and engineering; United KFPW for corporate property management services; United KG for integrated engineering, construction, facilities management and industrial maintenance businesses, and United Gooder, a multi-disciplinary engineering and construction business in New Zealand.
United Group Limited: Business description, financial summary, 3yr and interim financials, key statistics/ratios and historical ratio analysis.
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 Railmedia Forums :: View topic - want a job
United Goninan is a market leader in the Australian rail transportation industry and are currently seeking applications for a Rolling Stock Maintainer position at our Adelaide site based in Keswick.
United Goninan is an equal opportunity employer and promotes workplace safety at all times.
The only suburban cars in Sydney that are of a good standard are the Goninan double deckers C3001-C3080/T4101-T4170 and all the K/C set cars, and that is because their design was taken directly from Comeng specifications.
forums.railmedia.com.au /viewtopic.php?p=1544   (518 words)

  
 Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia
This will be further complemented with the delivery of the first of 10 remanufactured EMD 3800hp units for (RL Class) mainline service in 2005.
CFCLA placed a $30 million contract with United Goninan for the complete remanufacture and maintenance of a fleet of 12 former Freight Corp 442 class locomotives.
CFCLA's locomotive fleet is 65 units strong and will continue to grow through 2005-6 with a target of 100 locomotives in its fleet by end of 2006.
www.cfcla.com.au /locomotives.htm   (472 words)

  
 United Goninan - Latest News
Goninan has been awarded a $23 million contract to manufacture 260 coal wagons for Queensland Rail.
The wagons will be manufactured by Goninan North Queensland at the Townsville site which has previously produced coal wagons, tank wagons and diesel electric locomotives for customers in Queensland.
This project will provide employment for 90 people and the wagons will be delivered during the period from February to September next year.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
Image:MTR people 1 girl.jpg thumb300pxA little girl holding a pole in guidance of her mother on a train Four variations of the '''MTR rolling stock''' operate on the MTR Network of Hong Kong.
All trains are electric multiple units (EMUs), equipped with ATC and Automatic_train_protection ATP, operating on 1432 mm rail gauge and are powered by 1500 volt V direct current DC through overhead lines overhead electrification.
They were built originally by Metro Cammell (now Alstom Transportations), and were refurbished starting in 1998 by the Australia Australian company United Goninan.
www.mauspfeil.net /Trains_on_the_MTR.html   (1832 words)

  
 United Group out to exceed earnings goal - Breaking News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United Group has reported a net profit of $29.1 million for 2003/04, up 33 per cent.
United Goninan achieved an EBITA of $26.2 million, up 34 per cent.
United KFPW lifted EBITA to $10.3 million, while United KG's EBITA was lower at $16.4 million.
www.smh.com.au - !http: //www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/16/1092508324890.html   (527 words)

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