J.G. Brill and Company
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J.G. Brill and Company manufactured streetcars and buses in the United States and Canada. The company was founded by John George Brill in 1868 as a horsecar manufacturing firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and went out of business in 1944. A new company called American Car and Foundry-Brill Motors Corporation appeared shortly after J.G. Brill's demise. Brill also manufactured vehicles with Canada Car and Foundry of Montreal, Quebec.
Brill manufactured over 45,000 trolleys, buses and railroad cars. At its zenith, it was the largest manufacturer of streetcars and interurbans in the United States.
[edit] Products
- Fageol/Brill Twin Coach 44S
- Brill Bullet streetcar
- Brilliner streetcar
- C-36 city bus
- IC-41 intercity bus
- Peter Witt - Large and Small; trailer
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) was a client of Brill's buses and streetcars:TTC Streetcar roster
[edit] Clients
[edit] External links
- History of J. G. Brill Company
- Brill Bullet
- Brilliner
- Photos of Red Arrow Trolleys, including Brill cars
- Iron Horse 1/29
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| Railroad car manufacturing predecessors of American Car and Foundry Company | |
| 1899 merger: | Buffalo · Ensign · Jackson & Woodin · Michigan-Peninsular · Minerva · Missouri · Murray Dougal · Niagara · Ohio Falls · St. Charles · Terre Haute · Union · Wells & French |
| Later acquisitions: | Bloomsburg (1899) · Jackson & Sharp (1901) · Common Sense Bolster (1901) · Southern (1904) · ICF (1905) · Indianapolis (1905) · Pacific (1924) · Brill (1926) |
