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South Australian Railways Brill railcar
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Two models of the Brill railcar were operated by the South Australian Railways between 1925 and 1971. They were introduced to reduce the cost incurred by locomotive-hauled trains on lightly trafficked
Model 75 railcar no. 41 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide
Model 75 railcar no. 41 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide
Preserved Model 55 railcar no. 8 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, 2014. As of 2025[update] it was undergoing long-term restoration.
Preserved Model 55 railcar no. 8 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, 2014. As of 2025[update] it was undergoing long-term restoration.
Brill Model 55 (left) and Model 75 railcars on the north railcar depot tracks at Adelaide railway station, 1962
Brill Model 55 (left) and Model 75 railcars on the north railcar depot tracks at Adelaide railway station, 1962
J. G. Brill Company
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The J. G. Brill Company manufactured streetcars, interurban coaches, motor buses, trolleybuses and railroad cars in the United States for nearly 90 years, hence the longest-lasting trolley and interur
South Australian Railways Brill railcar
…Red Hen railcars; the last units were withdrawn in 1971. In 1923, SAR Commissioner William Webb ordered a group of railcars, and tenders were called. J. G. Brill Company won the contract to supply 12 railcar chassis, which would be mated to bodies constructed by Islington Workshops. With a length over the body of 42…
Share certificate issued by the J. G. Brill Company, issued on April 11, 1921
Share certificate issued by the J. G. Brill Company, issued on April 11, 1921
A 1903 Brill-built streetcar on a heritage streetcar line in Sintra, Portugal in 2010
A 1903 Brill-built streetcar on a heritage streetcar line in Sintra, Portugal in 2010
Preserved South Australian Railways narrow-bodied Brill Model 75 railcar no. 106 on the Pichi Richi Railway heritage line in 2006.
Preserved South Australian Railways narrow-bodied Brill Model 75 railcar no. 106 on the Pichi Richi Railway heritage line in 2006.
A Brill Bullet (right) passes a pair of "Strafford Cars" (left), Philadelphia, June 1968
A Brill Bullet (right) passes a pair of "Strafford Cars" (left), Philadelphia, June 1968