Brill Light-Weight Passenger Train 1932

From www.railphotoexpress.biz Brill Gas Electric Passenger Train Cars built in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1932 Brill Model 860, 550 HP provides Passenger Train service at Lower Cost One of 3 Built for The Santa Fe Railroad. A Gas-Electric Motor and three Passenger trailers can now replace a Steam Locomotive and four Passenger cars. J. G. Brill and Company manufactured Street cars,Trolley cars, and buses in the United States. The company was founded by John George Brill and his son, George Martin Brill in 1860 as a horsecar manufacturing firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was taken over by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1926. Brill manufactured over 45,000 Trolley Cars, buses and Street Cars. At its height,it was the largest manufacturer of street cars interurbans and Trolley Cars in the United States.