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Établissements Billard was a French railway rolling stock construction company founded in 1920 and based in Tours. It specialised in light railbuses and metre gauge and narrow gauge rolling stock. The business ceased trading in 1956 and later became Socofer.
* T50
* T75D
* T75P
* T75G
These were designed for the Chemin de fer militaire, French Military Railway. They were used, among other things, to service the Maginot Line.
* SNCF Class Y 7100
Railbuses for numerous French Voie ferrée d'intérêt local, VFIPs (secondary railways)
* Type A 80D,
* Type A 135D,
* Type A 150D,
* Type A 210D,
* Networks of the Compagnie des chemins de fer départementaux, including:
** Chemins de fer de Corse, Corse,
** Chemin de fer du Vivarais, Vivarais,
** Indre et Loire,
** Seine-et-Marne
* Tramways d'Ille-et-Vilaine Company
* Overseas networks:
** Madagascar
** Réunion
* French West Africa:
** Chemin de fer du Dakar-Niger, Dakar Niger
** Dahomey
* Ethiopia:
** Chemin de fer djibouto-éthiopien, Chemin de fer Franco-éthiopien received in 1964 two automotive cars of , for the Djibouti – Addis-Abeba line
Several European networks
* In Greece
* In Spain
** A Micheline (railcar), Micheline was built in the 1930s for the PO
** Three buses with bogies on a wide chassis worked on the Compagnie des chemins de fer secondaires du Nord-Est, Nord-Est.
** A series of railbuses with two axles were built for the CFD and the SNCF in 1949 and 1950
** A series of FNC railbuses were deployed by the SNCF
The solidity of the stock, and the simplicity of construction, means that many Billard engines are still working today.
* XR 1331 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL1, originally CP, rebuilt Garnero
* XRD 1333 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL3, originally CP, rebuilt original mail van
* XRD 1337 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL7, originally CFD Vivarais 33, rebuilt Garnero, mail van
* XR 113 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 150 D1, N°113, rebuilt Carde
* XR 104 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 210 D1, N°105, rebuilt Garnero, previously with CP
* XR 105 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 210 D1, N°106, rebuilt Garnero, previously with CP
* XRD 242 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 80 D, N°32, originally CFD Charentes
* XR 526 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 150 D2, N°526, originally Tramways d'Ille-et-Vilaine
File:Autorail Billard 212 des CP - Juillet 1983-8.jpg, Railbus n° 212 (metre gauge) of the ligne Nice - Digne, Chemins de Fer de Provence line at the Nice terminus, July 1983.
File:DraisineBillard1.jpg, Billard Draisine, preserved at the Belgian "Dendermonde - Puurs"
File:Locotracteur Billard T75G No232.JPG, Locomotive type T75G N°232 preserved at the APPEVA museum (Chemin de fer de la Haute Somme), narrow gauge of
File:Billard P1010399.JPG, Railcar 214 preserved by the Chemin de fer du Vivarais, typical of many French secondary railways
File:Korsikabahn Diskussion08.jpg, Trailing car XRD 242 from the Chemins de Fer Corse.
Billard railcar A80D N°313 from Dunières-Saint-Agrève
{{DEFAULTSORT:Billard, Etablissements Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of France French companies established in 1920
Établissements Billard was a French railway rolling stock construction company founded in 1920 and based in Tours. It specialised in light railbuses and metre gauge and narrow gauge rolling stock. The business ceased trading in 1956 and later became Socofer.
Production
Draisines
* Draisines : These worked on different Voie ferrée d'intérêt local, VFILs, and for the "Big Companies" which became the SNCF.Locomotives
* T50
* T75D
* T75P
* T75G
These were designed for the Chemin de fer militaire, French Military Railway. They were used, among other things, to service the Maginot Line.
* SNCF Class Y 7100
Railbuses
Railbuses for numerous French Voie ferrée d'intérêt local, VFIPs (secondary railways)
* Type A 80D,
* Type A 135D,
* Type A 150D,
* Type A 210D,
* Networks of the Compagnie des chemins de fer départementaux, including:
** Chemins de fer de Corse, Corse,
** Chemin de fer du Vivarais, Vivarais,
** Indre et Loire,
** Seine-et-Marne
* Tramways d'Ille-et-Vilaine Company
* Overseas networks:
** Madagascar
** Réunion
* French West Africa:
** Chemin de fer du Dakar-Niger, Dakar Niger
** Dahomey
* Ethiopia:
** Chemin de fer djibouto-éthiopien, Chemin de fer Franco-éthiopien received in 1964 two automotive cars of , for the Djibouti – Addis-Abeba line
Several European networks
* In Greece
* In Spain
** A Micheline (railcar), Micheline was built in the 1930s for the PO
** Three buses with bogies on a wide chassis worked on the Compagnie des chemins de fer secondaires du Nord-Est, Nord-Est.
** A series of railbuses with two axles were built for the CFD and the SNCF in 1949 and 1950
** A series of FNC railbuses were deployed by the SNCF
The solidity of the stock, and the simplicity of construction, means that many Billard engines are still working today.
Preserved Billard rolling stock
;Locomotives type T 50 type T 75, in several variants (with the series prototype, and some military examples) on the Tacot des Lacs, at the Le p'tit train de Saint-Trojan, Train Touristique de Saint Trojan and later at APPEVA. type T 100, ;Railcars Meter gauge type A 150D * X153, Portes les Valence (bespoke). type A 150D * 212, Chemins de Fer de Provence * 213, Chemin de fer du Vivarais * 214, Chemin de fer du Vivarais. type A 80D * 313, Voies Ferrées du Velay * 314, Chemin de fer du Vivarais * 315 Voies Ferrées du Velay * 316 Chemin de fer du Vivarais * 513 Chemins de fer de Corse. type A 150D2 Articulated * 222 Voies Ferrées du Velay. Trailer R 210 * 3, Chemin de fer du Vivarais * 5, Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français, MTVS ex autorail AM 20 des TIV * 7, Voies Ferrées du Velay * 11, Chemin de fer du Vivarais * 22, Chemin de fer du Vivarais Standard gauge type A 75D * X901, Tourist railway of La Sarthe, originally Chemin de fer Mamers-Saint Calais * X903, Trains à vapeur de Touraine with a trailing carRebuilt and modernised vehicles
* XR 1331 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL1, originally CP, rebuilt Garnero
* XRD 1333 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL3, originally CP, rebuilt original mail van
* XRD 1337 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL7, originally CFD Vivarais 33, rebuilt Garnero, mail van
* XR 113 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 150 D1, N°113, rebuilt Carde
* XR 104 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 210 D1, N°105, rebuilt Garnero, previously with CP
* XR 105 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 210 D1, N°106, rebuilt Garnero, previously with CP
* XRD 242 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 80 D, N°32, originally CFD Charentes
* XR 526 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 150 D2, N°526, originally Tramways d'Ille-et-Vilaine
Gallery
Notes
Sources
*See also
* Chemin de fer du Vivarais * Locomotive * Metre gauge * Railcar * SocoferReferences
External links
Billard railcar A80D N°313 from Dunières-Saint-Agrève
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