Brill-23

In 1909 Brill delivered 20 four-wheel cars built to their patented "Grooveless Post" semi-convertible design. The windows of this type slide upwards into a pocket between the roof and the ceiling. Because of this the ceilings of the cars are barrel-shaped. In 1910 a second batch of 25 cars of this type was delivered by Brill. The saloons of these cars were 33 cm longer, a feature which can be recognized by comparing the width of the corner pillars. In 1912 a third batch of again 20 cars was delivered. The saloons of these cars were 7½ cm longer than those of the second batch. As the workshops of the CCFP performed a number of reconstructions, but the data of these reconstructions went lost, it isn't possible to point which cars came from which individual delivery.

 

Brill order	Year	Original numbers	Electric equipments	Length bodies
16717	1909	251-270	GE80	5563 mm
17302	1910	271-295	Siemens	5893 mm
18349	1912	171-190	Siemens D53	5969 mm

However the CCFP didn't only reconstruct cars, they did renumber too. And these data went lost too. Probably as a result of the reconstructions + lost data, about 30 cars "disappeared" into the Brill-28 and Brill-28PS series. But of 35 cars their Philidelphian origins can be presumed quit reliable. By take-over in 1946, the numbers of these cars were:

• CCFP 228, 221, 122, 123, 223, 225, 263, 177, 168, 211, 130, 191, 132, 233, 264, 235, 266, 215, 188, 189, 120, 261, 232, 243, 190, 245, 246, 230, 231, 255, 260, 239, 265, 242 & 169 (STCP 120-146, 150, 151, 155, 160, 163, 165, 166 & 169)

Technical data

length 9.30 m
width 2.25 m
weight 11700 kg
truck Brill 21E
wheelbase 2.15 m
motorpower 2 x 55 hp
motortype GE 270
controller GE B54E
seating 23

due to the existence of subtypes not all data are accurate for all cars