Wikipedia: List of trolleybus systems in the United States, List of trolley bus systems in Canada, List of trolley bus systems (Mexico).
City | Date Opened | Date Closed | Fleet * |
Akron OH | 12 November 1941 | 06 June 1959 | 12 Brill, 20 Twin, 38 ACF-Brill |
Atlanta GA | 28 June 1937 | 27 September 1963 | 48 Twin, 171  St. Louis, 194 Pullman, 40 ACF-Brill |
Baltimore MD (A) | 01 November 1922 | 31 August 1931 | 3 Brill |
(B) | 06 March 1938 | 21 June 1959 | 2 Yellow, 10 Brill, 11 Mack, 106 Pullman, 63 ACF-Brill |
Birmingham AL | 30 April 1947 | 22 November 1958 | 148 Pullman |
Boston MA (A-demo) | 1887 demonstration | ||
(B-demo) | 1901 demonstration | ||
(C) | 11 April 1936 (conventional), 17 December 2004 (Silver Line dual mode) | 13 March 2022 (conventional), 30 June 2023 (Silver Line dual mode) |
* 438 Pullman, 5 Twin, 25 ACF-Brill, 50 Flyer, 60 Neoplan |
Brooklyn NY | 23 July 1930 | 26 July 1960 | 1 ACF, 1 Twin, 13 Pullman, 200 St. Louis |
Buffalo NY (demo) | 30 December 1949 | January 1950 | |
Calgary, Alberta | 01 June 1947 | 08 March 1975 | 85 CCF-Brill, 20 ACF-Brill |
Camden NJ | 01 September 1935 | 01 June 1947 | [included in Newark fleet] |
Chicago IL | 17 April 1930 | 25 March 1973 | 59 Twin, 26 AC-Brill, 71 St. Louis, 2 ACF, 6 Cincinnati, 11 Brill Missouri, 51 Pullman, 17 Brill, 121 ACF-Brill, 349 Marmon-Herrington |
Cincinnati OH | 01 December 1936 | 18 June 1965 | 6 Pullman, 27 Twin, 7 Mack, 60 St. Louis, 244 Marmon-Herrington |
Cleveland OH | 01 March 1936 | 14 June 1963 | 32 Brill, 128 Pullman, 175 St. Louis, 125 Marmon-Herrington, 1 Twin |
Cohoes NY | 02 November 1924 |
12 December 1937 (or 09 October 1933 sources conflict) | 4 Brockway |
Columbus OH | 03 December 1933 | 03 May 1965 | 85 Brill, 18 St. Louis, 15 Pullman, 165 Marmon-Herrington | Cornwall, Ontario | 08 June 1949 | 31 May 1970 | 16 CCF-Brill | Covington KY | 11 July 1937 | 17 March 1958 | 21 Brill, 10 Mack, 5 Marmon-Herrington, 6 ACF-Brill | Dallas TX | 25 November 1945 | 28 July 1966 | 54 ACF-Brill, 26 Marmon-Herrington | Dayton OH [DSRCo/DSTCo] | 23 April 1933 | [to CRCo] |
19 Brill | [OSRCo/O&DTCo] | 19 January 1936 | [to CTCo] |
16 Pullman, 4 Marmon-Herrington | [PRCo/PTCo] | 11 October 1936 | [to CRCo] |
44 Brill | [CRCo/ CTCo/ MVRTA/ GDRTA] | 25 March 1938 | present | * 44 Brill, 84 Pullman, 21 ACF-Brill, 106 Marmon-Herrington, 1 Western Flyer, 64 Flyer, 2 BBC-GMC, 57 ETI/Skoda | [D-XRCo] | 01 October 1940 | [to CTCo] |
13 Pullman | Denver CO | 02 June 1940 | 10 June 1955 | 62 Brill, 80 ACF-Brill, 66 Marmon-Herrington | Des Moines IA | 09 October 1938 | 24 January 1964 | 60 Brill, 85 ACF-Brill, 2 St. Louis | Detroit MI (A-demo) | 1921 demonstrations | 1 Packard/Kuhlman, 1 TTCoA, 1 St. Louis | (B-demo) | 1924 demonstrations | 1 Packard/Kuhlman, 1 Brill | (C) | 14 June 1930 | 11 August 1937 | 6 Twin | (D) | 15 December 1949 | 16 November 1962 | 60 Twin, 80 St. Louis | Duluth MN | 05 October 1931 | 15 May 1957 | 20 Brill, 9 Twin, 3 Pullman | Edmonton, Alberta | 24 September 1939 | 02 May 2009 | 3 AEC, 6 Leyland, 3 Mack, 16 Pullman, 2 ACF-Brill, 92 CCF-Brill, 37 Flyer, 100 BBC-GMC, 1 NewFlyer | Fairhaven MA | 16 October 1915 | 01 December 1915 | 1 Field | Fitchburg MA | 10 May 1932 | 30 June 1946 | 8 Brill Ohio | Flint MI (A-demo) | 1936 demonstration | (B) | 01 March 1937 | 26 March 1956 | 46 Yellow, 30 ACF-Brill | Fort Wayne IN | 07 July 1940 | 12 June 1960 | 68 Brill, 10 ACF-Brill | Greensboro NC | 15 July 1934 | 05 June 1956 | 2 Perly Thomas, 5 Brill, 8 Pullman, 1 Twin | Greenville SC | 19 August 1934 | 20 February 1956 | 8 Brill, 13 Pullman, 15 Mack, 4 Twin, 1 Southern | Guadalajara JA | 09 January 1977 | present | * |
Halifax, Nova Scotia | 27 March 1949 | 31 December 1969 | 81 CCF-Brill, 6 Pullman | Hamilton, Ontario | 10 December 1950 | 30 December 1992 | 48 CCF-Brill, 56 Flyer |
Honolulu HI (A-demo) | 1936 demonstration | ||
(B) | 01 January 1938 | 22 June 1957 | 90 Brill, 25 ACF-Brill |
Indianapolis IN | 04 December 1932 | 10 May 1957 | 190 Brill, 90 Marmon-Herrington, 10 ACF-Brill |
Johnstown PA | 20 November 1951 | 11 November 1967 | 6 St. Louis, 10 Brill, 6 ACF-Brill, 5 Marmon-Herrington |
Kansas City MO | 29 May 1938 | 04 January 1959 | 42 Mack, 54 Twin, 20 ACF-Brill, 60 Marmon-Herrington |
Kenosha WI | 15 February 1932 | March 1952 | 12 Yellow, 10 St. Louis |
Kitchener, Ontario | 01 January 1947 | 26 March 1973 | 21 CCF-Brill | Knoxville TN | 28 April 1930 | 01 July 1945 | 4 Cincinnati | Little Rock AR | 26 December 1947 | 01 March 1956 | 29 ACF-Brill, 6 Marmon-Herrington | Louisville KY | 27 December 1936 | 07 May 1951 | 60 Brill | Los Angeles CA (A) | 11 September 1910 | 1915 | 2 Oldsmobile | (B-demo) | 1922 demonstration | 1 Lansden/AC-Brill | (C-demo) | 1937 demonstration | (D) | 03 August 1947 | 31 March 1963 | 110 ACF-Brill | Memphis TN | 08 November 1931 | 22 April 1960 | 14 St. Louis, 184 Pullman, 45 ACF-Brill | Merrill WI | January 1913 | December 1913 | 1 Field | Mexico City DF (A-demo) | 1948 demonstration possibly also a 1947 demonstration |
1 Westram | (B) | 09 March 1951 | present | * 20 Westram, 40 Ansaldo, 58 Pullman, 193 ACF-Brill, 100 CCF-Brill, 8 Brill, 342 Marmon-Herrington, 75 St. Louis, 37 Flyer, (358 Moyada rebuilds), (15 Cayada rebuilds), 581 MASA/Toshiba | Milwaukee WI | 08 November 1936 | 20 June 1965 | 40 Twin, 89 St. Louis, 40 Yellow, 179 Pullman, 142 Marmon-Herrington | Minneapolis MN | 05 May 1922 | 22 May 1923 | 1 Lansden/AC-Brill, 1 TCRT |
Montréal, Québec | 29 March 1937 | 18 June 1966 | 7 AEC, 105 CCF-Brill | Nantucket Beach MA (demo) | 1887 demonstration | New Haven CT (demo) | 1903 demonstration | New Orleans LA | 02 December 1929 | 26 March 1967 | 1 Twin, 1 ACF, 11 Cincinnati, 9 ACF-Brill, 154 St. Louis, 49 Marmon-Herrington | New York City NY (demo)
(see also Brooklyn & Staten Island) | 1923 demonstration | Newark NJ | 15 September 1935 | 10 November 1948 | [including Camden fleet] 1 Mack, 582 Yellow, 1 GM | Norfolk VA (A-demo) | 1921 demonstration | (B-demo) | 1923 demonstration |
Ottawa, Ontario | 15 December 1951 | 27 June 1959 | 10 CCF-Brill |
Peoria IL | 13 November 1931 | 03 October 1946 | 5 Brill Ohio, 2 St. Louis | Petersburg VA | 19 June 1923 | 31 December 1926 | 5 Brill | Philadelphia PA (A-demo) | 1921 demonstration | (B) | 14 October 1923 | present (closed 30 June 2003 - 14 April 2008) |
* 78 Brill, 1 Borg, 6 Pullman, 65 ACF-Brill, 71 Marmon-Herrington, 110 AMG-Flyer | Pittsburgh PA (A-demo) | 28 September 1936 | 11 October 1936 | (B-demo) | 1949 demonstration | Portland OR (A-demo[s]) | 26 or 27 May or 01 June 1935 - 12 August 1935 and 08 or 09 September 1935 - 27 October 1935 demonstration[s] | 1 (or 2) Mack (from Toledo), then 1 (or 0) St. Louis (from Columbus) | (B) | 30 August 1936 | 23 October 1958 | 141 Mack, 50 Kenworth | Portsmouth VA (demo) | 1923 demonstration | Providence RI | 26 December 1931 | 14 June 1955 | 31 Brill, 323 Pullman |
Regina, Saskatchewan | 04 September 1947 | 28 February 1966 | 55 CCF-Brill | Richmond VA (demo) | 1921 demonstration | Rochester NY | 01 November 1923 | 22 March 1932 | 12 Brockway | Rockford IL | 10 December 1930 | 06 June 1947 | 4 Brill | Saint Joseph MO | 01 August 1932 | 22 November 1966 | 1 Brill Ohio, 34 Brill, 25 ACF-Brill | Salt Lake City UT | 09 September 1928 | September 1946 | 11 Versare, 7 Cincinnati, 8 Twin | San Francisco CA [MSRCo] | 06 October 1935 | [to Muni] |
9 Brill | [Muni] | 07 September 1941 | present | * 9 Brill, 65 St. Louis, 234 Marmon-Herrington, 90 Twin, 345 Flyer, 338 New Flyer, 273 ETI/Skoda |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 22 November 1948 | 13 May 1974 | 30 CCF-Brill | Scranton PA (demo) | 1903 demonstration | Seattle WA (A-demo) | 27 February 1937 | 09 March 1937 | (B) | 28 April 1940 | present | * 1 Brill, 99 PCF-Brill, 235 Twin, 30 Pullman, 109 AMG-Flyer, 46 M.A.N. (artic.), 236 Breda (artic., dual-mode), 100 Gillig | Shreveport LA | 15 December 1931 | 26 May 1965 | 58 Brill, 4 Pullman, 36 ACF-Brill, 5 Marmon-Herrington | Staten Island NY | 08 October 1921 | 16 October 1927 | 7 Atlas, 15 Brockway | Thunder Bay, Ontario | 01 January 1970 | 16 July 1972 | 20 CCF-Brill |
Fort William, Ontario | 15 December 1947 | [to Thunder Bay] |
10 CCF-Brill |
Port Arthur, Ontario | 15 December 1947 | 10 CCF-Brill | Toledo OH | 01 February 1935 | 28 May 1952 | 18 Mack, 3 St. Louis, 1 Westram | Topeka KS | 27 March 1932 | 30 June 1940 | 4 Brill |
Toronto, Ontario (A) | 18 June 1922 | 31 August 1925 | 4 Packard Ontario/Brill |
(B) | 19 June 1947 | 16 July 1993> | 130 CCF-Brill, 23 Marmon-Herrington, 152 Western Flyer, 40 BBC-GMC |
Vancouver, British Columbia (A-demo) | 05 December 1945 | 14 December 1945 | 1 Twin |
(B) | 16 August 1948 | present | * 364 CCF-Brill, 24 Pullman, 296 Flyer, 228 New Flyer |
Victoria, British Columbia (demo) | 19 November 1945 | 30 November 1945 | 1 Twin | Weehawken NJ (demo) | 1934 demonstration | Wilkes-Barre PA | 15 December 1939 | 29 August 1947 | 19 Mack, 14 Brill, 34 ACF-Brill, 1 Westram | Wilmington DE | 24 September 1939 | 06 December 1957 | 69 Brill, 3 Mack |
Windsor, Ontario | 05 May 1922 | November 1926 | 4 St. Louis |
Winnipeg, Manitoba | 21 November 1938 | 30 October 1970 | 21 Mack, 1 MCI, 26 Pullman, 104 CCF-Brill, 10 ACF-Brill | Youngstown OH | 11 November 1936 | 10 June 1959 | 54 Twin, 13 ACF-Brill, 10 Marmon-Herrington |
Abbrev. | Company | Years of Production |
AC-Brill | America Car Company (subsidiary of Brill) [became Brill of Missouri] | 1922, 1930 |
ACF-Brill | ACF-Brill Motors, Inc. (ACF=American Car & Foundary) | 1945-1952 |
ACF | ACF Motors, Inc. (division of ACF) | 1929-1930 |
AEC | Associated Equipment Company (England) | [for Canada] 1937, 1939 |
AMG-Flyer | American Motors General (division of American Motors Corporation) [joint AMG-Flyer design] | 1978-1980? |
Atlas | Atlas Truck Company | 1921 |
Borg | Borg Corporation (& Commercial Truck Company) | 1923 |
Breda | Breda Construzioni Ferroviarie (Italy) | [for Seattle] 1990-1991 |
Brill Missouri | Brill of Missouri (formerly AC-Brill) | 1931 |
Brill Ohio | Brill of Ohio (formerly Kuhlman) | 1931-1932 |
Brill | J.G. Brill Company (merged with ACF 1944) | 1921-1943 |
Brockway | Brockway | 1923-1930 |
CCF-Brill | Canadian Car & Foundary [licensed by ACF-Brill] | 1946-1954 |
Cincinnati | Cincinnati Car Company | 1929-1931 |
ETI | Electric Transit, Inc. [joint venture of Skoda and AAI Corporation (itself a division of United Industrial Corp.)] | 1998-2000 |
Field | Field Electric Bus Company | 1915 |
Flyer | Flyer Industries Limited [successor to Western Flyer] [became New Flyer] | 1971-1978? |
BBC-GMC | Brown Bovari Corporation and General Motors Canada | 1981-1982 |
GM | GMC Truck & Coach (division of General Motors) | 1951 |
Kenworth | Kenworth Truck Company (subsidiary of PCF) | 1947 |
Kuhlman | G.C. Kuhlman Company (subsidiary of Brill) [became Brill of Ohio] | 1921, 1924 |
Leyland | Leyland Motors Corporation (England) | [for Canada] 1939, 1942 |
Mack | Mack Truck Company | 1935-1943 |
Marmon-Herrington | Marmon-Herrington Automotive Company | 1946-1959 |
MASA | MASA (Mexico) | 1979-1991? |
MCI | Motor Coach Industries | 1942 |
Moyada | Motores y Adaptaciones Automotrices (Mexico) (rebuilder) | 1984-1991 |
New Flyer | New Flyer (subsidiary of Den Oudsten 1986-2002) [successor to Flyer] | 198?-present |
Oldsmobile | Oldsmobile (converted automobiles) | 1910 |
Packard | Packard Motor Car Company | 1921-1924 |
PCF-Brill | Pacific Car & Foundary [licensed by Brill] | 1940 |
Perley Thomas | Perley A. Thomas Car Works, Inc. | 1934 |
Pullman | Pullman Standard Corporation | [for USA and Canada] 1932-1951 |
Skoda | Skoda Ostrov (Czech Republic) | [for USA] 1998-2000 |
Southern | Southern Coach Manufacturing Company | 1951 |
St. Louis | St. Louis Car Company (division of General Steel Industries) | 1921-1952 |
TCRT | Twin City Rapid Transit Company (Snelling Shops) | 1922 |
TTCoA | Trackless Trolley Corporation of America | 1921-1924 |
Twin | Twin Coach Company | 1928-1951 |
Versare | Versare Corporation (became Cincinnati) | 1928 |
Westram | Consortium of several companies including Ward LaFrance, Westly Block & Co., and others | 1945-1948 |
Western Flyer | Western Flyer Coach (1964) Ltd. [became Flyer] | 1968-1971 |
Yellow | Yellow Coach Company (later GMC Truck & Coach division of GMC) | 1932-1938 |