Billard


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

These were designed for the French Military Railway. They were used, among other things, to service the Maginot Line.
es for numerous French VFIPs
Several European networks
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 on the Tacot des Lacs, at the Train Touristique de Saint Trojan and later at APPEVA.
type T 100,
;Railcars
Meter gauge
type A 150D
type A 150D
type A 80D
type A 150D2 Articulated
Trailer R 210
Standard gauge type A 75D