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Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Brookville Equipment· from 2015· Streetcar

Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar, photo 1 of 2
1/2 Michael Barera· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar, also known as the Brookville Liberty, is a streetcar built by Brookville Equipment Corporation since 2012. It is manufactured at Brookville's plant in Pennsylvania.

who runs it

base stats

  • power 400 kWpower output
  • seats 150passengers
  • built 22made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 11 years ago, in 2015.
  • 400 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 150: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built
2015
in service from
2015
status
in service
number built
22
kind
Tram
traction
electric
origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
Brookville Equipment
operators
U.S. streetcar operators
top speed
—
power
400 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
Overhead line: , Battery (OESS)
wheel arrangement
Bo′+0′+Bo′
length
20.1 m
capacity
150 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q32844526, Wikipedia: Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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