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Bullet (interurban)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by J. G. Brill Company· from 1931· Philadelphia electric multiple-unit passenger car
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Philadelphia & Western Railway 206: Peter Van den Bossche· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Bullet was a streamlined electric multiple unit passenger car produced by the J. G. Brill Company in Philadelphia for the Philadelphia and Western Railroad (P&W) in 1931, and then similar, somewhat smaller single-unit, single-end versions were built for the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad in 1932. Few were sold because of the Great Depression and the public transport decline in the 1930s.
who runs it
base stats
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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 59 years (1931–1990).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1931
- in service from
- 1931
- retired
- 1990
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- J. G. Brill Company
- operators
- Philadelphia and Western Railroad, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
- top speed
- 148 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo’Bo’
- length
- 16.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4996793, Wikipedia: Bullet (interurban) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.