BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EC) – Brookville Equipment Corporation concluded shipment of the Portland Streetcar vehicles in December of 2023.
Upon arrival in Portland, Oregon, the vehicles started undergoing testing, where they must meet the criteria defined in the contract before they can enter revenue service.
Car 032, the second to be delivered from Brookville Equipment, is awaiting release to be able to enter revenue service. This vehicle has completed all of its burn in miles and was the first vehicle to attempt and complete its testing. The plan for this vehicle is to enter revenue service in the near future.
Both cars 031 and 033, the first and third vehicles to be delivered from BROOKVILLE, are in the preliminary stages of completing their burn in miles. These vehicles must complete the testing parameters listed in the contract before it can be released to enter revenue service.
The first vehicle must be operated for 900 km (559 miles) without any faults. The subsequent vehicles must complete 100 km (62 miles) without any faults, or the 100 km test must be restarted.
About Brookville Equipment Corporation
Headquartered in Brookville, Pa., in the scenic foothills of the Allegheny forests. Brookville Equipment Corporation is a world-class American manufacturer of innovative powered transportation solutions for the mining/tunneling, rail freight, and passenger transportation industries. BROOKVILLE contributed to the first American manufactured streetcars in the 1950s, and in 2001, has modernized, manufactured, and remanufactured PCC and heritage streetcars and trolleys for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA), the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Building upon the company’s 100+ years of rail-mounted vehicle manufacturing experience and nearly two decades of streetcar manufacturing, BROOKVILLE introduced the innovative Liberty Streetcar design in 2012, with the pilot order delivered to Dallas, Texas in 2015. Later in 2015, the Liberty Streetcar onboard energy storage system (OESS) was honored with the LRTA’s Global Light Rail Award for “Technical Innovation of the Year.” Additional Liberty Streetcars are currently in operation for QLINE Detroit, Oklahoma City Streetcar, and The Hop in Milwaukee. The Liberty NXT design is currently on order for Valley Metro’s Tempe Streetcar, Sound Transit’s Line T, and Portland Streetcar.
