Établissements Billard was a French railway rolling stock construction company 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.
Draisines : These worked on different VFILs, and for the "Big Companies" which became the SNCF.
T50
T75D
T75P
T75G
These were designed for the French Military Railway. They were used, among other things, to service the Maginot Line.
SNCF Class Y 7100
Railbuses for numerous French VFIPs (secondary railways)
Type A 80D,
Type A 135D,
Type A 150D,
Type A 210D,
Networks of the Compagnie des chemins de fer départementaux, including:
Corse,
Vivarais,
Indre et Loire,
Seine-et-Marne
Tramways d'Ille-et-Vilaine Company
Overseas networks:
Madagascar
Réunion
French West Africa:
Dakar Niger
Dahomey
Ethiopia:
Chemin de fer Franco-éthiopien received in 1964 two automotive cars of 550 horsepower (410 kW), for the Djibouti – Addis-Abeba line
Several European networks
In Greece
In Spain
A Micheline was built in the 1930s for the PO
Three buses with bogies on a wide chassis worked on the Nord-Est.
A series of railbuses with two axles were built for the CFD and the SNCF in 1949 and 1950
A series of FNC railbuses were deployed by the SNCF
The solidity of the stock, and the simplicity of construction, means that many Billard engines are still working today.
Locomotives
type T 50
type T 75, in several variants (with the series prototype, and some military examples) 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
X153, Portes les Valence (bespoke).
type A 150D
212, Chemins de Fer de Provence
213, Chemin de fer du Vivarais
214, Chemin de fer du Vivarais.
type A 80D
313, Voies Ferrées du Velay
314, Chemin de fer du Vivarais
315 Voies Ferrées du Velay
316 Chemin de fer du Vivarais
513 Chemins de fer de Corse.
type A 150D2 Articulated
222 Voies Ferrées du Velay.
Trailer R 210
3, Chemin de fer du Vivarais
5, MTVS ex autorail AM 20 des TIV
7, Voies Ferrées du Velay
11, Chemin de fer du Vivarais
22, Chemin de fer du Vivarais
Standard gauge type A 75D
X901, Tourist railway of La Sarthe, originally Chemin de fer Mamers-Saint Calais
X903, Trains à vapeur de Touraine with a trailing car
Rebuilt and modernised vehicles
XR 1331 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL1, originally CP, rebuilt Garnero
XRD 1333 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL3, originally CP, rebuilt original mail van
XRD 1337 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL7, originally CFD Vivarais 33, rebuilt Garnero, mail van
XR 113 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 150 D1, N°113, rebuilt Carde
XR 104 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 210 D1, N°105, rebuilt Garnero, previously with CP
XR 105 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 210 D1, N°106, rebuilt Garnero, previously with CP
XRD 242 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 80 D, N°32, originally CFD Charentes
XR 526 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 150 D2, N°526, originally Tramways d'Ile et Vilaine
