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.T50T75DT75PT75GThese were designed for the French Military Railway. They were used, among other things, to service the Maginot Line.
SNCF Class Y 7100Railbuses 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-MarneTramways d'Ille-et-Vilaine CompanyOverseas networks:MadagascarRéunionFrench West Africa:Dakar NigerDahomeyEthiopia:Chemin de fer Franco-éthiopien received in 1964 two automotive cars of 550 horsepower (410 kW), for the Djibouti – Addis-Abeba lineSeveral European networks
In GreeceIn SpainA Micheline was built in the 1930s for the POThree 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 1950A series of FNC railbuses were deployed by the SNCFThe solidity of the stock, and the simplicity of construction, means that many Billard engines are still working today.
Locomotivestype 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,
RailcarsMeter gauge
type A 150D
X153, Portes les Valence (bespoke).type A 150D
212, Chemins de Fer de Provence213, Chemin de fer du Vivarais214, Chemin de fer du Vivarais.type A 80D
313, Voies Ferrées du Velay314, Chemin de fer du Vivarais315 Voies Ferrées du Velay316 Chemin de fer du Vivarais513 Chemins de fer de Corse.type A 150D2 Articulated
222 Voies Ferrées du Velay.Trailer R 210
3, Chemin de fer du Vivarais5, MTVS ex autorail AM 20 des TIV7, Voies Ferrées du Velay11, Chemin de fer du Vivarais22, Chemin de fer du VivaraisStandard gauge type A 75D
X901, Tourist railway of La Sarthe, originally Chemin de fer Mamers-Saint CalaisX903, Trains à vapeur de Touraine with a trailing carRebuilt and modernised vehicles
XR 1331 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL1, originally CP, rebuilt GarneroXRD 1333 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL3, originally CP, rebuilt original mail vanXRD 1337 (Chemins de Fer de Provence), ex RL7, originally CFD Vivarais 33, rebuilt Garnero, mail vanXR 113 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 150 D1, N°113, rebuilt CardeXR 104 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 210 D1, N°105, rebuilt Garnero, previously with CPXR 105 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 210 D1, N°106, rebuilt Garnero, previously with CPXRD 242 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 80 D, N°32, originally CFD CharentesXR 526 (Chemins de fer de Corse) ex autorail A 150 D2, N°526, originally Tramways d'Ile et Vilaine