Établissements Billard was a French railway rolling stock construction company founded in 1920 and 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.

Production

Draisines

Locomotives

These were designed for the French Military Railway. They were used, among other things, to service the Maginot Line.

Railbuses

Railbuses for numerous French VFIPs (secondary railways) Several European networks The solidity of the stock, and the simplicity of construction, means that many Billard engines are still working today.

Preserved Billard rolling stock

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, Meter gauge type A 150D type A 150D type A 80D type A 150D2 Articulated Trailer R 210 Standard gauge type A 75D

Rebuilt and modernised vehicles

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