From the ManufacturerThe J.G. Brill company was founded in 1868 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company manufactured horsecars until taken over by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1926. The Brill company produced over 45,000 trolleys, buses and railroad cars during it?s long history.This Bachmann model is based on one of Brill?s most successful interurban designs.