The following information is abridged from the "Operator's List: 4th Rev." and "Fleets: All Time City Rosters II" contained in Trolleybus Bulletin No 109: Databook II published in March 1979 by the now defunct North American Trackless Trolley Association (NATTA). Listed are trolleybus cities in Canada, the United States of America and Mexico.
"demo" indicates a brief operation for demonstration purposes. Distinct periods of operation are marked with letters: (A), (B), etc... . In Dayton OH and San Francisco CA, multiple operators coexisted for periods of time. These separate operators are indicated by initials in square brackets:
[DSRCo/DSTCo] Dayton Street Ry Co. / Dayton Street Transit Co.
[OSRCo/O&DTCo] Oakwood Street Ry Co. / Oakwood & Dayton
Transit Co.
[PRCo/PTCo] Peoples Ry Co. / Peoples Transit Co.
[CRCo/CTCo/MVRTA] City Ry Co. / City Transit Co. / Miami Valley
Regional Transit Authority
[D-XRCo] Dayton-Xenia Ry Co.
[MSRCo] Market Street Ry Co.
[Muni] San Francisco Municipal Ry
City
Date Opened
Date Closed
Fleet
Akron OH
12 November 1941 to
06 June 1959
12 Brill, 20 Twin, 38 ACF-Brill
Atlanta GA
28 June 1937
27 September 1963
48 Twin, 171 St. Louis, 194 Pullman, 40 ACF-Brill
Baltimore MD (A)
01 November 1922
31 August 1931
3 Brill
(B)
06 March 1938
21 June 1959
2 Yellow, 10 Brill, 11 Mack, 106 Pullman, 63 ACF-Brill
Birmingham AL
30 April 1947
22 November 1958
148 Pullman
Boston MA (A-demo)
1887 demonstration
(B-demo)
1901 demonstration
(C)
11 April 1936 to
present
438 Pullman, 5 Twin, 25 ACF-Brill, 50 Flyer, 28 Neoplan (40 ft), ?? Neoplan (dual bus articulated)
Brooklyn NY
23 July 1930 to
26 July 1960
1 ACF, 1 Twin, 13 Pullman, 200 St. Louis
Buffalo NY (demo)
30 December 1949 to
January 1950
Calgary, Alberta
01 June 1947
08 March 1975
85 CCF-Brill, 20 ACF-Brill
Camden NJ
01 September 1935
01 June 1947
[included in Newark fleet]
Chicago IL
17 April 1930
25 March 1973
59 Twin, 26 AC-Brill, 71 St. Louis, 2 ACF,
6 Cincinnati, 11 Brill Missouri, 51 Pullman, 17 Brill,
121 ACF-Brill, 349 Marmon-Herrington
Cincinnati OH
01 December 1936
18 June 1965
6 Pullman, 27 Twin, 7 Mack, 60 St. Louis,
244 Marmon-Herrington
Cleveland OH
01 March 1936
14 June 1963
32 Brill, 128 Pullman, 175 St. Louis,
125 Marmon-Herrington, 1 Twin
Cohoes NY
02 November 1924
12 December 1937
(or 09 October 1933 sources conflict)
4 Brockways
Columbus OH
03 December 1933
03 May 1965
85 Brill, 18 St. Louis, 15 Pullman,
165 Marmon-Herrington
Cornwall, Ontario
08 June 1949
31 May 1970
16 CCF-Brill
Covington KY
11 July 1937
17 March 1958
21 Brill, 10 Mack, 5 Marmon-Herrington, 6 ACF-Brill
Dallas TX
25 November 1945
28 July 1966
54 ACF-Brill, 26 Marmon-Herrington
Dayton OH [DSRCo/DSTCo]
23 April 1933
28 April 1941
[to CRCo]
19 Brill
[OSRCo/O&DTCo]
19 January 1936
01 October 1956
[to CTCo]
16 Pullman, 4 Marmon-Herrington
[PRCo/PTCo]
11 October 1936
09 March 1945
[to CRCo]
44 Brill
[CRCo/CTCo/MVRTA]
25 March 1938
present
44 Brill, 84 Pullman, 21 ACF-Brill,
106 Marmon-Herrington, 1 Western Flyer, 64 Flyer,
2 GM-BBC, ? ^Skoda
[D-XRCo]
01 October 1940
31 October 1955
[to CTCo]
13 Pullman
Denver CO
02 June 1940
10 June 1955
62 Brill, 80 ACF-Brill, 66 Marmon-Herrington
Des Moines IA
09 October
1938
24 January 1964
60 Brill, 85 ACF-Brill, 2 St. Louis
Detroit MI (A-demo)
1921 demonstrations
1 Packard/Kuhlman, 1 TTCoA, 1 St. Louis
(B-demo)
1924 demonstrations
1 Packard/Kuhlman, 1 Brill
(C)
14 June 1930
11 August 1937
6 Twin
(D)
15 December 1949
16 November 1962
60 Twin, 80 St. Louis
Duluth MN
05 October 1931
15 May 1957
20 Brill, 9 Twin, 3 Pullman
Edmonton, Alberta
24 September 1939 to present
3 AEC, 6 Leyland, 3 Mack, 16 Pullman, 2 ACF-Brill,
92 CCF-Brill, 37 Flyer, 100 GM-BBC
Fairhaven MA
16 October 1915
01 December 1915
1 Field
Fitchburg MA
10 May 1932
30 June 1946
8 Brill Ohio
Flint MI (A-demo)
1936 demonstration
(B)
01 March 1937
26 March 1956
46 Yellow, 30 ACF-Brill
Fort Wayne IN
07 July 1940
12 June 1960
68 Brill, 10 ACF-Brill
Greensboro NC
15 July 1934
05 June 1956
2 Perly Thomas, 5 Brill, 8 Pullman, 1 Twin
Greenville SC
19 August
1934
20 February
1956
8 Brill, 13 Pullman, 15 Mack, 4 Twin, 1 Southern
Guadalajara JA
09 January 1977 to present
Halifax, Nova Scotia
27 March 1949
31 December 1969
81 CCF-Brill, 6 Pullman
Hamilton, Ontario
10 December 1950
30 December 1992
48 CCF-Brill, 56 Flyer
Honolulu HI (A-demo)
1936 demonstration
(B)
01 January 1938
22 June 1957
90 Brill, 25 ACF-Brill
Indianapolis IN
04 December
1932 10 May 1957
190 Brill, 90 Marmon-Herrington, 10 ACF-Brill
Johnstown PA
20 November 1951
11 November 1967
6 St. Louis, 10 Brill, 6 ACF-Brill, 5 Marmon-Herrington
Kansas City MO
29 May 1938
04 January 1959
42 Mack, 54 Twin, 20 ACF-Brill,
60 Marmon-Herrington
Kenosha WI
15 February 1932
March 1952
12 Yellow, 10 St. Louis
Kitchener, Ontario
01 January
1947
26 March 1973
21 CCF-Brill
Knoxville TN
28 April 1930
01 July 1945
4 Cincinnati
Little Rock AR
26 December
1947
01 March 1956
29 ACF-Brill, 6 Marmon-Herrington
Louisville KY
27 December
1936
07 May 1951
60 Brill
Los Angeles CA (A)
11 September 1910 to 1915
2 Oldsmobile
(B-demo)
1922 demonstration
1 Lansden/AC-Brill
(C-demo)
1937 demonstration
(D)
03 August
1947
03 March 1958
110 ACF-Brill
Memphis TN
08 November
1931
22 April 1960
14 St. Louis, 184 Pullman, 45 ACF-Brill
Merrill WI
January 1913
December 1913
1 Field
Mexico City DF (A-demo)
1948 demonstration
(B-demo)
1951 demonstration
(C)
9 MR 1951
present
Milwaukee WI
08 November 1936
20 June 1965
40 Twin, 89 St. Louis, 40 Yellow, 179 Pullman,
142 Marmon-Herrington
Minneapolis MN
05 May 1922
22 May 1923
1 Lansden/AC-Brill, 1 TCRT
Montréal, Québec
29 March 1937
18 June 1966
7 AEC, 105 CCF-Brill
Nantucket Beach MA (demo)
1887 demonstration
New Haven CT (demo)
1903 demonstration
New Orleans LA
02 December 1929
26 March 1967
1 Twin, 1 ACF, 11 Cincinnati, 9 ACF-Brill,
154 St. Louis, 49 Marmon-Herrington
New York City NY (demo)
(see also Brooklyn & Staten Island)
1923 demonstration
Newark NJ
15 September 1935
10 November 1948
1 Mack, 582 Yellow, 1 GM
Norfolk VA (A-demo)
1921 demonstration
(B-demo)
1923 demonstration
Ottawa, Ontario
15 December 1951
27 June 1959
10 CCF-Brill
Peoria IL
13 November
1931
03 October 1946
5 Brill Ohio, 2 St. Louis
Petersburg VA
19 June 1923
31 December
1926
5 Brill
Philadelphia PA (A-demo)
1921 demonstration
(B)
14 October
1923 to present
78 Brill, 1 Borg, 6 Pullman, 65 ACF-Brill,
71 Marmon-Herrington, 110 AMG-Flyer
Pittsburgh PA (A-demo)
28 September
1936
11 October 1936
(B-demo)
1949 demonstration
Portland OR
May 1935
23 October 1958
141 Mack, 50 Kenworth
Portsmouth VA (demo)
1923 demonstration
Providence RI
26 December 1931
14 June 1955
31 Brill, 323 Pullman
Regina, Saskatchewan
04 September 1947
28 February 1966
55 CCF-Brill
Richmond VA (demo)
1921 demonstration
Rochester NY
01 November 1923
22 March 1932
12 Brockway
Rockford IL
10 December 1930
06 June 1947
4 Brill
Saint Joseph MO
01 August 1932
22 November 1966
1 Brill Ohio, 34 Brill, 25 ACF-Brill
Salt Lake City UT
09 September 1928
September 1946
11 Versare, 7 Cincinnati, 8 Twin
San Francisco CA [MSRCo]
06 October 1935
29 September 1944
[to Muni]
9 Brill
[Muni]
07 September 1941
present
9 Brill, 65 St. Louis, 234 Marmon-Herrington,
90 Twin, 345 Flyer, 60? New Flyer articulateds
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22 November 1948
13 May 1974
30 CCF-Brill
Scranton PA (demo)
1903 demonstration
Seattle WA (A-demo)
27 February 1937
09 March 1937
(B)
28 April 1940 to present
1 Brill, 99 PCF-Brill, 235 Twin, 30 Pullman, 109 AMG-Flyer, 46 M.A.N. (articulateds), 236 Breda (dual-mode), 100 Gillig (w/ rebuilt motors from the AMGs)
Shreveport LA
15 December
1931
26 May 1965
58 Brill, 4 Pullman, 36 ACF-Brill, 5 Marmon-Herrington
Staten Island NY
08 October 1921
16 October 1927
7 Atlas, 15 Brockway
Thunder Bay, Ontario
01 January 1970 to
16 July 1972
20 CCF-Brill
Fort William, Ontario
15 December 1947
31 December 1969
[to Thunder Bay]
10 CCF-Brill
Port Arthur, Ontario
15 December 1947 to
31 December 1969
[to Thunder Bay]
10 CCF-Brill
Toledo OH
01 February 1935 to
28 May 1952
18 Mack, 3 St. Louis, 1 Ward LaFrance/Wayne
Topeka KS
27 March 1932 to
30 June 1940
4 Brill
Toronto, Ontario (A)
18 June 1922 to 31 August 1925
4 Packard Ontario/Brill
(B)
19 June 1947 to
19 July 1993
130 CCF-Brill, 23 Marmon-Herrington,
152 Western Flyer, 40 GM-BBC
Vancouver, British Columbia
(A-demo)
05 December 1945 to
14 December 1945
(B)
16 August1948 to present
364 CCF-Brill, 24 Pullman, 50 Flyer E800, 246 Flyer 901/902
Victoria, British Columbia (demo)
19 November 1945 to
30 November 1945
Weehawken NJ (demo)
1934 demonstration
Wilkes-Barre PA
15 December 1939 to
29 August 1947
19 Mack, 14 Brill, 34 ACF-Brill, 1 Ward LaFrance
Wilmington DE
24 September 1939 to
06 December 1957
69 Brill, 3 Mack
Windsor, Ontario
05 May 1922 to
November 1926
4 St. Louis
Winnipeg, Manitoba
21 November 1938
30 October 1970 to
21 Mack, 1 MCI, 26 Pullman, 104 CCF-Brill,
10 ACF-Brill
Youngstown OH
11 November 1936 to
10 June 1959
54 Twin, 13 ACF-Brill, 10 Marmon-Herrington
Copyright ©2000 David A. Wyatt
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This page last updated 17 JA 2006
