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211 in a Brill builders photo. One of thirty Brill trailers ordered 1892, delivered in 1893. They were pulled by steam dummies for a short time.

In 1894, the first of 226 double truck Brill motor cars started arriving. Only 201 of those closed cars were delivered before the company went bankrupt in 1895.

Info from Louis Hennick, Shreveport, LA, author of the book "Louisiana Trolleys" (long out of print).
Photo courtesy the Bill Volkmer collection
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