Birney Safety Car

The Birney Safety Car is a streetcar model, formerly made between the 1910s and 1930s.

History

Birney Safety Cars are difficult to describe exactly, but the background had four major characteristics; single-truck, one-man operation, lightweight and safety car equipment.

Types of cars

• Type A
• Type B
• Type C-D
• Type E-F
• Type G-H-I-J
• Type K
• Type L
• Type M
• Type N
• Type O
• Type P
• Type Q
• Type R
• Type S
• Type T
• Type U
• Type V
• Type W
• Type X
• Type Y
• Type Z
• Type AA
• Type AB
• Type AC
• Type AD
• Type AE
• Type AF

Manufacturers of Birney and Birney-type cars

Canada

• Ottawa Car Company
• Preston Car and Coach Company

United States

• Cincinnati Car Company
• J. G. Brill Company (and subsidiaries)

• American Car Company
• G. C. Kuhlman Car Company
• Wason Manufacturing Company

• McGuire-Cummings Car Company
• National Safety Car and Equipment Company
• Osgood Bradley Car Company
• Perley A. Thomas Car Works
• St. Louis Car Company - St. Louis, MO
• Southern Car Company

Clients

This list is incomplete.

Canada

• Brantford Municipal Railway - Brantford, ON
• British Columbia Electric Railway - Victoria, BC
• Cape Breton Electric Company, Ltd. - Sydney, NS
• Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company - Cornwall, ON
• International Transit Company - Sault Ste. Marie, ON
• Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway - Kitchener, ON
• Levis County Railway - Levis, PQ
• Levis Tramways Company - Levis, PQ
• London Street Railway - London, ON
• Moncton Tramways Electricity and Gas Company - Moncton, NB
• Montreal Tramways Company - Montreal, PQ
• Newfoundland Light and Power Company - St. Johns, NF
• Nova Scotia Light and Power Company - Halifax, NS
• Nova Scotia Tramways and Power Company - Halifax, NS
• Ottawa Electric Railway - Ottawa, ON
• Peterborough Radial Railway - Peterborough, ON
• Quebec Asbestos Company - East Broughton, PQ
• Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company - Quebec City, PQ
• Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway Company - Windsor, ON
• Sherbrooke Railway and Power Company - Sherbrooke, PQ
• Three Rivers Traction Company - Three Rivers, PQ
• Toronto Civic Railway - Toronto, ON
• Toronto Transportation Commission - Toronto, ON
• Winnipeg Electric Company - Winnipeg, MB
• Winnipeg Electric Street Railway Company - Winnipeg, MB