Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar

Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar
A Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar on the DART Dallas Streetcar line
Manufacturer	Brookville Equipment Corporation
Constructed	2012–present
Capacity	32 passengers (seated), 125 to 150 (total)
Operator(s)	DART Dallas Streetcar, QLine
Specifications
Car length	66.5 feet (20.3 m)
Maximum speed	35 to 44 mph (56 to 71 km/h)
Electric system(s)	750 V onboard energy storage system (OESS) lithium-ion batteries and catenary
Current collection method	Pantograph
Track gauge	Standard gauge
Notes

The Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar is a streetcar built by Brookville Equipment Corporation since 2012. It is manufactured at Brookville's plant in Pennsylvania.

The Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar is equipped with 750-volt onboard lithium-ion batteries, referred to as an onboard energy storage system (OESS), that enable it to operate off-wire. It is the first streetcar built in the United States capable of operating off-wire. Brookville president Marion Van Fosson referred to it as "the Prius of the modern streetcar market" due to its hybrid design that allows it to run on either battery power or via pantograph and catenary wires.

The streetcar is a 70% low-floor design that measures 66.5 feet (20.3 m) in length and can seat 32 passengers; it is also capable of accommodating between 125 and 150 people while fully loaded. Empty, each car weighs 79,000 pounds (36,000 kg). The streetcar rides on Brookville's Soft-Ride trucks on standard-gauge track, and can reach a top speed of 35 to 44 miles per hour (56 to 71 km/h). The streetcar's loading gauge varies between 96 inches (240 cm), in Dallas, and 104 inches (260 cm), in Detroit and Milwaukee.

In February 2013, Brookville signed a $9.4 million contract with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) in Dallas for two Liberty Modern Streetcars to operate its Dallas Streetcar service between Union Station and Oak Cliff, making it the "first-ever American designed and manufactured off-wire capable streetcar to be delivered to a U.S. public transit agency". DART took delivery of its first Brookville streetcar in March 2015.