History
The company began in 1918 by installing flanged railroad wheels on Ford trucks. The company soon began building gasoline-powered locomotives of their own following World War I.
In order to keep up with technological advances through the 20th century, Brookville has had to constantly improve their products. Brookville's locomotives were the first to include planetary drive axles rather than chain drives.
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