October 7, 2024 - Brookville Equipment Corporation (BROOKVILLE) has announced that Chelsea Kocher has accepted a new role within the organization as a Senior Sales Manager – Mining.

Her duties will include taking on a higher leadership role in the Part Sales division, as well as New Equipment Sales. She will continue overseeing part sales, in addition to accepting her new nickname as the “Queen of Coal.” Kocher will be head of New Equipment Sales for Mining, including unit sales and rebuild sales. She is excited to accept the challenge of taking over the mining industry, as she works to streamline the communication process between Sales and customers, by creating a smooth, educated, single-point contact, where customers know they are her number one priority.

Chelsea Kocher 

Through her 11 years at Brookville Equipment, Chelsea has learned essential knowledge about engines, reading schematics, hydraulic systems, electrical systems, axle building, unit functionalities, and more. She began her career as a Part Sales Technician with BROOKVILLE, followed by a Rebuild Part Specialist with Brookville Services, to her most recent position as a Part Sales Account Manager for Mining and Tunneling, which she was promoted to in 2019.

Brookville Equipment Corporation is extremely excited for Chelsea to support the future growth of the company in her new and influential role.

About Brookville Equipment Corporation

Headquartered in Brookville, Pa., in the scenic foothills of the Allegheny forests. Brookville Equipment Corporation is a world-class American manufacturer of innovative powered transportation solutions for the mining/tunneling, rail freight, and passenger transportation industries. BROOKVILLE contributed to the first American manufactured streetcars in the 1950s, and in 2001, has modernized, manufactured, and remanufactured PCC and heritage streetcars and trolleys for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA), the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). 

Building upon the company’s 100+ years of rail-mounted vehicle manufacturing experience and nearly two decades of streetcar manufacturing, BROOKVILLE introduced the innovative Liberty Streetcar design in 2012, with the pilot order delivered to Dallas, Texas, in 2015. Later in 2015, the Liberty Streetcar onboard energy storage system (OESS) was honored with the LRTA’s Global Light Rail Award for “Technical Innovation of the Year.” Additional Liberty Streetcars are currently in operation for QLINE Detroit, Oklahoma City Streetcar, and The Hop in Milwaukee. The Liberty NXT design is currently on order for Valley Metro’s Tempe Streetcar, Sound Transit’s Line T, and Portland Streetcar.