Abstract: Brick courses are successively lifted and transferred from a kiln car onto the receiving end of a marshalling table with the longitudinal dimension of bricks extending transversely of the table. A push mechanism pushes against the cut surface of the bricks and moves the bricks longitudinally of the table toward the discharge end thereof, urging the bricks against an upstanding wall of a movable, marshalling carriage. The carriage slides from a first position beneath the discharge end of the marshalling table to a second position beyond the discharge end in response to the pressure exerted by the push mechanism. When a prescribed number of bricks have been pushed against the upstanding wall and the movable carriage moved to its second position, the push mechanism is deactivated and a clamp engages and holds the bricks remaining on the marshalling table. The marshalling carriage is then moved an additional distance to space the bricks thereon from the bricks remaining on the marshalling table.