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Metro-North Railroad rolling stock. The Metro-North Railroad is a commuter railroad serving northern suburbs of New York City. It principally uses a fleet of electric railcars for its services; diesel locomotives and push-pull coaches are in use as well for non-electrified portions of the system.
The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central combined three traditional corporate rivals (the Pennsylvania, New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads), all united by large-scale service into the New York metropolitan area and (to a lesser extent) New ...
Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Chicago and North Western (reporting mark CNW) was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of track ...
The Metro-North, LIRR and NJ Transit together carry 265 million riders each year to 389 stations along more than 2,100 miles of track, according to the report. The new system would be built in ...
Metro-North Railroad (reporting mark MNCW), [ 8 ] trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York. Metro-North serves the New York Metropolitan Area, running service between New York City and its northern ...
The Metropolitan Transit Authority's board approved a $51.5 billion capital plan, the largest in history, to improve the region’s railroads, subways and buses over the next five years. The plan ...
Traffic & Transit Renewed Push For Federal Funds To Improve Metro-North Grade Crossings Community leaders, union members, train safety advocates and local officials joined U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer.
M1/M3 (railcar) The M1 and M3 are two similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars built by the Budd Company for the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Railroad, and Metro-North's predecessors, Penn Central and Conrail. [4] Originally branded by Budd as Metropolitans, the cars are more popularly known under their model names, M1 (late ...