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2023–2027. (33 units) 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW) Dual-mode locomotive; can run on electric power in all third-rail electrified sections, and on diesel power elsewhere [3] Options to purchase 32 additional MNRR locomotives, along with 20 locomotives for ConnDOT, 25 for NYSDOT, and 60 for LIRR.
M3A: 8000–8141: Capacity: 120 (M3) Operators: Long Island Rail Road Penn Central Conrail Metro-North Railroad: Specifications; Car body construction: Stainless Steel, with fiberglass end caps on the operating ends: Train length: 170 ft (51.82 m) - 1,020 ft (310.90 m) Car length: 85 ft (25.91 m) Width: 10 ft 6 in (3,200 mm) Height
The Metro-North Railroad uses an electric fleet of M3A, M7A, and M8 electric multiple units. Multiple diesel locomotives and push-pull coaches are in use as well. Although Metro-North uses many abbreviations (MNCR, MNR, MN, etc.) the only official reporting marks registered and recognized on AEI scanner tags is 'MNCW'. Rolling stock owned by ...
Metro-North Railroad: Lines served: New Haven Line: Specifications; Car body construction: Stainless steel: Train length: 170 ft (51.82 m) - 1,020 ft (310.90 m) Car length: 85 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (25,946 mm) Width: 10 ft 8 in (3,250 mm) (max) Height: 13 ft (3,962 mm) (rail to roof) 14 ft 9 in (4,500 mm) (rail to top of resistor grid shrouding ...
In July 2014, the MTA forecast a need of 416 M9 and M9A cars for the LIRR (180 cars to replace the M3 fleet and 236 cars for East Side Access-related increases) and up to 188 M9 cars for Metro-North, for a total order of 604 cars.
Rolling Stock | $485 million | The railroad will begin replacement of 140 M3 electric cars. New electric cars are expected to improve mechanical reliability of the fleet, mitigating up to 27% of ...
The LIRR's steam passenger locomotives were modernized from 1901 to 1906, and by 1927, it was the first Class I railroad to replace all its wood passenger cars with steel. [2] In 1926, the LIRR was the first U.S. railroad to begin using diesel locomotives. The last steam locomotive was a G5s operated until 1955. [2]
Metro-North Railroad: Lines served: Hudson Line, New Haven Line, Harlem Line: Specifications; Car length: 85 ft (25.91 m) Width: 10.5 ft (3.2 m) Doors: Shoreliner I and II: 4 Shoreliner III: 6 Shoreliner IV: 6 (5 on cab units) Maximum speed: 90 mph (145 km/h) (Limit) 120 mph (193 km/h) (Design)
The Metro-North Railroad (MNCR) is a commuter railroad system serving two of the five boroughs of New York City ( Manhattan and the Bronx ), Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, and Orange Counties in New York, as well Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut. It was established by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1983 to ...
Electric service from and to Croton–Harmon uses the standard M3A and M7A multiple units also seen on the Metro-North Harlem Line. Diesel trains are headed by Genesis P32AC-DMs . These electro-diesels run off third-rail through the Park Avenue Tunnel .