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]

M3A and M7A cars draw power from 650 V DC third rail with under-running contact shoes. M8 draw power from third rail, both over- and under-running, or 12.5 kV 60 Hz and 25 kV 60 Hz AC catenary.

Mar 14, 2025 · The LIRR M3s won’t be coming to MNR after they are retired. Yesterday, I railfanned the Main Line in various spots and saw multiple M3 sets and boy, it looked like from the outside they are ready to be retired. I think many of MNR’s M3s are in better shape but even those are very old.

Dec 19, 2024 · As of 2024 LIRR has 100 active M3 cars in its fleet – or 50 separate pairs. As the poster noted, they are most often found on the Jamaica-Brooklyn shuttles. They also can be found on some trains that operate to and from Penn Station. They are …

Electric service on the Hudson and Harlem lines uses M3 and M7 MU cars. A GE P32AC-DM locomotive arriving at Ossining. The New Haven Line is unique in that trains use both third rail and 12.5 kV AC from overhead catenary.

The M1 and M3 are two similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars made by the Budd Company for the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro North Railroad and Metro North's predecessors, Penn Central (Whose predecessor, the Pennsylvania Railroad, operated the …

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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.

The running gag for years was that MNRR had the best maintenance regime compared to LIRR and NJT. After the incident at Spuyten Duyvil, MNRR's reputation as the one good railroad soured quite a bit...

May 3, 2024 · From what I know: usually the MNRR runs M3As on Harlem & Hudson locals, and usually the LIRR runs M3s on the ronkonkoma branch during peak hours. Can anyone narrow down other service patterns that generally have M3s/M3As? Generally, for …