LONG ISLAND RAILROAD M3 | ||
M3 #9837 Budd-Transit America press photos late
1985/early 1986 - Red Lion Assembly Plant, NE Philadelphia. PA
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With
electrification areas of both railroads expanding, the MTA placed an order
for another series in 1982, the M3 series. Essentially compatible with,
and (on the exterior) very similar to, the M1 series, the M3s had updated
mechanical elements such as the use of General
Steel GSI 70 trucks and a few other small differences. Traction motor
cooling was added to the M3 at the cost of added weight which was
compensated for by the use of more powerful 160 horsepower (120 kW)
GE 1261 motors. Even with the extra power this created different
acceleration and braking rates from the M1. While LIRR chose to mix M1s
and M3s in the same consist, Metro-North chose not to and would always run
with uniform trainsets. 174 M3s 9771-9944, with 9891 and 9892 renumbered
to 9945 and 9946 after the Long
Island Rail Road massacre (12/07/1993 the
Merillon Avenue station in Garden City), were produced for the LIRR between 1984 and
1986 with 142 M3As (8000-8141) produced for Metro North, arriving between
1984 and early 1985. Wikipedia Photo: M3 #9928 Wikipedia |
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LIRR Fleet List - Maintenance of
Equipment/Engineering - June 30, 2008.
EMU cars: Listed in a odd/even format. All EMU cars are 85 feet long. |
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Maiden voyages of the Metropolitan
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M3 #9772 NASSAU 4/29/2019 Photo/Archive: John Levai Soon NASSAU Tower and the M3 fleet will be memories. The M3s are to be replaced by the M9 series and the 3rd Track Project may spell the end of NASSAU. |
M3 train set westbound passing Bellerose Station toward Jamaica and New York Penn on the Main line. 4/29/2019 Photo/Archive: John Levai |
M3 #9779 eastbound Mineola - View SW 2007 c.2008 Photo/Archive: Gary Chatterton |
M3 #9925 Farmingdale 3/21/2019 Photo/Archive: Daniel Foran |
M3 #9847 West Side Yard View E 12/27/2014 Photo/Archive: Lawn Guylander |
M3-9822 Jamaica 9/26/2007 Photo: Andy Inserra |
M3 Winter action eastbound at Brooklyn Ave., Merrick 2004 |
M3 #9825 side view Woodside |
M3 #9876 Train #2820 Cedarhurst Archive: Wiki |
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M3's DISPOSITION | ||
In the 1990s, M3 car 9776 was wrecked in an accident and subsequently scrapped. Its mate, 9775, was converted to a rail adhesion car and renumbered to E775. On January 22, 2013, car 9870 was retired when it collided with a car at Brentwood station and then caught fire. It is currently stored out of service. Its mate, 9869, was mated with 9772, which lost its mate 9771 due to electrical failures on that car. Between 2011 and 2013, twenty M3 cars were prematurely taken out of service and stripped of parts to keep the other cars running. They were taken off property to be scrapped in 2018. |
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In 2018, M3 pair 9901-9902 was converted to a pair of rail adhesion cars. The cars were renumbered to E901-E902. As of 2013, the MTA has spent nearly $2 billion to procure a replacement for the M3 series, the M9. The fleet is similar to the M7, and the first cars arrived in 2018. As of October 2017, there were 92 M9 cars planned, with options for up to 494 more. |
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Took a stop at CSX Oak Point Yard in the Bronx today. A final farewell to a few more M3 sets on TTX 89' flat cars! Car numbers involved are: 9861, 9834, 9862, 9833, 9776 & 9777. Taken 11/26/2021 Info/Photo/Archive: Jason Saberhagen Epler |
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M3's BACK IN SERVICE | ||
Hillside 8/03/2022 - M3's numbers 9842-41, 9928-27, 9836-35, 9876-75, 9806-05, 9908-07 Photo/Archive: Joe Polidora |
M3 #9825 with yellow horizontal paint band signifies a non-PTC (Positive Train Control) equipped unit and cannot be on the front or rear of a train. |
Port Washington M3 #9940 First Day back in service 8/10/2022 Photo/Archive: Daniel Chou |
LIRR Train 805 M3s 9927-9806 on Jamaica Track 3 8/23/2022 Photo/Archive: Phil Pesante |
M3 door - Centered above door is the local door indicator: Lit (red) local door open Not lit (Dark) local door closed If the light is burnt out, NO indication of the door status 9/2023 - Photo/Archive: Joe Vila
Note: The current MTA Long Island Rail Road logo |