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Here is the latest on the M8`shttp://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_13640385?source=most_viewed

I just read today that testing could delay the trains service debut well into 2010:cry:

I wouldn`t go as far as aying the cosmos are the worst,they are actually well built trains.We are talking about trains here that was designed and co-built by the legendary Budd company.these cars stand the test of time.

But yet don`t the Tokyo subway system runs 24/7 and able to maintain?

Yup.Distinguishing both models is a no-brainer.

Hmmm thats a good question. Im not sure who owns the license to this design.If its the(MTA) design then Im guessing any manufacturer can use this design for future orders.Anyone can give details on this question, this is just my theory.

The one thing that turns me off from the M8`s is the top headlight design.It gives the front end the characteristics of a japanese train.I guess it was a Kawasaki thing.Whereas Bombardier M7 took a different approach.

All M2s.M4 and M6 cars would hang around for a little longer.M4 tokyu triplets arrived between 1987-1988 of only 54 cars.Morrison knudsen M6 cars arrived in 1993.Those GE/Budd cars been around since 1972!

their nice cars,but they are a bit overbuilt they look very heavy.The engineers called this train"extremely complicated machine.It has to run on three different voltages.

The wide load trucks can do it.Check out some pics of the M7`s being delivered ontrailer trains and some r160s on flat trucks its been done.

Wow it looks like the airtrain.

The cars from japan takes a month to arrive by freighter,but they will be unloaded in Baltimore and Transported Via I-95 to New Haven. Theres another chance to win.

Her is the link to the M8 story.http://blog.stamfordadvocate.com/stamford411/2009/10/21/first-of-new-m-8-railcars-leaving-japan-in-days-metro-north-chief-says/

For those who have been waiting for new cars for Conneticut Like myself I got some good news.The M8s are bound to arrive Immediately.According to the stamford advocate the First 8 cars are bound from Kobe Japan starting on the 28th of this month;at a rate of 2 cars per month til january where they will undergo static testing at the new New Haven test facility specially designed for the cars.According to the order 38 cars are being built and delivered from Kobe and the remaining 262 Cars from Lincoln Nebraska plant. They will conduct various test with the pairs and wont be able to do a full train test until january when the cars arrive.Total amount of the order $713 million.I`ll see if I can post the link,if no go to " thestamforadvocate.com" for the full story.Ahhhh nothing like the smell of fresh trains from Japan.

This pic is classic! What camera do you use?