M-8 Discussion

[R42N 137]

Anyone know when the M-2’s are officially getting canned?

[beelinefan 44]

Anyone know when the M-2’s are officially getting canned?

When the extra m8s arrive in three years.

[Mysterious2train 587]

Something that apparently slipped under the radar: John Longobardi, Chief Transportation Officer at Metro-North, told the Connecticut Commuter Rail Council at their October meeting that the supplemental 60-car order of M-8s had started arriving, but hadn't started testing yet (almost a year late, since the order was approved in November 2016 and was expected to start arriving after three years, but obviously the least of Metro-North and Shore Line East's problems this past year).

M-8 tests in Shore Line East territory are progressing as well, as they have been for some five years now?

[GojiMet86 4,966]

 

@vanshnookenraggen Thought this might interest you and Alon:

https://www.ctinsider.com/news/thehour/article/Getting-There-Commissioner-talks-train-safety-16042150.php

 

This article suggests that CDOT might have more than enough M8, that it could send a pair to MBTA so that they could test electrification.

[R10 2952 1,194]

1 hour ago, GojiMet86 said:

https://www.ctinsider.com/news/thehour/article/Getting-There-Commissioner-talks-train-safety-16042150.php

This article suggests that CDOT might have more than enough M8, that it could send a pair to MBTA so that they could test electrification.

Glad the MBTA's trying to get the ball rolling on electrification again.  2-3 years ago I remember being stuck in a crowded first car behind an F40PH that had a badly-calibrated fuel pump; the smell and sight of blue, unburned fuel exhaust was nauseating.  Hell, there's been some days that Back Bay Station during rush hour smells like a crude-oil fire. 

Edited March 22, 2021 by R10 2952

[Lawrence St 1,609]

So these M8's will potentially run along the entire NEC? Wow!

[bobtehpanda 6,115]

On 7/3/2021 at 8:03 AM, Lawrence St said:

So these M8's will potentially run along the entire NEC? Wow!

It'd be neat, though I hope for their sake that MBTA takes advantage of the alternative compliance rules that have since come into effect at FRA and buy some European off-the-shelf units not built like tanks. M8s are very heavy compared to their continental counterparts.

[BreeddekalbL 673]

whats the latest on m8's running on the  sle? 

[trainfan22 2,157]

2 hours ago, BreeddekalbL said:

whats the latest on m8's running on the  sle? 

I don't think the extra M8s have even been delivered yet. With the M8s they have they don't have enough to cover both Metro North service and SLE service, those extra M8s are needed.

[BreeddekalbL 673]

44 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

I don't think the extra M8s have even been delivered yet. With the M8s they have they don't have enough to cover both Metro North service and SLE service, those extra M8s are needed.

so pretty much they operationally work fine but need the cars to succeed?

[trainfan22 2,157]

1 hour ago, BreeddekalbL said:

so pretty much they operationally work fine but need the cars to succeed?

From what I understand, yes.

 

 

Did some digging and some of the extra M8s have been delivered but they aren't in service yet.