More Cars?

[m7zanr160s]

Will Metro-North ever run more than 8-cars on their M7A's?

[R44 5278]

If their Traction Effort is simply not powerful enough, then no.

[Amtrak7]

MNR can't handle a set of M7A's greater than 10 cars in length due to power constraints.

[m7zanr160s]

MNR can't handle a set of M7A's greater than 10 cars in length due to power constraints.

 

I see, but I've never seen a 10-car consist, the most is 8. Although, I've heard about it.

[metsfan]

Might be due also to platform length.

 

- A

[gregorygrice]

The only time I really see more than 8 car consists is when they are in the yard. But eventually they are uncouple to 8.

[Queens Surface]

I have seen 12-car M7s move fine,it's most likely the station length preventing this.

[m7zanr160s]

I have seen 12-car M7s move fine,it's most likely the station length preventing this.

 

Yeah, I see 12-car M7's on the LIRR all the time, just not M7A's more than 8, on MNRR.

[KeystoneRegional]

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[metsfan]

I did some investigation on this subject and came up with some interesting info...

 

Pelham station's platforms are 850 feet long (85 foot railcar x 10). Larchmont is 835 feet long... Greystone is 680 (8 cars)..... As far as i can tell most could only fit 8-10 cars...

 

Remember, the NYC was famous for its plethora of stations throughout its system. Add to that, very frequent service with 2-8 cars and you can see why these stations are so short. Some trains were quite longer, in fact some were up to 14 cars long, special trains could even get up to 16. Point being, the NYC's territory never had huge long platforms, because ridership at each station combined along the line never demanded more than 8 cars most of the time.

 

PRR territory on the other hand was drastically different. PRR carried the bulk of DC-philly & philly to NY traffic, its less busy stations could often have platforms just big enough for 2 car ends to stop for boarding/alighting, while its major stations could accommodate combinations of 2 trains of varying lengths, or one long train of 14-16 cars.

 

With this simplified description you can begin to see why the PC merger failed. You had 2 major railroads with 2 different ways of doing business and they didn't have a transition period, which i personally believe could have staved off bankruptcy and held up till rail traffic increased years later, allowing re-opening of stations closed to save money and so on. Too late now though. One can only hope pax rail becomes profitable enough to run under its own steam.

 

- A