Dan05979 Posted December 19, 2011 Share #1 Posted December 19, 2011 Do you think an M7 & a R-46-68-160 Are the same width & height, And if so can they run on the each other's line. Always wonderd. Put a 6 car M7 on the or or ect. will it cause damage? Or a 46,68,160 set on the lirr or metro north how would that function. I've seen pics of an R1&9 and R-46 on a LIRR line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted December 19, 2011 Share #2 Posted December 19, 2011 M7s are wider than B division stock (10' 5.3" wide), taller (10' 5.5" tall), much longer (85 feet as opposed to 75)... I wish they could. It'd have an extremely hard time navigating that wye in Rockaway. I swear I found a picture of an M1 and an R44 behind each other somewhere. It didn't provide that great of an angle so you could really see the differences between the two, but it was cool nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan05979 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted December 19, 2011 I think there the same width, but it looks like the M1 or M7 stock is taller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted December 19, 2011 Share #4 Posted December 19, 2011 LIRR trains cannot run on NYC subway tracks due to power incompatibility issues;LIRR trains require much more electricity than subway trains As for those R44 pics I'm assuming they must be from one of those times they were speed testing the R44s on the LIRR; that was before they turned it up on the LIR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted December 20, 2011 Share #5 Posted December 20, 2011 The R44 is shorter (in height and length) but wider, and the M1/M3 is taller but narrower. Also, people. You can't protect the M7 interiors from idiots just tearing into the smallest rip in the fabric. Even the 25 year old M3s look nice, save for that horrible wallpaper that was so popular from the '70s to the '80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted December 20, 2011 Share #6 Posted December 20, 2011 Wait, so which is it then? Are LIRR cars wider or narrower than subway cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan05979 Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share #7 Posted December 20, 2011 I just read B division width is 9'9 as a typical lirr/Metro North like an M7 or a M1,3 is 10'6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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