Did they add backup power fo the lights so they don't go out when the connection is lost? I'm glad they kept the bell and the center opening doors. I hate the slab doors on the M7s and the beeping. Also, I've never been on one, but I heard some got seat colors similar to the M7s. I love M-3s, and as much as I prefer the way they look pre-rebuild, this is not bad at all.
I made a video of the 9:55 A.M. semi-express train to North White Plains I took back to Crestwood showing an interior car tour of 6 M3-As. 2 of them were not rebuilt and 4 of them are rebuilt.
There are also more rebuilt M3As with a different design. They can run to Crestwood and terminate there. They have blue and green seats instead of blue and orange seats.
Um........each and EVERY car on the METRO NORTH ROSTER is cabable of running to and turning at Crestwood......now, What were we talking about again????
LIRR M3's are the original design thats why they look the way they do. the metro north M3's you see in this vid probably looked very similar to what the LIRR M3's look like now before going through the overhaul renovation
Everything you need, nothing you don't. A practical design that will get many more years of use. An all around great railcar. They're just a BITCH to switch with!!!!
What a Great Overhaul! Seats and interior look brand new.Questions? What is the purpose of the short back aisle seats?What year were these first put into service? Great Video!! Thanks..H.A.
The short backed aisle seats were in these cars since built new in 1983. They allow the aisle feel "wider" affording easier passage while still providing greatly needed additional seating.
I strongly disagree. This IS NOT THE SUBWAY so no it need not sound like the subway. If you are smart enough to read a time table you are smart enough to know what the bell means. If not - well then swipe you metrocard and wait.
As a Yankee Fan. getting on these at the new Yankee Stadium station after a bunch of Beers as we beat the Red Sox would certainly tempt me to throw up ALL OVER the new seats...... I dunno, slowly I think I may be converting to liking, or at least not hating the Mets. I mean hey, now that Piazza's gone, and Randolph is gone they're not completely fucking pathetic!
aw man. the red,blue, and beige are classic now. but i like the new cushions though. the yellow is nice. the new paint schemes on that locomotive with the blue with the red stripe on the bottom looks good.
The new paint scheme applied to the Genny's is definitely a vast improvement over the old "g-string". It sucks that they chose to make the nose so dark, but otherwise, I like it! That paintscheme also looks much better on the BL20GHs then the 'pseudo-New Haven' abortion of a paint scheme does....
huh???? No its not - its nothing like an M7A interior. This doesn't have narrower seat widths, reduced leg room, high-back seats with improperly engineer head support. This car also offers commuters convenience outlets just like all the other M1/M3 cars which the M7A doesnt offer...............
yes, well new cushions anyway. the plastic and metal seat frames are the same, but the old blue, red and beige cushions have been replaced with these new colors.
aww. the red and blues were better. more classical. but the blue and yellow fits perfectly though. the yellow is nice at the end with the blue. I wonder how they painted the new acheme on that locomotive with the blue and the red stripe. that is so cool.
Amen, and for that matter the St Louis ones too! I wish I had a means to make my VHS into digital so I could post some ACMU video because there is almost none on YouTube.
@moman1208: LIRR M3's are the original design thats why they look the way they do. the metro north M3's you see in this vid probably looked very similar to what the LIRR M3's look like now before going through the overhaul renovation
@moman1208 : LIRR M3's are the original design thats why they look the way they do. the metro north M3's you see in this vid probably looked very similar to what the LIRR M3's look like now before going through the overhaul renovation
@moman1208 LIRR M3's are the original design thats why they look the way they do. the metro north M3's you see in this vid probably looked very similar to what the LIRR M3's look like now before going through the overhaul renovation
I agree, except that they are 10-12 years older and do really need alot of work to survive another 10 years. They should be rebuilt completely, but eh... The thing I am worried about is that with the M8s coming, once the M2s are out of service the M4 and M6 fleets will become orphans as they will be the "back burner" fleet. Remember they are both pretty small fleets, and they are both quite new. The M4s are 1986 and the M6s are 1994-5. Too bad the M8s weren't ordered to be compatible with M4/6s.
Amtrak still uses a ton of equipment that was built in the 70s. I love the idea of getting new equipment, but for one, half of the new equipment purchased is a piece of junk (NJT has some really good new equipment though), and two, I think track quality is top priority at this point (as long as MNRR can maintain equipment like Amtrak has). What's done is done though. I'm just stating my opinion on what should've been done.
I agree with you - and you make good points, but lets both face it - Amtrak's Amfleets (from the 70s) are OVERDUE for replacement. Here on MN track quality has slowly but steadily been slipping for the last 10 years or so. I would say that the railroad was in TIP TOP shape (compared to any other time in its existance) in ~1999-2000. But since.....not so much. Tons of mud pumps and soft spots, debris littered and cluttered ROW, rail kinks, etc abound...
Did they add backup power fo the lights so they don't go out when the connection is lost? I'm glad they kept the bell and the center opening doors. I hate the slab doors on the M7s and the beeping. Also, I've never been on one, but I heard some got seat colors similar to the M7s. I love M-3s, and as much as I prefer the way they look pre-rebuild, this is not bad at all.
alexweb8 7 months ago
@alexweb8
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No to "backup power". Agree. Agree. Agree. Agree. Agree.
nhlives 6 months ago
I made a video of the 9:55 A.M. semi-express train to North White Plains I took back to Crestwood showing an interior car tour of 6 M3-As. 2 of them were not rebuilt and 4 of them are rebuilt.
mattkac1 7 months ago
@mattkac1
yup....the entire fleet hasn't been finished yet....
nhlives 6 months ago
There are also more rebuilt M3As with blue and green seats
mattkac1 9 months ago
There are also more rebuilt M3As with a different design. They can run to Crestwood and terminate there. They have blue and green seats instead of blue and orange seats.
mattkac1 9 months ago
@mattkac1
Um........each and EVERY car on the METRO NORTH ROSTER is cabable of running to and turning at Crestwood......now, What were we talking about again????
nhlives 6 months ago
I like it
SUBWAY125 11 months ago
whats up with the ny mets/knicks colored seats lmao!!!
retroguy1976 1 year ago
@retroguy1976
Trying to make the Mets fans feel a little less shitty on the way home from a crushing Mets loss at Yankee Stadium station........ LOL
nhlives 1 year ago
@nhlives haha
retroguy1976 1 year ago
LIRR M3's are the original design thats why they look the way they do. the metro north M3's you see in this vid probably looked very similar to what the LIRR M3's look like now before going through the overhaul renovation
ENTERTAINMENT35 1 year ago
@ENTERTAINMENT35
actually our interiors even pre-rebuild looked quite different then the LI's but I kno what you mean....
nhlives 1 year ago
mnrr is looking more like the lirr, ugh!!
wiedep 2 years ago
Everything you need, nothing you don't. A practical design that will get many more years of use. An all around great railcar. They're just a BITCH to switch with!!!!
bpbpcoc 2 years ago
love these trains, but the door chimes are annoying when the doors close.
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PROCK8947 2 years ago
PROCK8947.....that's the whole idea.....the m7's you cant even hear....
Italman45 2 years ago
PROCK8947.....Thats the whole idea.....You can't even the the chimes on the dumb m7's
Italman45 2 years ago
What a Great Overhaul! Seats and interior look brand new.Questions? What is the purpose of the short back aisle seats?What year were these first put into service? Great Video!! Thanks..H.A.
hta54 2 years ago
The short backed aisle seats were in these cars since built new in 1983. They allow the aisle feel "wider" affording easier passage while still providing greatly needed additional seating.
nhlives 2 years ago
The doors look like the door on the NYC subways.
08trainlover 2 years ago 2
I wonder why they arent rebuilding the LIRR M3's
STSDrummer03 3 years ago
What did the operator say at 1:12?
Biglele208 3 years ago
"Once again passengers: final stop, final stop. Don't forget your belongings, watch your step getting off, enjoy the rest of the evening."
That was clear as a bell, you couldn't make that out on your own?
nhlives 3 years ago
Ive been on these
Biglele208 3 years ago
i rode home on them today on #755
nhlives 3 years ago
mets colors much
EMDFAN1988 3 years ago
they should have a more subway-like door chime, not one that sounds like a school bell
apparitions68 3 years ago
I strongly disagree. This IS NOT THE SUBWAY so no it need not sound like the subway. If you are smart enough to read a time table you are smart enough to know what the bell means. If not - well then swipe you metrocard and wait.
nhlives 3 years ago
I remember the first time i got on one of these back in July at GCT i was like HOLY SHIT.
I cant imagine walking into one of those with a hangover.
AEGUY63 3 years ago
As a Yankee Fan. getting on these at the new Yankee Stadium station after a bunch of Beers as we beat the Red Sox would certainly tempt me to throw up ALL OVER the new seats...... I dunno, slowly I think I may be converting to liking, or at least not hating the Mets. I mean hey, now that Piazza's gone, and Randolph is gone they're not completely fucking pathetic!
nhlives 3 years ago
aw man. the red,blue, and beige are classic now. but i like the new cushions though. the yellow is nice. the new paint schemes on that locomotive with the blue with the red stripe on the bottom looks good.
slipran 3 years ago
The new paint scheme applied to the Genny's is definitely a vast improvement over the old "g-string". It sucks that they chose to make the nose so dark, but otherwise, I like it! That paintscheme also looks much better on the BL20GHs then the 'pseudo-New Haven' abortion of a paint scheme does....
nhlives 3 years ago
Its like the M7A interior
Biglele208 3 years ago
huh???? No its not - its nothing like an M7A interior. This doesn't have narrower seat widths, reduced leg room, high-back seats with improperly engineer head support. This car also offers commuters convenience outlets just like all the other M1/M3 cars which the M7A doesnt offer...............
nhlives 3 years ago
@nhlives The M7 (at least on the LIRR) actually does offer two outlets each under the PBCO/SBCO/BCO palels near the vestibules
R160A 1 year ago
are those new seats?
slipran 3 years ago
yes, well new cushions anyway. the plastic and metal seat frames are the same, but the old blue, red and beige cushions have been replaced with these new colors.
nhlives 3 years ago
aww. the red and blues were better. more classical. but the blue and yellow fits perfectly though. the yellow is nice at the end with the blue. I wonder how they painted the new acheme on that locomotive with the blue and the red stripe. that is so cool.
slipran 3 years ago
Bring back the Pullman MU's
Wehategod 3 years ago 2
Amen, and for that matter the St Louis ones too! I wish I had a means to make my VHS into digital so I could post some ACMU video because there is almost none on YouTube.
nhlives 3 years ago
the seats look like ferris wheel seats
clubpenguin777 3 years ago
I like
furryfurball1221 3 years ago 2
this train looks ever more uglyer.
lirr56890 3 years ago
THIS coming from the kid who loves M7As. Humf. I'm not a mets fan and I like these rebuilds....
nhlives 3 years ago
nahh yo this one is pretty. the lirr one is pretty darn ugly
moman1208 3 years ago 4
@moman1208: LIRR M3's are the original design thats why they look the way they do. the metro north M3's you see in this vid probably looked very similar to what the LIRR M3's look like now before going through the overhaul renovation
ENTERTAINMENT35 1 year ago
@moman1208 : LIRR M3's are the original design thats why they look the way they do. the metro north M3's you see in this vid probably looked very similar to what the LIRR M3's look like now before going through the overhaul renovation
ENTERTAINMENT35 1 year ago
@moman1208 LIRR M3's are the original design thats why they look the way they do. the metro north M3's you see in this vid probably looked very similar to what the LIRR M3's look like now before going through the overhaul renovation
ENTERTAINMENT35 1 year ago
Nice. I rode in 8099 once and the ride was smooth, it was well-lit, and it had that "new car" smell =)
CNJGeep 3 years ago
so was i
i thot it was wierd tho even tho i have been in LIRR 9894 before
moman1208 3 years ago
This is what they should do to the M2s instead of scrapping them. They still work well.
murjax 3 years ago
I agree, except that they are 10-12 years older and do really need alot of work to survive another 10 years. They should be rebuilt completely, but eh... The thing I am worried about is that with the M8s coming, once the M2s are out of service the M4 and M6 fleets will become orphans as they will be the "back burner" fleet. Remember they are both pretty small fleets, and they are both quite new. The M4s are 1986 and the M6s are 1994-5. Too bad the M8s weren't ordered to be compatible with M4/6s.
nhlives 3 years ago
Amtrak still uses a ton of equipment that was built in the 70s. I love the idea of getting new equipment, but for one, half of the new equipment purchased is a piece of junk (NJT has some really good new equipment though), and two, I think track quality is top priority at this point (as long as MNRR can maintain equipment like Amtrak has). What's done is done though. I'm just stating my opinion on what should've been done.
murjax 3 years ago
I agree with you - and you make good points, but lets both face it - Amtrak's Amfleets (from the 70s) are OVERDUE for replacement. Here on MN track quality has slowly but steadily been slipping for the last 10 years or so. I would say that the railroad was in TIP TOP shape (compared to any other time in its existance) in ~1999-2000. But since.....not so much. Tons of mud pumps and soft spots, debris littered and cluttered ROW, rail kinks, etc abound...
nhlives 3 years ago
the lites still blink lol. they have one of these on the lirr the numbers are 9893-4
moman1208 3 years ago
This is what they should've done for M7 interiors.
wildcattb5 3 years ago
Getting rid of that nasty old 80's wood paneling makes the inside look so much brighter.
SubaruB4RSK 3 years ago
it does modernize the look of them and make them look brighter but I'm not sure if I like it or not yet. Haven't had enough time on them yet.....
nhlives 3 years ago
They got rid of the wooden interior. :( It looks like more like an m7. At least they still kept the bell. :)
SPAMPOLICE89 3 years ago