MTA M1As #8364 - Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Tom Beckett	General	This is a Harlem Line train, and will terminate at North White Plains. At the time, that was the end of electrification; trains going beyond that point, to Brewster, were diesel, in the hands of the fleet of FL 9's. Above Brewster, to Dover Plains, RDC's were used. Both types of cars, these, and then M 2's on the New Haven, ran with an underrunning third rail, vs the LIRR's overrunning rail. The pick up shoe could be changed to run on either, as it was spring mounted to make contact. The shop only had to change the direction of the spring. These cars would test on the LIRR Port Washington Branch before acceptance. MTA had a test shop at Shea Stadium on that line.	10/26/2020 4:50:18 AM

MTA M1As #8364 - Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Good looking MTA EMU #8364 built by the Budd Company in 1973. This was one of a series of cars (#8200-8377) built primarily for the former NYC commuter service lines. Specs - M1As model, Budd Pioneer III trucks, four 148np GE #1255 A2 traction motors, total hp of 592. The cars could achieve 100 mph running in serivce but kept at 80 mph due to track and signaling limitations. No photographer was listed.
Date: 3/31/1984	Location: Bronx [Botanical Garden], NY	Views: 108	Collection Of: Gary Everhart
Locomotives: MTA 8364(M-1 Metropolitan)			Author: Gary Everhart

Picture Categories: Roster,Passenger		This picture is part of album: A Pair of MTA EMU's

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