Status and Delivery of Additional M8 Cars

Award for WORST stock photo ever used for MNRR rolling stock. Click the link and see why:

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Worse than WORST? It's the Yale newspaper.

poorly written article, how is New Haven line expanded ?? and their suggesting 60 and 94 car cars instead of 60 plus a 34 option.

Any update on the status of these? I think there were up to 94? including options... Supposed max M8 fleet of 499 I think I saw somewhere?

I'm curious as to what the numbers on the new cars are.

My numbers show 94 more, as to when, I think due to delay on M-9's it will be second quarter of 2020 for first delivery.
as for actual car numbers, nothing posted yet but pretty sure it will be 66% 34% split between CDOT and MTA

Jaap, all pool? And, of course, think there will be any bar cars LOL let's open that can of worms LOL. I say not.

yes all pool as MN would be maintaining the M-8's .

DutchRailnut wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:09 pm My numbers show 94 more, as to when, I think due to delay on M-9's it will be second quarter of 2020 for first delivery.
as for actual car numbers, nothing posted yet but pretty sure it will be 66% 34% split between CDOT and MTA

There are 66 cars coming. The remaining “option” cars have not been and will not be optioned.

Jim

A new set of M8’s came this week to Croton West for delivery to New Haven. I believe the number was 9422 to be towed by a work extra to Kawasaki in New Haven yard.

That pair may have made a pit stop at the Yonkers plant before the trip to the ConnDOT shop at New Haven

Straight to New Haven. This is the first product Kawasaki has shipped completely by rail since the M9 derailment. Since that derailment the M9s are trucked to Yonkers for final assembly then delivered by rail to Queens.

Taken last Thursday from Amtrak

http://trainspot.rrpicturearchives.net/ ... id=5420317

At least the factory ships them with regular couplers on the outer ends,
HEY CSX, how about a bit of weed killer to clean up the yard, maybe a weed wacker run at least?

They don't care. There are full sized trees growing through some of the tracks.

Plus now Croton West is starting to be tore up!