BM - Good pictures of the MNCR M3a cars from 1984...In case anyone is unaware the MNCR M3 cars were built
before the LIRR cars - and were tested on the LIRR before final delivery to MNCR. Those cars were numbered
8000 to 8139 (140 cars) and today remain in service on MNCR. The big circle M logo was a MNCR spot feature.
The three pictures along Sunrise Highway are between Massapequa Park and Amityville near Sunrise Mall...
I remember when the MNCR M3 cars were being tested on the LIRR back in 1984 - this memory stands out:
I was waiting for a eastbound train one evening after dark at Carle Place - close to train time a MNCR M3 test
train pulls into the station...I was able to see inside the empty cars - the crew opened the doors opposite to
the platform to simulate a station stop and than closed them and pulled away before my Huntington train
arrived...I knew to watch for these M3 test trains and the differences between the M1 and M3 car types...
MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS