There are M3's equipped with PTC. I could see M3's being used in revenue service if we have M7/M9 cars with "flat wheels" should this be a bad slip slide season. Outside of that, you can catch the modified M3's used for low-adhesion.
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MACTRAXX wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:00 am Everyone:Even though I'm 30 years old now, I do my part by stopping the spread and doing it for the sake of the immunocompromised by wearing a mask, washing/sanitizing my hands, and keeping 6+ feet apart from anyone. I don't see normalcy returning until Q3 of this year when more and more people are vaccinated. Unlike in years' past where I thought I have nothing, I can breathe again knowing how far we've come in 12 months. Just remember last year was an awful year for not just all of us, but for the entire planet.
On the 33rd Anniversary of the completion of the Hicksville-Ronkonkoma Electrification it is time to mention
changes to the Ronkonkoma Branch and Main Line that have been accomplished in recent years:
The completion of the Ronkonkoma Yard (Mid-Suffolk Expansion) Project doubling storage capacity
The full completion of the Double Track Project between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma
Passing the midway point of the Main Line Third Track Project (Floral Park-Hicksville)
The ridership losses resulting from the ongoing pandemic were not even beginning yet one year ago today.
Those changes have a huge affect going forward for the future of the LIRR and rail transit in general depending
on when a state of normalcy returns and riders return to the trains. The past 12 months have been quite an
experience for all of us remembering how life in general was back in January 2020...MACTRAXX