LIRR'S 1980s-era M3 trains are back and full of nostalgia, duct tape and funky smells
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- Опубликовано: 12 ноя 2022
- The railroad has put the decades-old trains back into service. NewsdayTV transit reporter Alfonso Castillo goes along for a ride and talks to commuters about the experience.
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In the U.K., we have rolling stock from the 70s and 80s still in service. Only difference here is that they generally still work well and have been overhauled and refurbished at least once to comply with and meet modern standards.
The metro north (LIRR’s sister railroad) has pretty much the same cars but they retrofitted them and are doing better than these
The MTA did that in the '80s with the General Overhaul Program for the subway cars. If systems simply looked after their cars properly, we could have some nice vintage equipment in semi-regular service.
LIRR hasn't done that with these M3's but Metro North Railroad has overhauled and refurbished their M3A cars so I don't see why LIRR can't do the same thing
I was expecting some of those seats to rid of the duct tape. I actually went into car #9808 to find one of those seats with duct tape on it. I’ve seen some M7’s with duct tape also, so you can’t say the M3’s are the only ones. As far as mechanical issues, LIRR is repeatedly servicing them to keep them in shape as refurbished components are being installed to keep them running for another 5 or so years.
i never seen a M7 with ductape also there is two m3 sets in service no ducktape isnt common
I don't care what the newsmen say, *Budd Don't Break.* Would you all have a somewhat old multiple unit, or no train at all due to equipment shortages? Many railroads in other parts of the country are suffering from the latter, so be grateful that Long Island has this many trains to begin with.
People don’t care anymore. They want modern stuff. All I care is that when these are finally gone, at least one pair gets sent to a museum.
@@davidng2336 yeah in Riverhead where they have a set of M1 cars already is where they'll in all likelihood have a pair of M3's sent
I miss riding those trains. I'm going to ride one again just for the hell of it.
cool I grew up riding these trains
Let hope an M3 set can be preserved by the Oyster Bay heritage museum when they are taken out of service indefinitely
Good old Budd cars. Shame to see this set had some flat spots but at least it limped to Jamaica so the wait for a Penn train shouldn’t be too long. I will say, smart of them to press these cars back into service for the East Side Access to GCT. I can already picture riding one of these on one of the planned shuttles for however much time they have
I hope I can catch an M3 soon.
I just saw one yesterday. Never got to ride on.
LIRR M3s should have been refurbished like the Metro-North M3s did around 2003-2008
Those were the best on metro north.... nice bar car.
Looks so cozy like r46 trains.
train service in north america is a joke compared to europe and asian countries.
I love these trains though.
@@blakemcnamara9105never on time. freight trains ahve priority over passanger trains. while other countries have high speed rail . its no wonder our roads are clogged with cars. i like trains to, but using htem isnt very practical anymore
@@randomrazr Brightline West may change that. We will have to see.
@@davidng2336 they new over via and go train?
@@randomrazr Brightline West will be high-speed. There’s also California High Speed Rail that’s also under construction. Via and Go are commuter and higher-speed Rail.
The problem with the M3's is that they cannot run into Grand Central because they don't have enough power to make it through the tunnels into the new terminal. They can only run into Penn Station and Atlantic Terminal. The best chance you have to ride an M3 is on one of the shuttle trains from Jamaica to Atlantic Terminal.
Will they bring back the bar car?
LIRR doesn't have bar cars.
@@danielchou5895 They did when those trains were new!
@@ArtificialBanana No that was the M2s used on metro north.
@@danielchou5895 the LIRR used to have P72 coach bar cars, but they were retired in the mid 90s iirc. There haven't been any stated plans to restorea bar car per se, but something like a Cafe car would be nice.
@@Pensyfan19 not happening
They could at least refurbished the M3, A from the inside out until more M9 new trains come.
M3’s have great heat.
Hey where was I? I was in this and I don’t see me and my friend.
Glad to see the classic M3s back, but cancelling the one train due to a “flat spot” is just BS. As long as that thing ain’t going below the flange it’s good to run for another hindered miles. Plus they couldn’t just cut the one defective car out of the consist at Jamaica and taken it from there. At least with these cars you can find the problem easy, not like with the new circuit board filled made in China crap.
it wasnt a flat spot it was door issues
there is two m3 sets in service they cant just switch cars out not how it works trains arent even made in china there made in yonkers NY
@@NickyD Ohhhhhh okay that’s a much more understandable reason
@@NickyD yes it was a flat spot
@@NickyD it was a flat spot. Guy said so
These trains never would have been taken out of service anyways if not for stupid COVID messing everything up
So America's infrastructure is such a joke at this point that all we can do is laugh about it
1:06 typical lirr karma for bringing them back you cant make this shit up thats hilirious
While our Transit systems should be better, they could be entirely worse. I don’t mind ridding in an M3 with a tapped seat. It’s a far cry from some of the transit systems around the world where people cling to the sides and roof of trains.