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Posted by WillD on Mon Jun 28 21:25:48 2010, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Introducing.....The M-8, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Jun 28 20:30:45 2010. I like how they look, and IMHO they look way better than the SLVs!!Pretty sure you're the only person I've heard express either opinion. The Silverliner Vs look like, well, railcars. In particular with a little red paint the SLVs would be dead ringers for slightly modified Cosmopolitan cars. The M8s have more in common with the MF2000, a new-gen VW Beetle, or a beercan-like Japanese EMU than the M2s, M4s and M6s. As for the pilots, I believe they are just to the same specs in size as the M-7/M-7A pilots. I have to check that in more detail the next time I am around the M-7As. Just checked photos from Croton a few years back, and yeah, they're almost identical in design, right down to the gap-toothed point at the front of the blade. They clear thru the snow well, but do keep in mind, the SLVs do not have to worry about clearing third rails with their plows, the M-8s do, much as all of our M-series do. The Silverliner V's pilot is designed to clear the third rail at NYP. It's in the technical specification. The SLV pilot looks more like the M1-6 pilot. But then I guess subway cars like the M7s and M8s don't need much in the way of snow removal cause they'll just stop running when the snow hits the third rail. I also notice there are no sanders on the M8s. The MTA added them to the M7s after their infamous wheelflat problems, so it'll be interesting to see if the M8s get them as well someday. |
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