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    Metro-North has done a text book job of bringing the M-8 online. They spent a great deal of time planning and researching a new design. Once the first sets arrived, they began an aggressive daily testing routine. As per the contract, they cars had to withstand 4,000 problem free miles before acceptance. When there is any failure of any kind, the clock resets to zero. There are always issues in the beginning that need to be ironed out. Those first cars were running all hours of the night to rack up the miles and put them through their paces. Corrections have been made and now they have been accepted. They have entered revenue service as fast as MNRR could have possibly gotten them there.

    The only person to blame is the previous governor of Connecticut. His short sighted administration delayed funding repeatedly. Ct. is responsible for 70% of the New Haven lines costs, including fleet purchase costs. The M-8 design was finalized almost 5 years ago and funding was the only delay.

    Metro-North can't pay for them without gov't funding.

    Metro-North can't put them inservice without the appropriate testing

    Metro-North can't make Kawasaki build them faster, nor can it make the ships, trucks and trains get them here any faster.

    You'll note that when NY was solely responsible for the replacement of the M-1 and M-3 with the M-7, we didn't wait this long.

    Your anger is completely misplaced. There is only one group responsible for the delay and that is the Conn. Dept. of Transportation operating under the previous Governor's administration. Thankfully Gov. Rell took office and saw funding delivered.

    As for MNRR being a corrupt organization...well, no one doubts an interstate agency's high level of bureaucracy, but you should travel back in time 25 years and see what the railroad looked like then. MNRR under MTA has transformed a hodge-podge of railroads and equipment, with dilapidated infrastructure and rolling stock into one of the smoothest running commuter operations in the United States.

    Your comment certainly negates your knowledge of any "back-story".

    No M3's were ever replaced only the M1's.

  7. Posted · Edited by tjd1012

    They will mostly stay on the New Haven line. Occasionally you may see them in Croton or even Brewster, but that is rare.

    you will only see them in croton for wheel true,new haven does not yet have the capabilities to true the wheels on an m8. I highly doubt you will ever see one in Brewster

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    Yeah the only problem with it is that if you talk on the radio the truck comes out of pump we found that out during a tanker shuttle drill when we first got it it's a decent truck the one it's replacing was better IMO.

    It does not "come out of pump".The radio frequency is somehow disturbing the engine electronics.