The M7 is an electric multiple unit railroad car built by Bombardier for use on the MTA's Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad. With delivery beginning in 2002, the M7 replaced the M1 railcars on both railroads as well as the ACMUs on Metro-North.

Apr 7, 2025 · An M7 remanufactured as a M7D model “DMU” would be very valuable to the short haul commuter lines and upstarts whose lines are 1) too short to justify full Loco haul diesel.

Apr 29, 2021 · The plan is to retrofit the railroad’s existing M7 EMU cars with batteries as opposed to ordering new trainsets. The trains would run off the existing DC third rail in electrified territory and then seamlessly switch to batteries in the current non-electrified diesel territory.

Apr 21, 2021 · The prototype BEMU will be a two-car Bombardier M7 with four of the train’s eight traction motors (one per axle), which normally draw power from 750V dc third rail, retrofitted with battery propulsion.

Apr 19, 2021 · MTA Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng today announced that the LIRR has entered into an agreement with Alstom to test batteries that could enable electric railcars to travel on the railroad’s diesel branches.

Nationwide, Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) rail vehicles are an emerging opportunity to use self-propelled passenger train vehicles in corridors that extend from heavily used passenger lines to less densely populated regions.

Nov 13, 2021 · Discussion of the past and present operations of the Long Island Rail Road. Some of you may remember this concept of an FRA compliant DMU produced by Bombardier based on the M7 from the late 2000s or early 2010s.

Nov 4, 2004 · Does anyone have a nice list of M codes for heidenhain controllers? Not sure on the controller model, but it's for 2 year old Dekel Maho DMU 125P and 200P...

Dec 13, 2008 · The M-7 is an electric multiple unit railroad car built by Bombardier, with delivery beginning in 2002. The cars were ordered by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) for the Long Island Rail Road (M7) and Metro-North Railroad (M7A). They replaced the M1 railcars, which had previously provided electric service on these lines.

Feb 22, 2024 · Passenger and freight rail and trains, including transit, in and related to New York City.