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How many Pull Push Trains can I see on the LIRR?
Technically no, MU's are not push-pull. Yes they can operate in either direction, however they are neither pushed or pulled. Each car has it's own motor to move that specific car.tp49 said:Any LIRR diesel is a push pull train...begs the question though are the electric MU's considered push-pull as well?
Yes, they do and in fact I just went to Montauk this past Sunday with Superliner Diner and a few other friends.Amtrak Railfan said:If Passagers need to go to Montauk from New York Penn Station do they need to change Trains?
Tom,tp49 said:Alan,
The "Cannonball" is indeed the lone remaining LIRR service with a Parlour Car (now it's just a bar cart in the last car of the train but that's another story...) I know in the past it left from Jamaica, but I thought at some point with the advent of the DM's that they might have been running the train out of Penn, but that does not seem to be the case. So pretty much it's a change at Jamaice situation.
I sure did.tp49 said:BTW you probably passed through my hometown on your way to Montauk
Well the train that we used for our run doesn't stop at Babylon, it runs express from Jamaica to Patchogue, before making all stops to Montauk. The same is true for the return.tp49 said:Next time I head back east I want to do that trip out to the east end (would probably just go to Babylon to do that and at try and get on the run that takes the Lower Montauk (the only trackage on the LIRR I don't have yet).
Ok, never heard it called that before. I've done that run however, although not in revenue service.tp49 said:Lower Montauk branch is the name of the line from Jamaica to Long Island City.
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