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M-7 Long Island Railroad .Montreal EMU .Gallery Car Electric Multiple Unit -M- ~ New York, Usj APPENDIX 6 . M-7 Long Island Railroad .Montreal EMU .Gallery Car Electric Multiple Unit -M- ~ New York, Usj Under joint agreement to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and the Metro-North Railroad (MNR), Bombardier Transportation is providing Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) M- 7 commuter cars to LIRR to begin replacement of its Metropolitan M-I commuter car fleet. Chartered in 1834, the Long The units are equipped with The interior of the LIRR' Island Rail Road is the largest Bombardier's renowned stainless "Car of the Future" was designel Commuter Rail system in North steel carbodies for long life and with the input of the passenger America. low maintenance, and asynchro- and employees and includes a] nous AC motors featuring state- ADA compliant toilet, cellula Bombardier's new Electric of-the-art IGBT {isolated gate bipo- telephone and wide, single-lea Multiple Units, its first railcar lar transistors) inverters. Use of sliding doors for ease of entry an contract for the LIRR, will service outboard-bearing bolsterless fab- exit. the Long Island commuter lines, ricated bogies offers considerable constituting 80% of the system. weight savings over cast bogies. ~ BOMBARDIER BOMBARD" TRANSPORTATION 'V Electric Multiple Unit -M- 7 POWERCAR WITH TOILET ---10' 6' B END FEND I 3,200 mi , -: -" 0 C==- ~=0 :- CJCJ ~~[] CJCJCJCJCJCJ [] I D b 01 " ~) -1::1 1211-1/2 t~J ~~W ~~IL...I ~w -A'-'1~~~- I ~~ 309~mmt ~ 1 I~ 11 m 2205~16~m-! 591..1.6" mm --I I 1- -- 59°6" ° 4°8-1/2. , ~ 16,~:,60~m ~-- -;cl 10435mm ~ .-1 25.908 mm F END GENERAL DATA wheelchair locations 2 type of vehicle electric multiple unit passenger per car (seated) under design operator Metropolitan Transportation Authority passengers per car (standing) crush load under design Long Island Railroad order date May 1999 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS quantity 113 power cars without toilet .power fed by third rail: 400-900 Vdc 113 power cars with toilet .auxiliary voltages: 230 Vac / 3 ph / 60 Hz train consist up to 14 cars 72 Vdc .AC traction motor: 265 hp (200 kW) DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHf Metric Imperial .dynamic and pneumatic (tread & disc) braking system length over coupler 25,908 mm 85'0" .coil spring primary suspension width over side sheets 3,200 mm 10'6" .air-bag secondary suspension rail to roof height 3,950 mm 12' II Y;" .stainless steel carbody rail to top of floor height I ,295 mm 51" .fabricated steel frame trucks rail to top of height 4,039 mm 13' 3" .automatic parking brake doorway width 1,270 mm 50" .forced-air ventilation doorway height 1,981 mm 6'6" .air-conditioning capacity of 18 tons floor to high ceiling height 2,261 mm 89" .electric strip heaters floor to low ceiling height 2,007 mm 79" .ADA compliant toilet room (8 car) wheel diameter 914 mm 36" .vacuum sewage system (8 car) truck wheelbase 2,591 mm 102" .communication system with visual signs truck centre distance 18,136 mm 59'6" .cellular telephone (8 car) track gauge 1,435 mm 4' 8 y;" .event recorder car weight (empty) .cab signal/ ATC -power car without toilet 58,200 kg 125,300Ib .cab end: automatic coupler (mechanical, pneumatic and electrical -power car with toilet 56,835 kg 128,300Ib type N-6A) .non-cab end: semi-permanent drawbar PERFORMANCE AND CAPACI'IY Metric Imperial .four single-leaf doors maximum service speed I 60 km/h 100 mph .hinged-end doors acceleration rate, initial (service) 0.9 m/S' 2.0 mphps .on-board computer-controlled diagnostic system braking rate (service) 1.3 m/s' 3.0 mphps braking rate, nominal (emergency) 1.4 m/S' 3.2 mphps buff load 3,560 kN 800,000 Ib ~ TRANSPORTATION 1101 Parent Street, St. Bruno, Quebec, Canada J3V 6E6 .Telephone I (450) 441-2020 .Austria -Tel.: (43-1) 25 110. Belgium -Tel.: (32-50) 4011 II. Canada -Tel.: I (613) 384-3100. Czech Republic -Tel.: (42-0425) 802111 .France -Tel.: (33-3) 27235300. Germany' Tel.: (4930) 6793-0. Mexico -Tel.: 52 (5) 209-67-00. People's Republic of China -Tel.; 8610-8529-9100 .Switzerland. Tel.: (41 21) 9670505 .United Kingdom -Tel.: (44-1-924) 271 881 .United States -Tel.: I (212) 682-5860 wwwJransportatioQbombardier. corn Electric Multiple Uni Montreal, Canadc An impressive result of .A propulsion system that uses .Wide side doors at both hig Bombardier's ongoing research asynchronous alternating cur- and low platform levels t and development activities, the rent motors -requiring less allow quick loading/unloadin Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) maintenance than direct cur- and to eliminate the need f(J delivered to the societe de trans- rent motors. stepwell trap operation. port de la Communaute urbaine .Outboard bearing bogies which These modern units are ii de Montreal feature technological are considerably lighter than revenue service on the Montrea] advances that make them safe, casted bogies and provide a Deux-Montagnes commuter lin( reliable, high-performing and smoother ride at higher speeds. economical. Technical innova- tions and improvements include: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTA TION Electric Multiple Unit POWER CAR ===:m lr BEND A END I ~[lnCJCJg ~.. a--" -==.~ r=r-l I~- t59'6.- -~:~.-JI 18,136mm 2,842mm-e..l ~I 1- A END '. 85'4. 26,010 mm GENERAL DATA .dynamic and pneumatic (tread) braking system type of vehicle electric multiple unit .coil springs primary suspension operator societe de transport de la .air-bag secondary suspension Communaute urbaine de Montreal .stainless steel carbody date of order June 1992 .fabricated steel frame trucks quantity 29 power cars .manual parking brake 25 trailer cars .forced-air ventilation (trailer car and cab) 4 trailer cars with cab .air-conditioning capacity of 13 tons train consist up to five married pairs .electric strip heaters .type H tightlock coupler DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT metric imperial .sliding side centre doors length over coupler 26,010 mm 8514" .swing plug side end doors width over side sheets 3,200 mm 10' 6" .I hinged end door (A end car with cab) rail to roof height 3,937 mm 12' II" .on-board computer-controlled diagnostic for propulsion and braking rail to top of floor height I ,295 mm 51" systems rail to top of equipment height, except pantograph 4,420 mm 14' 6" PERFORMANCE AND CAPACIlY metric imperial doorway width (side centre doors) 1,270 mm 50" maximum design speed 120 km/11 75 mph doorway height (side centre doors) 1,905 mm 6' 3" maximum service speed 109 km/11 68 mph doorway width (side end doors) 1,219 mm 48" acceleration rate, initial (service) 2.4 km/11/s 1.5 mphps 7' 11" doorway height over first step (side end doors) 2,413 mm braking rate (service) 3.2 km/h/s 2.0 mphps floor to ceiling height (high ceiling) 2,159 mm 7' 1" braking rate, nominal (emergency) 4km/h/s 2.5 mphps floor to ceiling height (low ceiling) 2,006 mm 6' 7" buff load 3,558 kN 800,000 Ib wheel diametre 864 mm 34" wheelchair locations truck wheel base 2,642 mm 8' 8" -power car 2 truck centre distance 18,136 mm 59' 6" -trailer car with cab 2 track gauge 1,435 mm 4' 8.1/2" double bicycle racks (summer) car weight (empty) -trailer car -powercar 57,169 kg 126,000 Ib -trailer car with cab 2 .trailer car 44,465 kg 98,000 Ib passengers per car (seated) summer winter -trailer car with cab 45,372 kg 100,000 Ib -power car 88 88 -trailer car 88 92 -trailer car with cab 80 88 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS passengers per car (standing) crush load 126 126 .power fed by catenary25 kV /1 ph /60 Hz .auxiliary voltage 700 Vac / I ph / 60 Hz 480 Vac 13ph 60 Hz -120 Vac /60 Hz- 37.5 Vdc .AC traction motor 380 hp (continuous rating) ~ BOMBARDIER BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION ~ 1101 Parent Street, St. Bruno, Quebec, Canada J3V 6E6 .Telephone I (450) 441-2020 .Austria -Tel.: (43-1) 25 110. 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