M8

what is it?

The M8 is an electric multiple unit railroad car built by Kawasaki for use on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line and the CT Rail Shore Line East. The fleet of 471 cars first entered service in 2011, replacing the M2, M4 and M6 cars, which entered service in 1973, 1987 and 1994, respectively. An additional 60-car order is currently finishing delivery in response to increased ridership and usage on Shore Line East.

who runs it

Metro-North RailroadAmtrakCTrail

base stats

• speed 161 km/htop speed
• weight 64.9 tin working order
• seats 114passengers
• built 465made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 15 years ago, in 2011.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 114: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

2011

in service from

2011

status

in service

number built

465

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kawasaki Heavy Industries

operators

Metro-North Railroad, Amtrak, CTrail

top speed

161 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

Overhead line:, 3 Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system, 25 kV 60 Hz AC, 3 Electrification of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad…

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′

formation

220 married pairs, 25 single cars

length

25.9 m

weight

64.9 t

capacity

114 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.