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PRR MP70
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pennsylvania Railroad· from 1932· class of 63 American double-deck electric multiple units
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LIRR 200 Double-Decker Car in Riverhead RMLI: DanTD· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. LIRR 200 Double-Decker Car in Riverhead RMLI - August 2023: LostplanetKD73· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The PRR MP70, also known informally as the "double-deckers", was a class of electric multiple units manufactured by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The Pennsylvania Railroad manufactured three prototypes in the 1930s and a full fleet of sixty cars in 1947–1949. They were among the first examples of bilevel rail cars in the United States.
who runs it
base stats
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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- 24.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 120: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 41 years (1932–1973).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1932
- in service from
- 1932
- retired
- 1973
- status
- retired
- number built
- 63
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- operators
- Long Island Rail Road
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 24.4 m
- capacity
- 120 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q29856653, Wikipedia: PRR MP70 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.