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Erie Lackawanna MU Cars
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pullman Company· from 1930· Type of American electric multiple unit
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EL 3596 in November 1978 (21915166963): Roger Puta· Public domain
what is it?
The Erie Lackawanna MU Cars were a fleet of electric multiple unit commuter railcars used by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (D&LW) and successor railroads in the state of New Jersey. The D&LW undertook electrification of its Morristown Line and related branches in 1929–1930, and purchased 141 motor cars from Pullman to operate it. These were supplemented by 141 unpowered trailers of various types which were converted from existing rolling stock.
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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- 761 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 54 years (1930–1984).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 1984
- status
- retired
- number built
- 282
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pullman Company, General Electric, Bethlehem Steel
- operators
- Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Erie Lackawanna Railway, Conrail, New Jersey Transit
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 761 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- formation
- Motor-trailer pair
- length
- 21.3 m
- weight
- 60.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5388319, Wikipedia: Erie Lackawanna MU Cars (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.