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There are 643 MultiLevel Coach [4] cars in service as of 2015 on NJ Transit, Montreal's Exo, and Maryland's MARC. NJ Transit received 429 cars, including 62 cab cars. Exo has purchased 160 cars, including 26 cab cars. The MARC order consists of 39 trailers and 15 cab cars for a total of 54 cars.
The first series of Arrows (classed MA-1A or PRR MP85E6 [1]) were built in 1968–69 by the St. Louis Car Company; 35 were built and purchased by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). [2] These cars were initially numbered 100–134. These cars were built with higher capacity 3-2 seating which caused grumbling by the passengers ...
The individual cars were 70 feet 2 inches (21.39 m) long, stood 15 feet 3 inches (4.65 m) high, and weighed 74 short tons (67 t). Four 255 horsepower (190 kW) traction motors permitted an acceleration of 1.5 miles per hour per second (2.4 km/(h⋅s)) and a maximum speed of 63 miles per hour (101 km/h), although they could reach 75 miles per ...
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30 single cars (no lavatory) 1977 Self-propelled cars. Single Arrow III MU's are GE Model MA-1J, married pairs are GE Model MA-1H. 160 cars are in revenue service. Rebuilt 1992–1995 by ABB; 1319 features heritage Lackawanna Railroad decals. 1334–1533 200 paired cars (lavatory in odd cars) Bombardier Comet II: 5300–5460 161 trailers (no ...
The cars are similar to the MBTA's BTC-1 and CTC-1 cars, built in 1978 by Pullman Standard. [6] These cars were intended for use on lines formerly operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey, operator of the Blue Comet train to Atlantic City. This led to the NJ Transit series of single-level cars becoming known as Comets.