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The MPI MP8AC-3 is a lightweight diesel-electric locomotive built by the MotivePower division of Wabtec. It was designed from scratch as a work train engine for the New York City Subway system, where it is designated the R156 .
New York City Subway: E , J, and Z (at Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport) New York City Bus: Q20A, Q20B, Q24, Q30, Q31, Q43, Q44 SBS, Q54, Q56 MTA Bus: Q6, Q8, Q9, Q25, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q60, Q65 Nassau Inter-County Express: n4 AirTrain JFK: Jamaica Station Route Union Hall Street: c. 1890: 1976 Originally named New York Avenue Canal ...
[20] [21] On December 4, 2023, wide aisle turnstiles were installed, making the station the first in the New York City Subway system to have such turnstiles. [22] [23] A customer service center at the station opened the same month. [23] The station was cleaned and repaired in 2024 as part of the MTA's Re-New-Vation program. [24]
Diesel–electric transmission is used on railways by diesel–electric locomotives and diesel–electric multiple units, as electric motors are able to supply full torque from 0 RPM. Diesel–electric systems are also used in marine transport, including submarines, and on some other land vehicles.
Mar. 10—Three airports along the East Coast are getting electric chargers for both aircraft and ground electric vehicles, with the first being installed at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
The Kennedy Airport Interchange serves as a major access point to and from Kennedy Airport, in addition to points east, north, and west. It is a junction point for four controlled-access highways (the Belt Parkway, the Van Wyck Expressway (I-678), the Nassau Expressway (I-878 / NY 878), and the JFK Expressway), as well as two major surface streets (North / South Conduit Avenue (NY 27) and ...
In 1997 and 1998, the LIRR received 134 double-decker C3 passenger cars from Kawasaki, including 23 cab control cars, and 46 General Motors Electro-Motive Division diesel-electric locomotives (23 diesel DE30ACs and 23 dual-mode DM30ACs) to pull them, allowing trains from non-electric territory to access Penn Station for the first time in many ...
[2] [3] New York City was in dire need of a new airport by 1934, after Fiorello H. La Guardia was elected mayor. [4] [5] Angered that a flight on which he was a passenger landed in Newark, New Jersey, even though his ticket said "New York", LaGuardia pushed New Yorkers to support the construction of an airport in New York City itself. [5]