Long Island Rail Road Multiple Unit Cars -- Volume 2: Cars Built 1953 - 2020

Long Island Rail Road Multiple Unit Cars Volume 2: Cars Built 1953-2020 from Morning Sun Books continues the history of the commuter road's vast fleet of Multiple Unit (MU) cars, beginning in 1953 with 20 cars purchased by William Wyer, the railroad's trustee. It then features the Pullman-Standard car fleets of 1955 and 1963 as well as cars purchased by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority starting in 1968, first with the M1 fleet of Metropolitans, then M3s, M7s and finally the M9s of 2020. Also covered are the railroad's two sets of gas turbine/electrics and Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs). Long Island Rail Road MU Cars is one of several books about the Long Island and related railroads. Hardcover, 128 pages.