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All LIRR bilevel passenger rail cars have two wide quarter-point doors on each side, for high level platforms only. The bilevel cars used by NJ Transit and Exo have four doors on each side, two quarter-point doors at high level platform height and one at each end vestibule, with traps used to reach low level platforms.
Car body construction: Riveted or welded aluminum body on a steel frame: Car length: 85 ft (26 m) Width: 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) Height: 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) Doors: Pneumatically-operated & Electromechanical-operated: Weight: 61,000 kg (134,000 lb) Power supply: 480 or 575 V HEP: Braking system(s) Pneumatic tread brakes and disc brakes
The Superliners established a standard basic design for bilevel railcars, including the upper-floor height of 104.5 inches (2.65 m) above the top of rail. [98] Built primarily for long-distance services, the Superliners were not ideal for use on corridor routes.
The Gallery Car is a bilevel rail car, ... The car height is near the same as a Superliner (16' 2"), being only approximately four inches shorter, at 15' ~10". [2]
Height: 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m) Entry: Step: ... Next Generation Bi-Level Passenger Rail Car – Cancelled third generation of Superliner derived bi-level intercity railcars.
The cars entered service on the Peninsula 400, a Chicago–Ishpeming, Michigan, day train, on October 26, 1958. [17] The CNW would be the only other railroad to introduce bilevel equipment on intercity runs. [18] By the 1960s, the Santa Fe encountered capacity problems on the San Francisco Chief, which ran between Chicago and San Francisco.
Height: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) Floor height: 4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) Maximum speed: ... The MultiLevel Coach is a bi-level passenger rail car for use on commuter rail lines.
The C3 is a bi-level coach railroad car built by Kawasaki. Ordered by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for use on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), the cars began to enter revenue service in 1997. The rail cars are pulled and pushed by EMD DE30AC and DM30AC dual-mode (diesel and electric) locomotives. [1]