United States · Electric unit

M8 in Train Sim World (Dovetail Games, Steam store page)

M8

The M8 is an electric unit from the United States in Train Sim World. It comes with 1 route.

Picture: on Northeast Corridor Metro-North: New York - Stamford, Dovetail Games.

Where you can drive it

Comes with

Northeast Corridor Metro-North: New York - Stamford

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: MNR M8.

In these DLCs: Northeast Corridor Metro-North: New York - Stamford.

The real thing

An electric multiple unit car built by Kawasaki for Metro-North's New Haven Line and Shore Line East. The fleet first entered service in 2011, replacing older M2, M4 and M6 cars.

Built by: Kawasaki (Wikipedia)
Number built: 465 (in use) (Wikipedia)
In service: March 1, 2011 (Wikipedia)
Operators: Metro-North Railroad (Wikidata)
Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
Formation: 220 married pairs, 25 single cars (Wikipedia)
Safety systems: ATC and Pulse code cab signaling (Wikipedia)

Photo: 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article M8 (railcar) and Wikidata.

Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.