M9
The M9 is an electric unit from the United States in Train Sim World. It comes with 1 route.
Picture: on LIRR Commuter: New York - Long Beach, Hempstead & Hicksville, Dovetail Games.
Where you can drive it
Comes with
In the game
Names in Dovetail's lists: M9 LIRR.
In these DLCs: LIRR Commuter: New York - Long Beach, Hempstead & Hicksville.
Official manual: LIRR Commuter: New York - Long Beach, Hempstead & Hicksville.
The real thing
An electric multiple unit car built by Kawasaki for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North. It entered service on September 11, 2019, replacing the M3 cars of the 1980s.
- Built by: M9: Kawasaki Heavy Industries, M9A: Alstom (Wikipedia)
- Built: M9: 2017–2024, M9A: 2025–present (Wikipedia)
- Number built: M9: 202, M9A: 0 (Wikipedia)
- In service: M9: September 11, 2019 (Wikipedia)
- Operators: MTA (Long Island Rail Road) (Metro-North Railroad) (Wikipedia)
- Top speed: 100 mph (161 km/h) (design), 80 mph (129 km/h) (service) (Wikipedia)
- Power: 2200 hp (1,641 kW) per unit (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
- Formation: Married pairs (Wikipedia)
- Safety systems: ATC and Pulse code cab signaling (Wikipedia)
Photo: Mtattrain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
From the English Wikipedia article M9 (railcar) and Wikidata.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.