From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 1/5/2015 12:51 PM, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > Hello,   
   >   
   > I know that all most if not all the M1/1As have all gone out of revenue   
   > service on MNRR and LIRR, but I have heard different stories about the   
   > ultimate fate of some of them.   
   >   
   > One story that I heard is that some of them wound up in Mexico for use   
   > in passenger service as rail coaches. I don't know if that is true or   
   > not as there is very little rail passenger service in the country,   
   > though perhaps they could have found use in places like Mexico City or   
   > Guadalajara for regional rail services?   
   >   
   > I also heard that some of them underwent complete refurbishing and had   
   > become DMUs elsewhere in North America, though I don't exactly know where.   
   >   
   > Can anybody tell me if any of this is true or not? Are there any   
   > pictures of them post-MNRR/LIRR?   
   >   
   > Regarding the M2s, are any of them still operating? Is there a tentative   
   > time for their retirement from revenue service? Also, are any of them   
   > slated for any sort of post-MNRR service?   
   >   
   > (They were good trains, the M2.)   
   >   
   > What also is the fate of the M4 and M6? I had heard that the M6 is also   
   > due for retirement soon, though this came as a surprise to me as they   
   > are only about 20 years old. Surely, they would have another 10-15 years   
   > left?   
   >   
   > I did hear, however, that the M6s were full of technical problems.   
   >   
   > Thanks in advance.   
      
   The M1's are all retired.  I vaguely remember something about some being   
   shipped to Mexico, I THINK, but someone else will have to confirm that.   
      
   I saw a set of M2's in High Bridge yard this morning, so some are still   
   in service.  There aren't all that many left, but I don't have an exact   
   timetable as to when they will go.  If you want to ride them, don't wait   
   too long.   
      
   I know there is an M9 on the drawing board which will trigger the   
   retirement of the M3's, but I do not remember having heard anything   
   about the M4's and the M6's.   
      
   I had one ride on the M8's last spring.  They are surprisingly rough   
   riders, rough enough to shake the fillings right out of your teeth!  The   
   M2's I rode on the way back gave a much smoother ride.   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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