The PRR MP70, also known informally as the "double-deckers", was a class of electric multiple units manufactured by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The Pennsylvania Railroad manufactured three prototypes in the 1930s and a full fleet of sixty cars in 1947–1949.

Votava double-decker prints show MP70A's with double numbers and Tuscan Red frames; later shots of MP70Bs show a single number centered in the middle of the car and aluminum (silver) window frames. I'd date the photo 1948 to 1950. Research: Mike Boland. Jamaica view east end of the platform in 1971. The double decker was on the west end.

MP70形電車 （PRR MP70）は、 ペンシルバニア鉄道 が 1932年 以降製造した電車。 導入当時傘下であった ロングアイランド鉄道 （LIRR）で使用された。 アメリカ初の 二階建て電車 であったが、建築限界の関係で独特の座席配置となっていた。 ペンシルベニア駅 や イースト川トンネル の建築限界の都合上 [2] 、通常の二階建て車両と異なり車内は二層になっておらず、中央の通路の左右に2人掛けのクロスシートが上下互い違いに配置されている構造となっていた [注 …

Built in 1937, MP70 1347, originally a four-motor double-decker intended to operate as a "married pair" with CT70 201 (see photo below). This unit was the only double-decker with four motors and apparently was not given ASC in 1951, becoming a MP70T motor trailer.

2020年2月6日 · 604 likes, 7 comments - mtalirr on February 6, 2020: "Here is the PRR MP70, one of the first double decker rail car models to be used in the United States. The cars were built by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use on the #LIRR, entering passenger service in 1947 and the last of the cars were retired in 1972.

2025年2月5日 · They were retired because they were MU-compatible with the old MP54 through MP75 fleet of EMUs but were not compatible with the M1s. I believe the LIRR had 63 of them, all homemade at Altoona, delivered in 1948, and based on the PRR balloon-roofed P-70 coach.

Here is the PRR MP70, one of the first double decker rail car models to be used in the United States. The cars were built by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use on the LIRR, entering passenger service in 1947 and the last of the cars were retired in 1972.

The PRR MP70, also known informally as the "double-deckers", was a class of electric multiple units manufactured by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The Pennsylvania Railroad manufactured three prototypes in the 1930s and a full fleet of sixty cars in 1947–1949.

The PRR MP70, also known informally as the "double-deckers", was a class of electric multiple units manufactured by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The Pennsylvania Railroad manufactured three prototypes in the 1930s and a full fleet of sixty cars in 1947–1949.