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.

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.

A train of double-deckers and Pullman-Standard cars laid up south of Jamaica station and west of HALL Tower (seen in the background). The last car is an MP70A and in the Tichy paint scheme and was probably taken in 1956 or 1957.

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.

Caption data from James Mardiguian; photo courtesy the Joe Testagrose collection

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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 Lon...