Take the controls of aBig Applerailroading classic with the Long Island Rail Road M3 electric-multiple-unit (EMU) for Train Sim World® 2! During the late 1960s and early 1970s in a major fleet renewal program, New Yorks Long Island Rail Road, with funding from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, purchased 770 M1 EMUs constructed by Budd and General Electric. Christened Metropolitans, the M1s immediately became the workhorses of LIRR electric operations. With its business expanding and its electrified trackage being extended, in 1984-1986, LIRR and MTA returned to Budd to acquire 174 similar M3 EMUs. LIRRs M3 cars stretch 85-feet in length and are constructed of stainless steel. The cars operate on D. C. current from LIRRs third-rail system and are powered by four 160-horsepower traction motors riding in General Steel GSI trucks. The versatile EMUs, built in two-carmarried pairs,operate at speeds up to 80 mph (129 km/h) on the LIRR. Dressed in yellow, gray, and silver,