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For LIRR, a Potential First: Battery/Third-Rail ‘BEMU’
For LIRR, a Potential First: Battery/Third-Rail ‘BEMU’ Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
LIRR President Phil Eng (at microphone): “Embracing new technology might allow us to essentially electrify the entire railroad without the need for billions of dollars in massive capital investments.”
If all goes as planned, in about one year, MTA Long Island Rail Road will be testing a prototype “BEMU” (battery-electric multiple unit) that operates on third-rail power or batteries on the 13-mile, non-electrified Oyster Bay Branch. The program, a venture with Alstom, will be North America’s first test-of-concept of this application on commuter railcars.