i e they are formed by long pinion gears the planetary gear set 690 has an outer ring gear member 694 that circumscribes an inner sun gear member 692 a carrier member 696 rotatably supports a plurality of planet gears 697 such that each planet gear 697 meshingly engages both the outer ring gear member 694 and the inner sun gear member 692 of the first planetary gear set 690 the planet gear members 628 are integral with the planet gear members 697 i e they are formed by long pinion gears the transmission input member 17 is continuously connected with the carrier member 626 the transmission output member 19 is connected with the ring gear member 644 a first interconnecting member 670 continuously connects the sun gear member 622 with the sun gear member 642 the integral connection of the long pinion gears 638 and 647 is referred to herein as the second interconnecting member 672 the carrier member 636 is continuously connected with i e integral with the carrier member 646 this integral connection is referred to herein as the third interconnecting member 674 the carrier member 626 is continuously connected with i e integral with the carrier member 696 this integral connection is referred to herein as the fourth interconnecting member 676 the integral connection of the long pinion gears 697 and 628 is referred to herein as the fifth interconnecting member 678 the transmission 614 also incorporates first.