The Railway Review To The Classic Automotrice/Motorstel EMUs
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
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"I USED TO RULE THE RAILS OF THIS COUNTRY!!!!!"
"Come on, Grandpa, we're almost home now..."
It's time for a review of another Belgian train! This time we're looking at a train so old it could be in recipt of a discounted bus pass. Oh dear...
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Hope you enjoy this one, it was fun to do another Belgian train again. Even if it costed me a few hundred quid to get more footage of it. Still, thanks to 317Dan and KoploperMau for the extra footage to help me out! I'm out of joke gifts to not give away so free internet points for anyone who can guess all the exterior locations the trains were filmed at :)
Maybe kinda cheating me doing this? Oh well I didn't get them all anyway because I'm not as clued up on ID'ing places Belgium as compared to the UK and Netherlands
0:20 Aachen Hbf
0:32 Liege Guillemins
0:56 Pepinster
1:15 Antwerpen Luchtbal
1:26 Ruisbroek
1:56 Angleur
2:25 Quévy
2:40 Namur
2:50 Brussels North
3:08 Welkenraedt
3:29 Schaarbeek
4:01 Verviers Central
4:27 Ghent st Peters
4:47 Charleroi Central
5:08 Mons
6:46 Nossegem
8:12 Hornsey
8:26 Stansted Airport
9:23 Liege Guillemins
9:38 Stratford
9:41 Pepinster
10:08 Aachen Hbf
10:33 Schaarbeek
Earth.
@@317Dan I was thinking of banning your guesses but no-one seems to try most of the time, so yeah, don't worrry haha. Honestly you got more than I was expecting. The ones you missed off were Spa at 8:41, Meiser at 9:09 and Flémalle-Haute at 9:57 though they were a bit obscure so I can't really fault you. Still, well done either way!
@@FarmYardGaming Y-Yes, they were all filmed on Earth. At least that's whaat the voices in my head tell me.
@@MaverickHunterDanielDepends, which part of Belgium is this "earth" you speak of? 😉
"Go out there - and invest stocks in various spray paint manufacturing companies across Belgium" 😂
Surpised NMBS haven't done so already, especially since so many of their trains are vandalised. Even the new M7s aren't free of it.
I can't imagine the sheer terror an unsuspecting wealthy foreigner arriving at a Belgian station, purchasing a first class ticket and expecting a clean, modern train would feel. These trains are so old their mere existence is a joke.
Fortunatley most wealthy suits will be travelling around Brussels or Antwerp and would 9/10 times be lucky enough to avoid these trains. Then again, there's always a chance...
Some more infos: the versions made before 1970 sound like old slam door trains, while the newer units made in the 70's sound like the Class 319, being equipped with DC PWM. Also they're the last type of train without doors closing alarms. And they're only compatible with AM75's as they have Henricot couplers, where all the other Belgian EMU's have Scharfenberg couplers like most trains in mainland Europe. While I agree that they're now completely outdated in every sense of the term, these things are rock solid given that the oldest ones in service nowadays are about 55 years old. No I'm not kidding, the oldest ones still running were made around 1968. Their final days might come in the near future, as new M7 double deckers are being introduced on various Intercity services since 2020, sending the unadapted Desiro's to the local services which is why they were made for in the first place. Also the train to Aachen is now using loco-hauled push-pull formations, the Classic EMU's that were on it previously were sent to Charleroi
Ahhhhh, so THAT'S why some of them sounded a tiny bit different! I thought it was just me sitting near the pantograph, but that makes way more sense now, thank you. Also yeah, those Desiros are really unsuitable for certain routes. Something something Dinant and Charleroi IC services...
8:22 i remeber getting on a train and seeing somone taking a dump😁🇭🇺💪🏻
Older EMU's are a lot more basic compared to modern ones making them much easier to maintain/resurrect. They can be run on sheer will power, hopes and prayers, and duct tape... Lot of duct tape.
Don't forget spare parts too. Lot's of spare parts and they run out...
Nice video! Crazy how they ain't scrapped cuz i feel like trains nowadays in the UK most trains are going after like 30 years now.
Yo i got 3 Portuguese trains for you to review (suggestion) The CP Allan class 350 / 351, The CP class 450 and a Class 592 gifted from Spain 👍, Plus love the videos, been a train lover since 3 years old.
As a Dutch person I just love Belgium for the fact it runs older trains great for railfanning 🗣️🔥
The variety is fun I will agree. It's just annoying how expensive it is to get to Belgium from Britain :(
@@MaverickHunterDanieli mean you could do some easyJet flight for like £10 or smth
@@Sqes9152 Ignoring the fact that EasyJet don't fly to Brussels, the cheapest flight from London to Brussels booked 3 months in advance is £102 according to Skyscanner. Even if we pretend if the flight is £10, the costs don't include things like food, drinks and other bus/NMBS travel tickets. Not to mention travelling to the airport which could be £30+ if I make the stupdid decision to go via Stansted again.
And I thought the trains here in the uK were old
Woot woot a new railway review
I really miss these units on the old RE29 between Aachen and Spa...
I miss that service too, I rode on it a couple of times.
Nice. Though I have to say that loco-hauled sets (and the AM80, of course) are pretty decent, and the Classiques are still in the reverse fleet (but when do you have the luck to see/ride one, haha).
@@einunnoetigerkanal It'll probably be a while before I can come along to Belgium again. My bank really wants me to do anything BUT leave the country hahaha.
Nice video what text to speech did you use btw?
i love these trains and remember desperately looking for hem idk why but every time am near one of them my hate for the am08 gets so high I don't wane look at them and honestly I wane them to stay FOREVER like I don't wane let go of them at all there just to perfect in my eyes or am just heavily stuck In the past
There is some hidden likeability with these trains and again, the AM08 is so bleghhhhhhhhhh so I feel your pain too.
@@MaverickHunterDaniel dont get me started on am08's on IC routes
@@flookiethefox6376 Something something Dinant, Luxembourg and Antwerp :(
their like slam door trains of old
In a way, though you don't have to slam the doors to close them. They basically have old bus swing doors.
Lets start why these are still around well thats Belgium for ya and second some were even build in 1980. They began to refurbish these things around 2000 to even cope the 21st century. Tho the Red units with their very 1950s interior ran till 2013. You could call them the Pacer because its either loved or hated. About the dot matrix displays those were working around the time CityRail existed however CityRail was gone around 2015 and these AM Classique of the 900 series were still in that livery untill 2020 when most of them got their Revision to run 7 more years?? However these are if everything goes to plans all out of service by the end of the year but if not maybe by 2026.
2026?!!! Goodness me, it's almost like NMBS are doing anything not to replace them, haha. I'll laugh if any last long enough to be equipped with ETCS that's for sure.
@@MaverickHunterDaniel NMBS did withdrawn loads of these but they still kept some in service lmao. I wouldn’t be even surprised if they will keep them longer
Because its NMBS. The same with M4 those are still in service on handful Intercity’s and loads of P trains which run from Schaarbeek. Whilst the M4 was also planned to be gone last year.
@@Je_Existe Of course hahaha. Oh I almost forgot to ask, do you have Discord? I wanted to chat to see if you could help me with some clips in the future :)
Best seen at Aachen HBF
You're probably better off going to Liege or Charleroi to see these.
Shade thrown at the 387, dislike, unsubscribe, wrote a sternly worded letter to MP
Okay, even if you like the 387, you can't tell me that you can justify it's first class, come on! :D
@@MaverickHunterDaniel I can't justify first class on any service in the UK. Every single time I've decided to splurge, it has been shit. With the exception of one trip but it was a Sunday, so no service.