The Railway Review To The AM80/MR80

As always, a massive thanks once more to Railway Graphics for drawing the fantastic artwork for the thumbnail. You can see more of their work here: / train.graphics
Bonjour mein vrienden! It's time to gourge on mussels and waffles, for it's time to look at a Belgian train of all things!
All films/photos outside of the jokes were taken by me and my friend JVids24.
Additional content, such as images from Wikipedia, TF2, Spongebob and Smash Bros Ultimate was used under Fair Use.
Song used: Metal Sonic Boss 2 - Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit
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[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

EDIT: Been informed that the prefix MS is not used by the Dutch anymore and is instead MR. Not the end of the world, but I thought I'd change the title at least. The thumbnail looked alot better in my head but whatever. I feel like having the flags for non UK trains might be a good idea but if it really doesn't work, I'll revert them on the .pdn files. Anyways, Belgian train. Can you guess the stations filmed at in this on in exchange for a lifetime supply of Waffles? The bridge shot and the MSTS ones don't count.

[@317Dan]

Well it's a good job I don't need a lifetime supply of waffles then! Have a few anyway: 0:13 Maastricht 0:24 Brussel Noord 0:37 Mechelen 1:40 Antwerp Luchtbal 2:01 Brussel Centraal 2:31 Ede-Wageningen 3:05 Brussel Noord 3:22 Antwerpen Centraal 3:53 Eijsden 4:16 Venlo 4:36 Wickford 4:52 Maastricht Randwyck 8:49 Aachen 9:13 Luik-Guillemins 9:55 Sint Katelijne Waver 10:02 Brussels Airport Zaventem 10:09 Antwerpen Centraal

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

​@@317Dan Ok sorry for the late response. Whilst it's true you missed a few, I'm genuinley suprised with the number you got on this one. I thought I had you with Belgian content lol. Here are the remaining ones: 0:37 is actually Hasselt, not Mechelen. 1:20 Angleur 1:29 Tourcoing 2:01 was Brussel Congrès, not Brussel Centraal 2:27 Flémalle-Haute 4:21 Genk 8:24 Ans 9:29 Hasselt (again) But it looks like I have found your weakness. Obscure Belgian stations! ;)

[@317Dan]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel You don't have to apologise! To be honest the ones I got were only because my friends have been there and taken photos, or were on the route of a Thalys cab ride I've watched from Amsterdam to Brussels lol I really want to learn more about the Belgian railways though, I feel it's a natural progression from The Netherlands, which I only learnt during lockdown after meeting a bunch of really nice Dutch enthusiasts through some of my other friends, met nearly all of them in person when I went in April as well which was nice.

[@gabrielstravels-discoverin7368]

Yeah I was going to say, 0:37 can't have been Mechelen. I've been to Mechelen during my Belgium trip, and the station has a glass cover building spanning through some platforms

[@tripel7470]

My hat off to you for enduring Randwyck. One time I went along for a shift with a friend of mine, part of it was SGMm service between Maastricht and Maastricht Randwyck, with a 45 minute layover, we came pretty close to trying to push the SGMm of into Belgium just to see if perhaps they would like it.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Hahaha, I forgot NS used to run to Randwyck, much less with SGMms! I still miss those units honestly. It's been almost a year since they were binned.

[@kieranstravels]

Wayhay! Now this is amazing, I’ve been waiting for more international ones. Thank you for blessing my recommended feed daniel

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Thanks and you're welcome :)

[@jorisvanhandenhove5865]

A few corrections: these trains don't run on the IC-02 Ostende-Antwerp nmbs uses desiro's and hle18/19 + M6 coaches instead. These units are a pain in summer since they don't have airconditioning. Great video tho!

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Thanks, though regards to the latter, those vents were blowing cool air during my travels and I certainly didn't cook during that awful heatwave last year. Maybe they have air cooling at least?

[@jorisvanhandenhove5865]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel They do have that but usually it really isn't that effective

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

@@jorisvanhandenhove5865 It was good enough for me at least, but I'll keep that in mind for the future.

[@Speedster-jw7qx]

0:35 HOLY SHIT THATS A OLD TRAIN

[@cmrd_hdcrb]

You do realize, that we still have some AM66 running. They are, you guessed it, from 1966. Very comfy seating tho.

[@melaniedrogr951]

4:19 the eurobahn trains dont have the dutch system, but do not need to as the german safety system and overhead electrification systems are installed all the way trough into the station of venlo. Which is not the case for the belgian trains (which are only allowed to go at 40 km/h in the netherlands because of it).

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Ah, thank you for the explanation on that. I thought I saw PZB Magnets at Venlo one time.

[@Je_Existe]

Yay my favourite Belgian EMU. About the powersockets in Second class they are mounted on the top of the walls of where the vestibule is. Pretty weird place to put them on

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Oh I thought since they were so high up they weren't meant for passenger use and just for the cleaners at the depot or something.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Whatever I guessed the next one would be, if wasn’t this. What a coincidence that I recently read a lot of stuff on the Belgian railway system

[@SuperalbsTravels]

You should've asked me, I have loads of pics of the Moroccan ones. ;)

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Oh yeah, forgot to consult our resident universal correspondent. Whoops.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel Big mistake! 😉

[@russellgxy2905]

So this is what it feels like being early Also FINALLY an OST I recognize ^ ^

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Noah Copeland and Co. did a stellar job with the Sonic Triple Trouble 16 bit remake. The OST is so good I've used it in two videos so far!

[@OofsTransportCringe]

Here before the title change

[@Smith48287]

Can you do the railway review on the Beijing metro DKZ53/SFM18 EMU

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Oddly specific but no because I still don't take requests.

[@NotReallySan]

cheers for doing my country

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

You're welcome Belgian man.

[@NotReallySan]

@@MaverickHunterDanieli perhaps only looked at this channel again when i got a noti for your class 180 video soooo

[@LordEverythingtrains]

Those look a bit like the old dusty rolling stock used on the metro in Rome

[@NXEAFrenchie]

Yay

[@filipplayz8772]

Trains with grafiti is cool in my opinion

[@jacksonmarsh9689]

Cool

[@class395fan]

The yellow front made me think it was a british train lol

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

I only just noticed that almost all trains in Belgium have yellow fronts.

[@snug-fibbage7441]

Very British indeed

[@class395fan]

@@snug-fibbage7441 Bri'ish*

[@snug-fibbage7441]

@@class395fan br I Sh

[@gabrielstravels-discoverin7368]

Belgian trains like the AM80 are good, but imo, nothing ever beats the great acceleration sound of the AM96!

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

And nothing beats their I10 coaches in terms of comfort.

[@gabrielstravels-discoverin7368]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel both the I10 and AM96 (which btw have exactly the same spec inside) are really nice and comfortable trains to travel on

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

No no, I10, not I11. The I11 ones are the same as the AM96, but the I10s are older coaches used on the HSL services nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/I10_(spoorwegrijtuig)

[@JamesMezza40450]

Belgium trains now?

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

No. A Belgium flag on the thumbnail + A Belgium train + a statement about doing Belgium train in the first few seconds of the video starting = Nothing to do with Belgium.

[@JamesMezza40450]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel I mean belgium train reviews.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

I don't know what you want me to say to that. Why not try watching the video first before commenting?

[@JamesMezza40450]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel Ok.

[@lucastheelectrostar9176]

try Poland, their trains look really cool and nice!

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Even ignoring logistics and money, I dunno. Nothing against the country and all, but there are only 3 trains there that I give a damn about to film in Poland and all of them can be seen in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. To add, I get quite confused by Polish as a language (same goes for other languages that aren't Germanic/Western Romance) so I would get lost rather easily :/

[@lucastheelectrostar9176]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel Agreed about the language thing, do you know how to speak Belgium or Dutch or do you just understand the people there?

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

I only know basic Dutch phrases. If your Dutch (or French if you're in some bits of Belgium) is bad, people there tend to just speak English to you. English is pretty much a second language in Benelux.

[@lucastheelectrostar9176]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel I see.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

I looked at studying Polish once but noped out when I learned the language has nesting layers of conjugation

[@dan27032]

1:15 that’s an undercount

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

According to Wikipedia, the total length of the UK's main railway network is around 9824 miles, of which, 3339 of that is electrified. 3339/9824 = 0.3398819218 which we can round up to 0.34 and convert to a franction of 34%. Thank you.

[@dan27032]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel it was 45% last time I checked, also that article could be dated and not factor in any recent electrifications

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Fair enough, though at the very least could you link what you used to get that?

[@dan27032]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel Did you receive the link btw? I remember posting it but when I went on the thread again it vanished... just in case you thought I was running away when you asked me for proof

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

No I didn't for some reason. KZbin's spam filters may of deleted it since I didn't see your reply until now.

[@NSE465]

Should review some Italian rust machines. Made of Aluminium, but still finds a way to rust. Boy are we reliable...... **cough**Fyra V250**cough**

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Send me $599USD for my flight and you got a deal.

[@thenoob883]

Irish 80 class is better fr fr