Opening the Class 158 in Arriva by Bachmann

Next I need a Class 105 or 108! For months and months, loads of people told me they wanted to see me review the Class 158 by Bachmann - so here it is! And very nice it is too, I must say (the smart Arriva livery helps lol) Enjoy!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
All video footage has been recorded by me. Sound effects used in the intro sequence and scoreboard ending are edited together from sound clips recorded by me at local railway stations and other railway locations. All channel graphics and animations are my own.

[@Spirit_V70]

7 years later, Bachmann have finally released that new 158

[@Shunterinred]

Spirit V70 dam it! Beat me to it’

[@ReddwarfIV]

I have a real Frankenstein's monster of a 158. The power car was fitted with internal lights and overhauled by someone before I bought it on eBay. The dummy unit, however, I bought in bits and assembled myself. A window was missing, which was annoying. All in Regional though.

[@rominadiaz6572]

kk be

[@InterCity82]

thank you for the comment!

[@TheMysticDave]

Over the last few months, I've come to realise how much I love 158s. 159s, which are practically the same with an extra coach, are great too. 158 bashing never gets old.

[@InterCity82]

I definitely recommend them, they're great! And yes, apparently the odd looking green isn't helped by the white skirting board - it would mean changing the camera settings just for Arriva liveried models lol - maybe I will see what I can do the next time I review a model wearing Arriva colours.

[@TravelJackJourneys158]

I have got 2 Bachmann class 158s in the New Arriva Trains Wales Livery both with different numbers there are fantastic I have got 4 Bachmann class 158s in total

[@gbrfan6644]

Subscribed

[@PanyDexiades]

thats the east midlands livery by bachmann

[@bus131]

Bachmann are bringing out the East Midlands Trains & Regional Railways class 158... Hopefully this will be out late 13 early 14. They are a brand new build with DCC ready (regional railways is DCC sound fitted) looking forward to them both

[@ILikeTransport]

5 ears later: Where are they?!

[@Hilltrack]

I'm in the Bachmann Club! I really enjoy being a member. You get really nice magazines and exclusive offers!

[@class170rocks9]

Lovley loco nice vid :D

[@frankenbarbs1206]

I wish I could come to your house

[@Cpr1234]

When I first came across this channel, I liked comparing the view counts of this and the 170, and as Arriva operated through my home town with the 158 I always wanted this to get more views than the 170 video, and today it does. I feel quite honoured

[@InterCity82]

Definitely! You won't regret it. Bear in mind the new one is coming out soon too.

[@mirageinthedesert5448]

14:38 I never knew that a class 58 is a dmu

[@dylanjennison7097]

Can you connect it to other 158

[@TheGWRailfan]

I expect so

[@cookoo4cocopuffs221]

I see Class 158s ALL the time in Hartlepool. The First North Eastern livery (the old one with the purple and white stripe) and the new livery (white carriages with a purple swirl) is a mere shadow of what it once was

[@TransportCambs]

When can you review the Freightliner or Colas Rail class 70 by bachmann?

[@chambs123]

Excellent review Will as always however.....I wouldn't expect anything less from you! Top-man again! Cheers, John.

[@ShadowGamer-dt6yp]

These trains are not toys they are a hobby

[@TheRailScene]

I just thought I would have a look on Wiki for the definition of Multiple Unit to make sure and these are the two main definitions; 'The term multiple unit or MU is used to describe a self-propelled carriages capable of coupling with other units of the same or similar type and still being controlled from one driving cab.' 'Single self-propelling carriages (also called railcars, rail motor coaches or railbuses) can be referred to as multiple units if capable of operating with other units.'

[@kacperszewczyk4804]

I'd give this DMU 10\10

[@Suki-automoto]

perfect! how ever i do miss these going down the cross city line (n)

[@uggooga1437]

Your first favourite livery. Good English!

[@teebo4041]

I've got this 'Exact' model Arriva Livery Dmu Class 158 /class 153 & class 150' and now waiting for royal mail to complete my fleet with hornby's class 142 pacer in arriva! Keeping them Pristine/Mint in my Glass cabinet for static display! 👍

[@wab31]

The couplers are the standard coupling of mostly each coach/locomotive.

[@tjfSIM]

Your camera really doesn't like Arriva blue does it! :) Great vid, I remember when the 158 units first entered service and you're right, they were very prestigious and luxurious for their time!

[@InterCity82]

interesting! I hear the opposite from shop owners! lol I shall keep an eye on the situation.

[@teresaelnab7408]

I live in Exeter next to st David's railway station and I go to Cardiff and see my best train the class 158,150,159,43,153 my best train classes EVER!!!

[@mocyoung]

Not quite - 158s were done in 2 and 3-car sets ( - the 159s are technically 158 units that were rebuilt with additional interior features like 1st Class and retention toilets for Network South East. 3-car 158s include 158798, 158752 - 158759 and the pesudo 3-car units now used by FGW designated 158/9

[@mocyoung]

There were/are 4 variations on the Arriva 158 livery: the original ex-Wales & West silver and blue with just the Arriva logo, this livery with the white "horns" on the front, a similar green without the horns, and the new dark blue / green livery used on the re-furbished units.

[@OldSkoolGrandad]

Really enjoyed watching the video..looking forward to the next review..makes it a bit easier choosing my next loco !

[@robsweatherchannel]

I love class 158, I really want one, but not sure on livery but I like Northern rail the most tbh!

[@thebritfarmer]

Nice looking DMU, I am hoping to pick up both of the new 158s when they come out.

[@CONCORDE444]

i have got one of them this is the third train that really got me in to the hobby

[@TheAlexisdrummer]

Wow You've really improved your reviews, Great job ! I love that bird's eye shot that you do now. Keep up the good work, your videos are very enjoyable to watch !

[@InterCity82]

ahhh right! Thanks for the info - don't feel quite so bad now haha

[@TheScotsmanReturns]

If you look at 15:50 onwards, you can see that the camera changes the livery from turquoise to lime green. :?

[@ILikeTransport]

I have a regional railways class 158 but i would prefer an arriva but i could not find an arriva version. Do you want to swap.

[@InterCity82]

thank you for the info! You learn something new every day!

[@locomotiveAlex1996]

i am in the collectors club, you get a free wagon and access to exclusive events and models, you also get a quaterly magazine, but its easily the better collectors club to be in

[@Morganharris12]

What is the collectors club

[@tpe18509]

Nice vid and a nice addition! I'm waiting bachmann for that tpe 185!! :D

[@TheGWRailfan]

The workhorse of the Cambrian Coast line... Nice

[@InterCity82]

You can find it around, yes.

[@93spoz]

Notice how with the 158 you can see the seats in the motor car Will! You complained about the 150 having blacked out windows. Well the 158 doesn't! Great review

[@InterCity82]

to be honest it's not just the fact that one of the units is blacked out - it's also a very noisy model! All I'm saying is sometimes Bachmann pay more attention to the outside of their models than they do the insides.

[@InterCity82]

various model shops really. I try to shop around at many different ones.

[@BBC.Radio1]

I thought promises were meant to be fulfilled.

[@InterCity82]

Thank you for the comment! I shall do my best.

[@InterCity82]

Thing is, I would have to sell them on again - so maybe I will do them once the IC82 shop is up and running.

[@Xantec]

I have travelled on several 158s, usually on the Stockport - Sheffield trans pennine line. Not a bad ride, though Trans Pennine Express Air Con didnt usually seem to work, found it more comfortable to sit on the jump-seat in the compartment between the main passenger cabin and the drivers cab when the main cabin was full as it was often cooler than the main passenger cabin. oh Thailand brought 158s in meter gauge as well :D

[@InterCity82]

information on all my trains can be found on my website

[@mocyoung]

Aside from charters, you will only ever see four types of train at Swansea. ATW 175, ATW Sprinters (150/3/8), ATW Pacer and FGW HSTs.

[@InterCity82]

not sure yet!

[@InterCity82]

Yes I meant to say 108 but was obviously too excited haha - not worth filming the whole thing again tho.

[@InterCity82]

Thanks John! Thank you for the comment!

[@InterCity82]

Exactly - proving that it can be done! So why did they not bother with the 150? I just don't know.

[@InterCity82]

haha thank you - will do!

[@UkGeoFF09]

Been a Bachmann club member continuously for the last seven years, unlike the intermittent Hornby membership. Bach's magazine is far superior to Hornbys, you get a free catalogue and a nice calender each Xmas. Their PO wagon that you get for joining is much more useful for a "serious" railway modeller. Only negative is the lack of a members discount in shops (never used the Hornby one anyway).

[@microbrainbrothers]

bachmann collectors club is brillient

[@Hornby09c]

Hey I just went on the Bachmann website and saw that they have their new 158 out in DCC fitted only. They are in East Midlands Trains and Regional Railways livery.

[@VeteransApprentice13]

the "beard" looks like the v for vendeta mask

[@Caz_Rail]

Nice review :) its a shame the camera couldnt pick up the correct colour of ATW's livery. I'm planning on geting a new Bachmann 158 in Arriva Trains Wales livery, to go with my 150 and 153 :)

[@InterCity82]

I think this model predates the 'block of ice' packaging.

[@skimp4170]

In Hull we have northern rail c2 coaches on most of their class 158,144 and 153

[@matthewrobertson95]

+Kai Poole we have both Northern and East Midlands Trains class 158s in Sheffield.

[@teresaelnab7408]

+Matthew Robertson I have first great western train livery

[@wakkowarner2572]

+Cheeky Rollins It is very rare for us to get a 158, all we get is the 333, 321 and 322.

[@InterCity82]

Well it's only fair I try them both out before forming an opinion so I will join at the start of next year and do a video on it.

[@hornbystuff626]

158's work on my local railway

[@OverthrownEvan]

you can see the eccses oil on the shasey

[@TheRailScene]

I agree with you, but multiple unit means that the unit itself can be coupled to other multiple units of similar class. For example in my area, you often see a 155 with a 153 tagged on the back. Besides, the 153s used to be 155 DMUs anyway until they were 'sliced up' as you might say! It is very confusing.

[@InterCity82]

Maybe I will give it a whirl then at some point and do a video on it.

[@InterCity82]

the new layout vids will feature that - in time obviously.

[@PayasYouListen]

I really want a 158 but I'm going to wait for the new tooling that Bachmann announced this year. Regional Railways Express livery of course.

[@InterCity82]

not in a rush to. Have loads of locos to do before a model like that.

[@classicscuzz]

I think the green on the camera looks great on her

[@InterCity82]

I'm afraid I do not know where you can buy models of trains that run in Portugal.

[@RailsOfTheWorld]

This is amazing will i loved the part at 14:49 with all the LMS engines in line you said "i love this class 1 158 instead of 158"

[@bennickss]

14:49

[@bowringADB]

I believe the new bachmann class 158 will be coming out in regional railways livery, it will be great to compare it to the old 158 a

[@SamsChannelOfRandomStuff]

I’ve got a regional railways 158, and it’s really good!

[@christopheralvis7794]

Can you please do the harton's beilhack snowphloe wagons Stratford shark opening if you can please let me know thank you

[@InterCity82]

I LOVE that idea. Thanks for the comment!

[@anthony566]

I have a few of these that I have converted to DCC and replaced the lights with LED's they run very very well.

[@robsweatherchannel]

No, im saying in other DMU you get 2 things with the instructions but I dont know what they are so thats why im saying do you get the snow ploughs in the train pack!!

[@janmarsh]

have you done a review of a class 66? cos I want one. By the way does it come with freight?

[@AlexanderFoist]

I'd recommend joining the Bachmann Club as I'm pretty happy with it. I was thinking of either joining that or the hornby club but from what I've recently read I think I did the right thing. There seems to be a lot of people coming out the hornby club as the impression I get is that it is going downhilll. You get some good articles in the magazine and rather surprisingly quite a lot are about the 'real railway' rather than models but that's no concern with me.

[@InterCity82]

that's quite a long road, with the southern end of it practically coming out at Crewe Works if I'm not mistaken.

[@666seperoth]

I am in the bachman collectors club when you join you get a train, my train is a nice little class n2 in GWR livery, the one in oxford where I live is very well organized and he people there are very welcoming

[@Matthewmodeller229]

Coming Soon! The IC82 CD Soundtrack! Comes with the top rated song of all time: It's a 158 and it Means Nothing to Me! In addition, famous IC82 catchphrases, such as "Did you miss me?" and "Give her some juice!) Out Soon! lol

[@julianwhitbred7070]

I like Bachmann class 220, 158 and 170 however none are DCC ready or fitted. It's so annoying.

[@InterCity82]

thank you!

[@AlexanderFoist]

I used to work for Arriva and I used to find that the Pantone colour they use for the aquamarine is often difficult to pick up by cameras, photographs and even printers ! I think it's just one of those things!

[@stanleytheodore2456]

can you do the HORNBY thomas please

[@InterCity82]

Yes, a video on it is up!

[@impy1980]

In response to the green, it did look turquise at one stage, do you have your camera on manual white balance, if it's on auto that could cause the shift in colour. Again great review, really do enjoy your enthuasism. Never been interested in DMU's but between you and Everard I'm slowly changing my mind and may get one sometime if the price is right. I've just brought 15 yrd of Peco flexitrack, need to knock up some temporary 1x4ft baseboards and I'll do a video, I know you've expressed interest.

[@fdx723]

i got the bachmann 158 central trains and mine made the worse noises ended up returning her for a new one and it still sounded bad but after 2 hours of running it in and oiling her she runs fine now

[@InterCity82]

quite possibly - I'll add it to the list - the list which already has about 4,000,000 trains on lol

[@InterCity82]

I promise to get a 105 and 108 soon :)

[@BritishRailways60163]

Excellent review! Very smooth performance there :)

[@rhysrobertstransportationa1668]

Ding Dong “The next train to depart from platform 2 will be the 15:46 Bachmann Arriva trains wales service to Manchester Piccadilly calling at Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly when boarding the train please mind the gap between the train and the platform edge”

[@locomotiveAlex1996]

bachmann are actually in the process of re-tooling this model, you should get one of the new ones and do a comparison

[@InterCity82]

haha I have heard good things about it so maybe I will do a special vid on it in time.