The Railway Review To The Class 91 'IC 225'

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[@LennoxWAlexander]

I love the buzz sound those mk4 coaches make and when it passes a neutral section and goes "veurrrrrrrrrrphvrammmmhmmmmm"

[@LucyMichela]

Fun fact! TfW are going to save a lot more Mk4s from the Scrap God, as they plan to upgrade their Manchester Airport services to run with them as well. Can't wait to see that come into full fruition.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Sweeeeeeet. Anything to improve the railway in Wales is a plus for me. I'll be curious to see that in the future too!

[@LucyMichela]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel Oh for sure. I'll be definitely giving it a go. Last time I used the service was from Piccadilly to Warrington, and the single 158 did not suffice 😂😂

[@tenny_tenten]

@@MaverickHunterDaniel TfW purchased the aformentioned Grand Central Mk4 sets, which idk if they gonna put a new livery on it

[@Unknown-wu8rv]

@@tenny_tenten they already have

[@thetrainkid3177]

Yesss! Maybe we can see them on B’ham Airport- Shrewsbury route replacing those 158s and 150s.

[@jakeee114]

IC225 are definitely my favourites. The 1st class is easily the best I’ve seen in the UK, Had breakfast on the train and later tea on the train and it was absolutely amazing. The service there is great too. Can’t wait to see the whole fleet back in the Swallow livery. Hope the rest of the Class 91’s have a good future after they’re withdrawn from service

[@True_NOON]

as wierd as it sounds, they might get the same freight future like the 90

[@mattevans4377]

The IC225 should have become the gold standard, simply swapping out locos to get to different areas. The mk4s are the best rolling stock in the country, and I don't know why we didn't get them everywhere and instead decided to get a bunch of different things from poundland instead, even today. Well, bar the Pendolino, but I might be biased about that.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

The problem with providing a gold standard in the UK is having to put the effort in to reach it in the future. For the railway no less :(

[@Snivy_Films]

I always enjoyed the look of the 91 IC225s, my father has a friend who always travels to the UK and takes it, and ever since I was a kid I was in envy of just the look of them. I am glad that it is still being ran, and even after retirement instead of being sent to the Scrap God its being sent elsewhere so others can have premium seats. As you said Dan all of the liveries (except for 91 125) looks great, with GNER being a top spot for me, and that EuroPhoenix livery looks soooooo gooood

[@davidty2006]

I do like the Class 91's. I personally like the East Coast Grey livery because that was my childhood. Although that LNER Swallow livery looks bloody marvalous.

[@mvm03vm3]

My absolute favourite train, love all the subtle sounds as well as the comfort. The sounds of the bogies at 125mph if you stand in the vestibule are magic. Heard rumours that they will be coming back to Newcastle services so fingers crossed I can get a direct train to my home town of Darlington again. Can't believe Ive missed this video for 3 weeks.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Note: Ads may appear on this video but I don't have monetization enabled on my channel, so just turn adblock on. Blame the Top Gear joke I added lol. Well, there you go. Another train I actually like. Thanks 317Dan and JVids24 for kindly donating those extra 91 clips to me! Now if you excuse me, I'm off on holiday to The Netherlands again! Have to take a Flixbus because British Airways like money too much. And as always, a Yorkshire Pudding, a flatcap and a copy of the Racing Post will be awarded to the indivdual who guesses the recording locations. 317Dan is barred this time as it would be cheating :D

[@317Dan]

*This user has been blocked from commenting on this video.*

[@kieranstravels]

@@317Dan Don’t worry Dan, I’m sure you know the answers anyway lol

[@nowapproachingyt]

The class 91 was the only true 125 mph train I’ve been on. From what I remember, it was very smooth ride and very quiet. It was so much better than using those adalente class 180s that seem as though they are from the reduced section in an asda

[@williamhuang8309]

180? You'll be going nowhere

[@nowapproachingyt]

It was cancelled soooooooooo, yep

[@bfapple]

So you’ve not been on a HST, Class 22x, Class 80x?

[@nowapproachingyt]

@@bfapple no. Well I have been on the 802 but only on diesel mode

[@Mytimekid]

Aswell as the top hat dear boy you should of course have a Monacle for a proper First Class experience. Excellent video.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Thank you sir. I shall do better next time, hopefully.

[@kieranstravels]

You know, I’m extremely sad that grand central sent their MK4 service to the shadow realm. I was actually looking quite forward to it. Still though, the 91 refurbishment programme they’re undergoing makes me hopeful that they will at least last a few more years.

[@cplayzstuff6907]

The railway review to the class 58

[@andrewreynolds4949]

How about the railway review to the hand-powered pump cart

[@somax1259]

one time i was at kings cross doing train spotting and there was a 91 on the platform and the driver saw us and let me go and sit in the cab it was awesome

[@jackbarrowclough1739]

About the image for Bradford That 687 bus goes near me lmao

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

I'm so sorry for your predicament.

[@williamhuang8309]

YESSSSSSSS Another railway review I see a common theme with trains with poor acceeration 455: 4/16 axles powered, only on 1 motorcoach 319: 4/16 axles powered, only on 1 motorcoach 90/91: Only 1 locomotive It seems like BREL was trying to skimp on motors I wonder how the 455 and 319 would fare if Porterbrook was sensible and replaced the non-driving trailer with another motorcoach so that 8/16 axles are powered And I wonder what the IC225 would be like with 2 locomotives...

[@BraydonSCR]

ABSOLUTELY FUCKING AWESOME!!!

[@tenny_tenten]

Ahyes, the InterCity 225 Now LNER repaints it with a livery of the past with modern look

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Indeed. I kinda like the new livery, even if it's relying a bit on nostalgia.

[@griffinrails]

Getting ready for GBR? Looks fantastic either way.

[@davidty2006]

I do like that new Livery. The old IC Swallow works so nice.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Partly it’s supposed to look like the Azuma livery, but the swoop at the front doesn’t fit well on the class 91. Making it look like the Intercity livery is nice

[@mvm03vm3]

It's great also that it's proper paint instead of vinyl, the mk4s and locos have been looking tatty recently with the vinyl peeling off and water getting in between the gaps.

[@LordEverythingtrains]

My favourite trains coz I went in the cab of one when I was younger

[@carnivorousvegan69]

0:01 ITS GEOFF :D

[@Ok-cr8cb]

IET chan 😍

[@NXEAFrenchie]

Pog that's why one is my pfp

[@owouwu9032]

in the states driving vans are loving ly refered to as 'cabbage' cars (cab and baggage)

[@yui4779]

You forgot to mention the Skyfall livery

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Forgot about it honestly.

[@loubyloustar]

Class 91s Are My Favourite Electric Engines. (Their even My PFP!!)

[@threeninetyexpress9243]

Great video MHD! These were the first types of intercity trains I ever saw. Which do you prefer, HSTs or IC225s?

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

IC225.

[@threeninetyexpress9243]

I agree. Also in case I didn’t mention it to you, 91131 is planned to be preserved at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway. I volunteer there so that’s how I found out.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Fabulous :D

[@tenny_tenten]

@@threeninetyexpress9243 also 91110 has nominated to be preserved at NRM in 2018, but the train is in service tho, since the loco has good condition and has recently updated its looks (an updated look of the battle of britain memorial livery)

[@butikimbo9595]

Mark 4 coaches were not designed to roll behind a noisyclass 67 diesel locomotive that onboard the first coach just after it souds like onboard a class 220/221 Voyager unit such is the low bass vabration noise of the diesel engine.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

I'll have to take your word on that since I have yet to ride the TFW premier sets. Will probably get back to you once I do in ____ months/years time.

[@jackboid5087]

0:29 why is there a sprinter train on the road?😂

[@transportenthusiast11]

the fact that these were mostly replaced with japanese tincans featuring loose panels and non-existant suspension shows how bad train travel in the UK has gotten

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Fun. I want one with 2 locos

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Upon learning more, the reason it probably doesn't have 2 locos is because catenary on the line too close together can cause oscillations, which is dangerous

[@busspottb]

If I was a UK train operator I would only sell advance tickets upto the day before the train runs just to make hell of everyone

[@Mgameing123]

Chiltern could use some Mrk4's to replace their Mrk3's

[@kylestrainspotting1997]

Gran-tham not Grant-am

[@andrewreynolds4949]

I mean he does feed the script to a text-to-speech program, not the best with pronunciation

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

A combination of both. The TTS I use can be forced to pronounce words in a certain way. Here, I simply forgot how Grantham is pronounced lol.

[@twelfthmoon3323]

7:52 I could do that too

[@Farleigh1050]

edit: comment removed. if i just want to say something and already got a group of angry people then why do i actuslly exist?

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Then watch something else then. I'm under no obligation to make a video dedicated to a random internet stranger, who doesn't even have the same humour as me and when I already have an audience of people who are already fine with what I make.

[@jackboid5087]

Lol

[@ianmaw66]

I hate these machine read things.

[@VladimirPutinIsGood]

Nice 👍