EXCLUSIVE - The Last Virgin Trains Pretendolino booked service to Preston 17/12/10 90 + MK3+ 82126

[beeble2003]

I'm confused. You say this is the 1846 service in mid-December, but you show the train in daylight...

[craigie1975]

Platform 5 NOT platform 3

[XxMCR999MCRxX]

@BRclass37 this comment makes no sense

[OXLEYCRUSHER]

I worked at Oxley Depot in 1989 when the DVT's were first introduced to the West Coast,believe me,we had alot of teething problems in the early days,getting them to work with the class 86's/87's as they were designed to work with class 90's only,so alot of 'bodging' was done to force them to work with the earlier classes of AC Loco.

[SMALTV]

Carriages look familiar to the ones I used to Preston-Bournemouth/Bristol on but not the engines :)

[av8james]

I was on the pretendolino the other week, at first I was like, WTF, where is the actual pendolino but when I got inside, you realise how much more space there is inside the carriages, so not a bad journey at all

[samjane71]

@av8james Yes indeed, and windows big enough to see out of, that sometimes even line up with the seats !

[bradleigh10]

Dunno if anyone has said but the last 1P05 was 30th December with 90045 which I was on to Warrington.

[Hornbylad200]

are these still in service

[ishan99b]

I am getting this set by Hornby for Xmas! Cant wait! Do you know what services it travels and on what days as I'd like to travel on it sometime soon!

[Virgintrainsuk]

@ishan99b Its now on the 18:43 EUS-Crewe on a Friday :) p/s is an amazing model, well the DVT is the Class 90... well...

[ishan99b]

@Virgintrainsuk Yeah, I know about the Class 90! People have said its ok, I'm sure it'll be fine. I'll be getting the redone Class 90 for my Caledonian Sleeper set, either next year or the year after. That one is going to have sprung buffers, working lights. Looks like its third time lucky for the Class 90.........

[robertmbishop]

Why do you pride so much in it being 'Exclusive'?

[Virgintrainsuk]

@robertmbishop Why not? Its last booked service, am the only one with it one. Which makes it 'Exclusive' !!

[SteamboatWilley]

Odd that they are replacing an (electric) class 90+Mk3s with a (diseasel) class 221 on the Preston run. I always think its a waste running diesels "under the wires". Better to get more Mk3s, I think!

[CoachAlex1996]

Excellent, excellent vid :)

[ads1066]

Great Vid, a fitting tribute to an Extinct breed: the electric loco+Mk111 rake. proper carriages with a proper loco, buffet car, big wide windows, happy days :)))

the Plastic pendo's are souless and ok they are fast, but, but.....thanks for this vid, Big thumbs up from an old 87 "Van-Basher"

[Valenta43102]

I wondered what this set was as I saw it parked up at wembley a while back! It's much better than a voyager!

[HSTgreat]

fantastic vid. really well put together,, is it me or was it a 67 engine i heard go past at 6:48

[Virgintrainsuk]

@HSTgreat Thanks for the comments, It was a Freight 66 service.

[HSTgreat]

@Virgintrainsuk ah i had a feeling it was one of them but sounded more like a 67 lol :)

[sideslide23]

how fast can this train travel, can it go 100 MPH or faster?

[Virgintrainsuk]

@sideslide23 The max speed of the Class 90 is 100MPH, So I would say 100 is its limit.

[nxea170202]

@Virgintrainsuk 110mph

[Virgintrainsuk]

@nxea170202 Body plate with all the locos info says 100 ;)

[soundseeker63]

@Virgintrainsuk That is strange. I wonder if the current class 90 TOCs have de-rated them to 100mph? I noticed that in on of the NXEA 90s it said 100mph on the inside of the cab roof (in hand writing), however they always used to operate at 110mph with VT. Odd. Either way they are good for well over 110mph but rarely operate as such.

[northwestrailfan1]

great video mate that is wot i like to see a mark 3set runing on the westcoast mainline thats a 5stars and fav from me mate

[THAMESLINK319]

Great video, like!

Bit off topic but do you know why some of the Pendolino's have smashed windows, has the snow and ice got something to do with it?

[Virgintrainsuk]

@THAMESLINK319 Yes, I believe it does. Just like a car windscreen I guess, I havn't seen any yet, but will keep an eye out for them if am out again in the snow.

[ApacheBravo]

What number of 1st and standard carragies does this train consist of? The reason I ask is that im trying to get the full rake for my Hornby model version. Just thorght id ask the expert as you have a lot of videos of it :) Thanks, Sutty :)

[Virgintrainsuk]

@ApacheBravo Hey, There are 9 coaches in total. They are as follows 3 1st Class coachs, 1 1st Class Buffet and 5 Standard coaches. I Have a video of the full length train on my anount !

[ApacheBravo]

@Virgintrainsuk Thankyou very much :) I have watched your videos on the real train and I think there great :)

[ApacheBravo]

Its a really great train, my favourite modern set and livery!!! Great video :)

[ay76]

One for the uk rail history. Like the GC Valenta's bowing out tomorrow 1976-2010 RIP!!

[megaplanefan]

Great Work, Thumbs up.

[alexamltd]

sniff* awsome *sniff* video lol

[englischlokfuehrer]

Very good Bradley, good job you managed to get there to record the occasion, I did prewarn the Driver that one of my YT contacts would be at Preston and asked him to do something special for you and he obliged with a cab visit and some music.. Thanks also for the credit (twice) for the info supplied.

[Virgintrainsuk]

@englischlokfuehrer Thanks David, I didn't think I would get there as the snow was coming down quite bad. It was great to be able to go in and out of the cab for pictures, it was good of him to do a horn as some drivers really don't like to do it when you ask. Shame its not coming back, you never know it might pop up on a relief service. your have to pass the URL let the driver see his fame lol

[englischlokfuehrer]

@Virgintrainsuk Have e-mailed him to look out for your YT channel. Have a good Christmas.

[tpe18509]

Excellent vid!

[EWS60500]

Time laps is top styff, and a very interesting vid

[englischlokfuehrer]

@EWS60500 Timelapse not time laps

[suncoolclose]

Oh yes top vid looks good covered in snow livery matches it lol get it while u can as by 2012 they probably wont need this set with the 4 new pendolinos coming in lol

[englischlokfuehrer]

@suncoolclose Don't you mean 'The Extendolinos' ?

[suncoolclose]

@englischlokfuehrer Haha if that's the name of what the modern day enthusiast has come up with then yeah :)

[englischlokfuehrer]

@suncoolclose I saw this name in a comment on a vid by 'Sim0nTrains' or 'IanPooleTrains' who were both at Rugeley in the fog on Dec 6th when it came over, I like it and have been speading it around at work and other places.

[DavidMichaelArchives]

Brilliant stuff, i live in Preston,yet ive not been out to see it. i guess its too late now haha

[Virgintrainsuk]

@DavidMichaelArchives lol, Its a shame I hope they do put this back on the route at some point. But this may make an unaccepted visit as it is a relief train, lets hope so.