South West Trains 158 Thrash

[RDL1984]

Are you sure the driver is an old Class 153's driver? hehehe

[Buttercupline2]

great video really would be great if railworks made the line from London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids

[SDOTzz2]

u mean class 159

[jakeo77]

Proper spelling please.

And no, I do not. It was a 158. The 2-car ones that run from Romsey to Salisbury via Chandlers Ford and Eastleigh.

[BriWayne]

Northern drivers try it all the time on the 156s but it fails

it just revs the station for 2 seconds

[wdielwlairajmd]

I wish London Midland would do this on their 150s!

[scotrains]

lol at these comments! Good vid, I do like when the give the Sprinters some juice!

[jakeo77]

Same here! I've got to go up north and search for the Ex-Wessex units Northern stole off FGW last year. They have CUMMINS engines! Much throatier!

[visibleimagery]

It's funny at how comments are made on train performances and how they are driven, or meant to be driven when i bet none of you have ever actually driven one...

[gner125]

TBH you have to take 158's away on full as they are really slow accelraters, the ones down south and haymarket based 158's take about 2 odd minutes to hit the gear change, Inverness based are rockets, as they have to be to cope with the gradients on Kyle, Wick, Aberdeen & Inverness To Perth.

[89001avocet]

What the hell are you chatting-onabout?

158s are the best-performing 'sprinter' units BR ever built, particularly the 159/0s and highest-numbered 158s (ie. 862-onward, to 872), which have far-more power than the other 'Sprinter' units, and only a modest increase in weight!

[Yownanymous]

Yeah, 158s are ace. What is gner125 moaning about?

[89001avocet]

I dunno...but it's not benefitting anyone!

[89001avocet]

Great vid., lots of thrash, but there's virtually no-chance he'll've got-away with Notch 7, it'd've caused far too much wheelslide or damanged the transmission - Notch 4/5 is the highest from a standing start.

[jakeo77]

Technicalities!! Who cares about the transmission! He thrashed a 158!

[89001avocet]

True, but still...great vid though.

[gner125]

no it's not! i know a driver that always take em away on full, you are taking too much info from darren

[89001avocet]

Nah, we've had this discussion before; it's you who apparently knows how to drive-trains and doesn't in-fact have a clue!

[gner125]

you talk so much bull shit cause i talk to loads of FSR drivers, and a couple of Northerns one Virgin trains driver and they all say you are talking shit,so i wonder who it is thats not a got a clue now pal! eh? see i thought so,

[89001avocet]

erm...no!

[bathspacentral]

wow a hellfire 158...lol

[Welwyn22]

Wow. That driver was in a hurry. Maybe he forgot his lunch and wanted an extra few minutes to buy himself some at the next station! LOL

Still, you're a member of Valeg aren't you? I think they'll be pleased with that driver. I certainly am! 5/5!

[jakeo77]

Hahaha. We got into Salisbury 4 minutes early due to thrashing it! Made my delay, cancellation, and general trouble filled day much better!

Cheers.

[stationendproduction]

my lordz lol