323239 Departs East Didsbury

[DanDaManStudios1]

Looks like someone Turbocharged the throttle again...................

[bignaughtydog]

does anyone like the pendolino?

[DG6985]

@bignaughtydog Yes I do

[bluelagoon10023]

can someone please tell me why people train spot....i mean i dont get it, i just want to understand it

[SPTSuperSprinter156]

The same reason why people watch football, etc.

[bluelagoon10023]

@SPTSuperSprinter156 I can see why people like and love football as it is a game of two halfves and the player represent the fans country and their is a lot of skill involved. I am not sure I can draw paralelles with train spotting. I mean how doe sit get your blood pumping?

[SPTSuperSprinter156]

You've answered your own question. You said 'I can see why people like and love football' and about the trains you say 'I mean I don't get it'.

It's exactly that - you just don't get it, just like I don't get football. Can we move on please?

[bluelagoon10023]

@SPTSuperSprinter156 I dont like football ethier but I can see why people like it. I just cant see why people like watching trains. Can you tell me what you would do of a day whilst watching trains....im just curious. I mean is it more of a social thing.

[TrainphottersUK]

@bluelagoon10023 i use it more to get out and explore, i've seen more of the UK then my non-trainspotting mates and its a great way to meet people. i've met my last few girlfriends thanks to my hobby. i've also grown up around railways so it was always part of my life, so i guess it was just natural that i gained an interest

[florencelovme]

@bluelagoon10023 Its not a social thing, its a private thing. I could seat on a platform for hours and watch them go by, just because. It is far more appealing than watching boys kicking around a football. ;)

[jojomojo12345678912]

geez is this the 4th best video you see when you type in an awesome place (btw its didsbury) xD

[SDOTzz2]

i saw the class 323 about 2 weeks ago at birminham new street in london midland livery i think it looks better than the old centro livery

[cleckheatoncentral]

Good video. Instead of having a "Memorial to the Woodhead route" as the tablet on Platform 2 at Man pic noting to completion of the 1954 elecrification work, it should be trains like this linking Liverpool, Manchester, Doncaster (via Wath), Sheffield (direct), Sheffield (via Barnsley) provididng a cheap modern quick service in a social and environmental world. We can only hope.

[tomohawktom]

Wow, that sounds cool!

It sounds like what a Melbourne X'Trapolis train would sound like if it were drunk...

[thomsonfly645k]

great sound it sounds like a motorbike

do you ever see these working in 6 car

[merseyrail508124]

you do on occasion see them in 6 car as far as i know

[jamescull88]

yeh true here in Birmingham on some services to Reddich and Lichfield they stick two trains together during the peak hours.

[Roger674]

Very fast acceleration these trains have and they sound fantastic!! like a formula one

[Fezzadave555]

I wouldn't want to be caught standing up on that train when it pulls out of a station

[bluelagoon10023]

@Fezzadave555 this train is no faster than a subway train, ive been on it its ok.

[aaronblueyonder1]

getofmaballs WTF IS OEYYY OEY OEYYY OEYYY OEYYYY WRAAAAA!

[Ghiraddje]

Did you not listen to the sound or something?! :P

[markimark03]

WOW i love the 323s!!

[getofmaballs]

I say 323223 today in Stockport Station =]

[bronzeonion]

wow! nice

[TheXtremeEnthusiast]

love that sound!, music to my ears, 5*

[whiteyidol]

either that train is fast, or the driver had a rocket up his ass with his hand on the throttle.

[crazyshedlife]

these trains to accelerate quite fast anyway, i travel on the regularly from prestbury (cheshire) and that looks the same...

[DarkDudeForever]

@whiteyidol

they're just freakin' fast to accelerate !

[SirHeartsMetalizz]

luk how fast da train take off :O:O

siiik!!!!!

[SPTSuperSprinter156]

Shit that was some fast acceleration :O

[juliang2006]

these noises really do your head in

[89001avocet]

Nah, I like them lol

[SPTSuperSprinter156]

OEY OEEY OEEY OEEY OEEEYY!

[getofmaballs]

OEYYY OEY OEYYY OEYYY OEYYYY WRAAAAA!

[PhillyProbe]

Ohh, and it's a refurbished one as well!

I tried taking a picture of the 323223 the other day (The one with the new livery) but my mobile phone's "auto-focus" feature takes an age...Plus the picture was out of focus when it finally took it. <_<

[video47]

Great video! I like to count the gears on these units.