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Passenger Rail in the UK

Video ... How the Class 158 and 159 saved Regional Railways

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Peter Burgess
Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDgh4X1IFtc
How the Class 158 and 159 saved Regional Railways



108,217 viewsAug 11, 2020

Ruairidh MacVeigh 64K subscribers

This is a reupload of my original Class 158/159 video, now reedited with new footage.

Returning to trains, we look at the history of the Class 158 and 159, two diesel multiple units that helped to reverse the fortunes of Britain's regional railways by providing a strong and reliable design to services that had faced years of neglect.

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References:
  • - Rail Magazine (and their respective references)
  • - NetworkSouthEast.net (and their respective sources)
  • - Wikipedia (and its respective references)
258 Comments Peter Burgess Add a public comment... MJ C MJ C 11 months ago I worked for regional railways northwest when the 158 came out, it was a step change from what we had had beforehand to be sure. My funniest story one of our drivers was going to Blackpool(I think)and he was going into Preston and at Preston the guard comes up to him and tells him to slow the hell up.....he had forgotten he had a 142 trailing and was heading down the WCML at 90mph with a 142 rocking along at the rear!

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