Favorite Multiple Units

[37401]

I was wondering Whats everyones favorite DMU`s DEMU`s and EMU`s

heres mine (In no order and yes theres a few )

350/2
321
365
150
153
156
158
159
142
143
144
313
180
508
168
303/312 too (i remember my trip to ayr verry well a IC Livery Valenta HST then we had one of those)

i like the inside of the re-furb Virgin 221 (has anyone else seen this its amazingly comfy!)

and i like the inside of a 390

and finally i wouldnt mind having a nose on the 395

dispite what you may have heard of seen i actually love units aswell as locos
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I also quite like 222`s

 

[SouthEastern-465]

my favorites are:
465
171
377
365
165/166
319
442s
415
416
421
423
170
158
159
can i just say ive had the same comfy feeling,but have you sat on a 465 and the seat is nearly off or somtime comes off when you get up!

 

[37401]

can i just say ive had the same comfy feeling,but have you sat on a 465 and the seat is nearly off or somtime comes off when you get up!

nope but on our 150`s they fall apart, still nice though

 

[SouthEastern-465]

nope but on our 150`s they fall apart, still nice though

i still love the 465s,but i think the seat thing is one of the things of there personalitys,..anyway do your 150s have them seats that you can just take off and put back like a cusion? and can i say even though connex were crap i can remeber when they ruled the SE division the seats were stuck down and never could be taken off,strange but true!

 

[delt1c]

All time favorite
EMU 303/311

DMU 120

Current units
EMU 317

DMU 170

 

[222001]

170, 185, 222. Others are ok but these are my top three.

 

[GospelOak117]

DMU: 117

EMU: 305/1 and 310

 

[37401]

do your 150s have them seats that you can just take off and put back like a cusion?

yup quite odd under the seat on the LM 150/0`s

 

[33056]

350/2

Just curious as to why you prefer these to 350/1s? Everybody I have spoken to on the subject prefers the 1st series, much more spacious.

Anyway, I have zero interest enthusiast wise in any unit dating from about 1970 and very little for any unit before that. The one thing I do have a bit of a soft spot for though are the former Deutsche Reichsbahn "Pig Taxis" , spent many a happy hour on those bouncing down now-closed ex GDR branch lines.

 

[Geezertronic]

I travel on the 390's regularly and from a practical point of view, they are more than suitable trains. From an enthusiast point of view, they are great looking trains.

Also like the 350's (don't know the difference between the /1 and /2 so will be naive on that).

 

[mumrar]

My choices shall be based obviously on personal experiences. So first up, and to start a separate debate now doubt HST, then one that revolutionised my local line 323, rapid stop start and fast too. 185 is a good mile muncher and 390 for the speed increase they've brought and tilting largely properly (i'd love to photograph one running like the apt did with only a few tilting, but I know it's all or nothing with them)

 

[37401]

Just curious as to why you prefer these to 350/1s? Everybody I have spoken to on the subject prefers the 1st series, much more spacious.

if im honest i dont really know i liked the /1 when i started filming/photoing and 350105 was the first ever train i filmed, (it was at coventry last year), i do find the 350/1 to be better space wise but i think me likeing the /2 has something to do with standing at coventry in a snowy Jan/Feb and seing them out on what was knowen as "Special" got some nice shots of them like this too

 

[generalvegitable]

My fav.s are the 350/1 (the 2+2 seating is why I don't like the /2s), the 150, the 156, and the 323

 

[Daimler]

My favourite units running today are - without a doubt - the 350s, especially the /1s (though the /2s have a nicer interior colour scheme!). They're just nice to be on - spacious, refined, comfortable, they feel solid and long-lasting - and I like the way they look (LM livery is great on 'em) and the way they sound!

I'm quite fond of 180s & 185s in terms of DMUs running today. While they're unreliable, squeak appallingly and (in the case of the 175s) look rather odd, they have the best interior ambience of any DMU running on the UK network today - light, airy, lots of tables, lowish seatbacks, nicely padded seats, etc...

The 442s before their refurbishment were best of all though...

 

[generalvegitable]

I noticed that aswell on the 350/1s, they look like they were designed for that livery