Spain May Have Just Received the Worst Trains Ever

Actually, the Spanish got the gauge "thing" very, very well. The different gauge was a deliberate choice for national security. Remember that for much of the last century Spain was a dictatorship.

People who ride these trains are gonna be in two types of Spain. One of them is without the S.

The first locomotives I encountered in the virtual world were Spanish.

If your willing to, I’m wondering if you would cover another boiler explosion. I found this unique as involved not only New York Central’s 20th Century Limited, but also one the ten streamlined Dreyfuss Hudson’s. The accident happened on September 7, 1943, and the Century was being pulled New York Central #5450, the first of the ten streamliners. As the train passed through Canastota, New York, the boiler exploded and the train derailed. Three crewman on board were killed and 25 passengers were injured. I couldn’t really find more information about this explosion, so that description is all I got.

Spain, Australia, and Gauge Standardization. Should we tell him about India?

To be fair the covid pandemic serious disrupted logistics/construction worldwide. In context with this video, CAF also a Spanish railway stock builder was also affected. They had the contract to build the new EMU regional sprinter trains for the Dutch National Railways . The firts for testing and shakedown were deliverd in 2018, and the entire class (206 units) should have been operational in 2020. Due to the covid pandemic the last unit could only be deliverd in 2023. So the 4 years "delay" of the Avrils is not so much the problem but the lacking test and shakedown test before mass production.

I reckon they was built by the Ghosts of North British Locomotive.

Well super. I have a trip on one of these beasts in Sept for 4 hours.

I hear that Spain’s rail network (Renfe) in general, just sucks. I read some reviews, and they say that their trains are “stinky” and “old”. I don’t think these sets are gonna help…

Yeah, they don’t corner very well…

The riding quality is not resolvable. Have you seen the axle arrangement?

Are you REALLY shure they're the absolute worst?

This rolling stock probably have the most complain intern of high speed train rolling stock this day, let's be honest, if your high speed train have bumpy ride, you need to be concerned regardless how safe you say. Because people need comfort and expect that comfort on high speed train.

I’m hearing V 250 Fyra vibes Dutch and Belgian people will know where I’m talking about

Fun fact Talgo built a supposedly high speed train in the 1950s with pneumatic tires.

I'm sure they are awful. But compared to the UK... I mean we have had all these issues. And pay about x3 for it.

All economy is fine for me in my opinion. If it gets me somewhere then I'm taking it.

What's worse? This or the BR class 21?

The problem with the shaking and all the comfort stuff is more on Talgo side, their 1 wheel per wagon really isnt good for comfort

One of them crashed btw. Watch the video about it by Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions. Maybe cover this in a sequal too.