A nostalgic look back at Merseyrail's Birkenhead depot

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8 ай бұрын

A group of former Merseyrail engineers enjoyed a special tour around the Birkenhead depot recently, seeing the changes and improvements in the years since they worked there.
They reminisced about the previous fleet roll out of new trains which began 45 years ago, and remarked on the similarities with the current roll out of the Class 777 units.

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@paulgorton2207 8 ай бұрын

Good video, especially nice to see one of my pictures of the preserved class 503 at Rock Ferry. On the official opening day of the Hooton extension.

@Class777 8 ай бұрын

I was not expecting this type of video, and I'm pleasantly surprised! Really nice to see a video aimed at enthusiasts.

@chrisgranton 8 ай бұрын

It will be a sad day indeed when the last PEP gets withdrawn. Far better built quality trains with so much more character about them! I would rather have the 507s and 508s any day! I really hope that 507001 can be successfully preserved by the guy who is doing a preservation project. 001 truly deserves preserving!

@MerseyrailTFWAvantiandNorthern 8 ай бұрын

Excellent 178/10 I Will Miss Class 507/8s they were the trains i grew up since 2011

@AndrewG1989 6 ай бұрын

The Class 507 and Class 508 have done very well with Merseyrail and serving Merseyside for over 40 years. But now they are to be replaced by the Class 777 Metro units that Stadler are continuing on manufacturing more Class 777s.

@alanlynch200 8 ай бұрын

It's nice to see the old fleet being celebrated as it should be, just a shame you included the shot of the unit arriving at Birkenhead north with the graffiti on the front! Great trains with character that will be missed once gone!