Another enjoyable day with Merseyrail on 29th April 2021. Getting into quite a routine with doing these now so apologies if its getting mundane but having travelled on these units for most of my life I've been incredibly lax at actually recording them! Now trying to rectify that before the inevitable happens and they do disappear for good. It'll be a poorer world when I can't hear that ticking noise emanating from under the seat!
CO-VID may well have extended their lives a little (that's an ironic sentance!) but the end is gonna come at some point so taking the opportunity while I can. Of course the staying local thing helps as well because, well they're local!
Anyway, enough downbeat stuff, plenty of wanderings here and there around Merseyside, including my fist visit up to Southport for probably about 5 years. A bit lengthy, but I've included the time stamps to jump to various bits. Units seen during the day are listed at the end.
Running order:-
0:00:01 Kirkdale arrivals and departures
0:05:49 508 131 Kirkdale-Sandhills
0:09:36 508 128 Sandhills-Southport
0:34:21 Southport station with comings and goings and plenty ticking :-)
0:37:11 507 026 departing Moorfields low level before we make our way down to the Wirral
0:37:38 508 114 Moorfields deep level-Bebington
0:49:35 508 130 Bebington-Green Lane
0:50:49 508 111 Green Lane-Hooton
1:00:55 Hooton arrivals and departures then onto 508 112 up to James Street
1:15:14 James Street comings and goings
1:18:27 508 125 Birkenhed North-Bidston
1:20:34 Bidston TFW 150 arrival and then on 508 103 to Moorfields deep level. Up to Low level to see a 6 car set depart for Kirkby
1:32:39 Formby arrivals and departures and onto 508 115 between Bank Hall and Moorfields
1:40:06 507 020/012 with some jointed track loveliness heading from Brunswick to Moorfields. (for more jointed track loveliness I've discovered southbound only from Formby to Hall Road also has quite a bit but the train I was on today was far too busy to record at that point!)
1:43:59 Quick shot of 60 076 sitting at Edge Hill with a Drax biomass train
UNITS RECORDED
Northern line services
507 009, 507 012, 507 013, 507 019, 507 020, 507 023, 507 025, 507 026, 507 027, 507 033
508 115, 508 122, 508 128, 508 131, 508 141
Kirkdale Depot
507 002, 507 006, 507 031, 508 136, 508 140
Southport Station
507 030, 508 126, 508 137
Wirral Line Services
507 008, 507 024, 507 029
508 103, 508 111, 508 112, 508 114, 508 123, 508 124, 508 125, 508 127, 508 130, 508 138
Birkenhead North Depot
507 015, 508 104, 508 108