British Rail Merseyrail 1994-Semaphores & Class 507+508 EMUs at Birkenhead Nth, West Kirby & Hoylake

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  • Опубліковано 28 січ 2025

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  • @EM-yk1dw
    @EM-yk1dw Рік тому +7

    Excellent Soi soon to be history. I can remember when the 508s were new on the South Western, showing my age now!

    • @SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus
      @SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus  Рік тому +2

      Yes, i remember them on the Southern. I have a pic of one next to a District Line CO/CP stock at Wimbledon back in 1981. Of course, some of the 508 trailers are still running on the SR, formed into 455 units!

  • @PEPEMUFAN
    @PEPEMUFAN Рік тому +5

    Cracking Footage Mate, Exactly as remembered again a part from the Semaphore Signals the BR Blue & Grey Livery and Merseytravel Regional Railways Liveries was something that I use to see a lot of when I grew up👌😉

    • @SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus
      @SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus  Рік тому +2

      Thank you.... i went in order to get the semaphores and signal boxes on film... amazing to think the 507s & 508s are still with us!

    • @roberthill6216
      @roberthill6216 Рік тому

      @@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Not for much longer now unfortunately.

  • @OlafProt
    @OlafProt Рік тому +2

    I remember those PEP coming into service in London. They felt space age 😂

  • @Sarahbryson321
    @Sarahbryson321 Рік тому +4

    They were still in BR blue up until the 90s??

  • @roberthill6216
    @roberthill6216 Рік тому +3

    Did you ever see the Merseyrail 73's in action?
    Also, why do 3rd rail units need a cant rail warning stripe, when the power source is on the ground?

    • @djtrainspotter
      @djtrainspotter Рік тому +2

      OHL around Allerton area.

    • @SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus
      @SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus  Рік тому +1

      Never got any MR 73s although i did have a couple for haulage on a Pathfinder railtour. All BR stock get the electric flashes, stock can be hauled away to works ect and ended up sitting in a siding under the wires......

    • @roberthill6216
      @roberthill6216 Рік тому

      @@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Ok, thank you for the resonse.

  • @peterharvey1762
    @peterharvey1762 Рік тому +3

    Ain’t many crossings like that hoylake one left , imagine trying to shut one nowadays 🤣🤣

  • @johnchurch4705
    @johnchurch4705 Рік тому +2

    Miss the noises of these and the sister locos, the new Lizzy line locos are too quiet 🤐.

  • @Andrewjg_89
    @Andrewjg_89 Рік тому +2

    The Class 507 and Class 508 trains are pretty much identical to the Class 313, Class 314 and Class 315. But soon Merseyrail are replacing them with the Class 777 Metro that some have entered service. And some of the Class 508 were used on Connex Southeastern before they were replaced by the Class 376 in the early 2000s.
    And some were used on the East Coastway Line and West Coastway Line and on the Silverlink Metro North London Line and West London Line. Before they were replaced by the Class 378 when London Overground took over in 2007.

  • @SteamboatWilley
    @SteamboatWilley Рік тому

    The semaphore signals and manual crossing gates look oddly antiquated next to the very modern looking Class 507s and 508s.

  • @Keithbarber
    @Keithbarber Рік тому +4

    Not 1
    For the second time in a row
    Not good 😊