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Pair of 'Rats' 25057 + 25327 seen at Birkenhead (Mollington Street) shed 😎
Travelling the railway in the British Rail era, In the late summer of 1983, I made a short tour of the Liverpool area, covering the electrified Wirral & Mersey commuter lines between Liverpool, Birkenhead, New Brighton, West Kirby and Rock Ferry. I was keen to have a few rides in the venerable Class 503 units before they vanished, and at the same time take some photographs for the record., , The trip included a 'bunk' around the old steam shed at Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C) which was semi-derelict at the time, finally closing in 1985. During the final years of the depot, locomotives stabled included Class 03, Class 25, Class 40 and Class 47 traction. Class 03s were also allocated to the depot. In the early 1980s, circa. 1983/4, during the Merseyrail changeover from Class 503 to Class 508 electric multiple units, those units were also stored at the depot. The depot was closed on 25 Nov 1985, and demolished in Jul 1987., More on the shed here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkenhead_Mollington_Street_TMD, , Loco history - D5207 was delivered new to Toton (18A) on June 22nd 1963. Further transfers were:, , July 1963 to Cricklewood (14A)., August 1963 to Toton (18A)., March 1964 to Derby (16C). , January 1965 to the London Midland, Midland Lines (LMML). , December 1967 to Springs Branch (8F). , June 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08). , September 1968 to Preston Division (D10)., November 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08). , January 1972 to Manchester Division (D09). , February 1972 to Liverpool Division (D08). , May 1973 to Springs Branch. , , Renumbered to 25057 - April 1974., , May 1978 to Laira. , November 1980 to Longsight. , May 1985 to Crewe., March 15th 1987 withdrawn., , 25057 was present at Basford Hall by March 15th, it remained here until July 14th, moving as the 9L37 Basford Hall - Leicester, Humberstone Road with 25035/109/265, then tripped with 25265/313 as the 9T16 Humberstone Road - Vic Berry's yard on July 24th., , 25057 was sold into preservation. It left for the Buckinghamshire Railway Center, Quainton Road, arriving there on August 5th 1988. It was later sold privately and moved to the North Norfolk Railway, Sheringham by road on April 3rd 1991., More information on the loco here: www.derbysulzers.com/25057.html, , Loco history - D7677 was delivered new to Nottingham Division (D16) on April 29th 1967. Further transfers were:, , July 1967 to Carlisle Upperby (12B)., February 1968 to Carlisle Kingmoor (12A)., May 1968 to Longsight (9A)., June 1968 to Manchester Division (D09)., November 1970 to Liverpool Division (D08)., July 1971 to Ebbw Junction (86B) on loan, made permanent August 1971. , October 1971 to Laira (84A)., January 1972 to Bristol (82A)., May 1972 to Cardiff (86A)., December 1972 to Laira (84A)., , Renumbered to 25327 - May 1974., , August 1975 to Crewe., May 1978 to Bescot., Withdrawn February 2nd 1984., , 25327 was the 214th Class 25 withdrawn, the only Class 25 withdrawn during February 1984., , After withdrawal 25327 was stored at Carlisle Kingmoor, then moved to Crewe Diesel depot during June 1984, remaining here until April 2nd 1985 when it moved to Swindon Works. However the Works closed prior to scrapping, on June 3rd 1987 25327 was moved to Cocklebury Yard, then to Leicester Humberstone Road on June 4th 1987 and into Vic Berry's yard on June 5th 1987. By October 1987 25327 had been placed in the stack, by the first week of March 1988 the locomotive had been removed from the stack and broken up, with the exception of the cabs which lingered until May 1990., , More information on the loco here: www.derbysulzers.com/25327.html, , Photos that were nearly lost to oblivion!, The original slide was rescued from a box of 'duds' that I could never quite bring myself to throw away - now I am glad that I kept them ;), , Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned from the original slide with minimal digital restoration, , You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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