Pepping up the South Western Mainline
On a sunny spring morning in 2009, 67026 hauls an unidentified class 507 or 508 unit through Winchfield in Hampshire with 5x70, an Eastleigh to Doncaster working.
The aluminium bodied, York built class 507 and 508 units used by Merseytravel were refurbished at Alstom Eastleigh between 2002 and 2005.
I failed to photograph the drags of these units between the 3rd rail network on Merseyside and Alstom Eastleigh. However, in 2009 a one-off move of a unit from Eastleigh to the Wabtec works at Doncaster occurred which I captured on this day.
Annoyingly, I didn’t record the unit ID nor did I determine the reason for the move. Alstom had vacated Eastleigh in 2006, though Knights Rail Services were now occupying part of the old works.
During the late 2000s Wabtec at Doncaster performed some work on the refurbished Merseytravel fleet so I assume this unit had remained at Eastleigh after Alstom vacated the works and was finally leaving for further work before returning to service. Any clarifying information will be gratefully received!
Pepping up the South Western Mainline
On a sunny spring morning in 2009, 67026 hauls an unidentified class 507 or 508 unit through Winchfield in Hampshire with 5x70, an Eastleigh to Doncaster working.
The aluminium bodied, York built class 507 and 508 units used by Merseytravel were refurbished at Alstom Eastleigh between 2002 and 2005.
I failed to photograph the drags of these units between the 3rd rail network on Merseyside and Alstom Eastleigh. However, in 2009 a one-off move of a unit from Eastleigh to the Wabtec works at Doncaster occurred which I captured on this day.
Annoyingly, I didn’t record the unit ID nor did I determine the reason for the move. Alstom had vacated Eastleigh in 2006, though Knights Rail Services were now occupying part of the old works.
During the late 2000s Wabtec at Doncaster performed some work on the refurbished Merseytravel fleet so I assume this unit had remained at Eastleigh after Alstom vacated the works and was finally leaving for further work before returning to service. Any clarifying information will be gratefully received!