On 27th January, I decided to drive down to the Merseyrail area and it was quite an eventful trip!

I reached New Brighton around 12 o clock and the Wirral lines were all massively disrupted following the failure of a 777 on a Chester service on the Mersey loop.   There was a 40 minute gap between trains on the New Brighton line so I headed to a spot that I'd seen in Martyn Hilbert's Merseyrail book just outside Wallasey Grove Road Station and got a couple of pics there of late running 507011 with 777016 practically right up its tail.

Time was getting on as I was well over an hour out there waiting for those shots and wanted to try a few other spots so had to miss out Birkenhead North and Bidston and head over the river to Leeds Street to catch some of units going up and down the incline to /from Moorfields as I've been wanting to do there for ages! Luckily 507001 was running 10 + late so I managed to get it there!

Then I drove up to Formby to photo there and caught 001 up to Southport. Got a few pics up there then got 014 down to Ainsdale and got some pics there, then 018 back to Formby. Got a couple of pics there including 001 in the dark as it returned back to Southport. I had been going to stop off at Headbolt lane for a couple of pics there but had run out of time and had to head home!

Units spotted:

New Brighton (stabled): 507028, 777034

New Brighton service: 507011, 777016

Southport - Hunts Cross service: 507014, 017, 033, 018, 023, 015, 007, 029, 030, 001

Stabled at Southport: 507021, 777027, 777004, 777036

Ormskirk: 777022

Headbolt Lane: 777140, 777148

507028 at New BrightonMerseyrail 'Good Communications' liveried 507028 is seen stabled at New Brighton awaiting it's next duty 27.1.24	507011 at Wallasey Grove RoadMerseyrail 'Good Communications' liveried 507011 passes Harrison Park near Wallasey Grove Road station with 2N24 12.08 New Brighton - New Brighton service 27.1.24
507011 at Wallasey Grove RoadMerseyrail 'Good Communications' liveried 507011 passes Harrison Park on the approach to Wallasey Grove Road station with 2N28 13.08 New Brighton - New Brighton service 27.1.24	507001 at Leeds StreetMerseyrail BR Blue & Grey liveried 507001 descends the incline at Leeds Street towards Moorfields with 2S30 13.21 Southport - Liverpool South Parkway service 27.1.24
507017 at FormbyMerseyrail 'Good Communications' liveried 507015 approaches Formby with 2U35 14.12 Southport - Hunts Cross service 27.1.24	507001, 033 & 014 at SouthportOldest and newest side by side Merseyrail BR Blue and Grey liveried 507001 and Good Communications liveried 507033 are seen at Southport along with 507014 27.1.23
507001 at SouthportMerseyrail BR Blue & Grey liveried 507001 departs from Southport with 2U40 15.27 service to Hunts Cross 28.1.24	507017 at AinsdaleMerseyrail 'Good Communications' liveried 507017 pauses at Ainsdale with 2U42 15.57 service from Southport - Hunts Cross 27.1.24
507018 at FormbyMerseyrail 'Good Communications' liveried 507018 pauses at Formby with 2U44 16.27 service from Southport - Hunts Cross 27.1.24	507001 at FormbyMerseyrail BR Blue and Grey liveried 507001 pauses at Formby with 2S43 16.36 service from Hunts Cross - Southport 27.1.24