Let’s preserve 507001
1st October 2023
This page is to find people interested in preserving a class 507 train.
All Aboard to Save a Class 507 Train
16th October 2023
A rail enthusiast in Liverpool is asking the community to come together to secure a Merseyrail class 507 train for preservation. Robert Hampton has launched The Class 507 Preservation Project, to gauge interest in preserving one of the venerable electric multiple units. The class 507 trains have served the Liverpool City Region for 45 years. […]
Inaugural Meeting
21st October 2023
We now have over 100 people signed up to our email updates, which is great news for the 507. The next step is to hold a meeting to formally assemble as a society, agree a constitution and elect a committee. That meeting will be held on Sunday, 19th November at 2pm. The venue is the […]
Inaugural Meeting Report
25th November 2023
The inaugural meeting took place as planned on 19th November. It was well-attended — so much that we had to fetch extra chairs from another meeting room. We had experienced preservationists, interested newcomers and Merseyrail staff past and present in the mix. Thanks to everyone who made time to attend — it was a real […]
Blue and Grey
2nd December 2023
The news that cannot have escaped your attention is that 507001 has emerged from Birkenhead North depot resplendent in a (slightly adapted version of) British Rail blue and grey livery. The livery has been applied using vinyl wraps to commemorate the impending withdrawal of the units from service. The heritage livery is an initiative of […]
Mistrust Music
16th December 2023
Mistrust is the name used by Tim Blackburn, a Bolton-based writer and recorder of synth pop songs, influenced by artists such as Kraftwerk, OMD and Human League. Recently he travelled by Merseyrail to Port Sunlight. His experience of the 507/508 trains, and his discovery that they were soon to be withdrawn, inspired his EP Yellow […]
