Merseyrail

[508134]

RE: Merseyrail
Has unit, 508141 returned to service yet following its derailment at Liverpool Central in October?

[507022]

RE: Merseyrail

(10/12/2022 11:12)508134 Wrote:  Has unit, 508141 returned to service yet following its derailment at Liverpool Central in October?

Yes it’s back out

[507022]

RE: Merseyrail
The first IPEMU (777140) is being moved to the UK and is due at Kirkdale tomorrow night

[KX03 KYY]

RE: Merseyrail

(20/12/2022 09:26)507022 Wrote:  The first IPEMU (777140) is being moved to the UK and is due at Kirkdale tomorrow night

There is already a lot of 777s in Kirkdale so hardly the first one

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Merseyrail

(21/12/2022 10:08)CX06 BHE Wrote:  There is already a lot of 777s in Kirkdale so hardly the first one

First IPEMU.

[507022]

RE: Merseyrail

(21/12/2022 10:08)CX06 BHE Wrote:  There is already a lot of 777s in Kirkdale so hardly the first one

As St Helens rider pointed out it’s the first IPEMU - the ones with long range batteries for Headbolt Lane

Update: tonight’s train has been cancelled- no new date arranged yet

[childwallblues]

RE: Merseyrail

(21/12/2022 10:30)St Helens Rider Wrote:  First IPEMU.

But I thought that 777049 was the first IPEMU. That has been at Kirkdale for months and has been doing all the battery testing,

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Merseyrail
The IPEMU's are designated 777/1 and this is the first of this sub class to be moving towards Kirkdale (although now an unknown date given the news of the cancellation this evening).

[507022]

RE: Merseyrail

(21/12/2022 20:32)childwallblues Wrote:  But I thought that 777049 was the first IPEMU. That has been at Kirkdale for months and has been doing all the battery testing,

777049 isn’t a IPEMU.
The IPEMUs have been built in Switzerland which have built the even numbered ones. So the IPEMUs will be 777140/2/4/6/8/50/2 seven in total. The rest will be 777/0 series so 777041/3/5/7/9/51/3 etc.777049 has only got a short range battery for shunting

[507022]

RE: Merseyrail

(21/12/2022 20:32)childwallblues Wrote:  But I thought that 777049 was the first IPEMU. That has been at Kirkdale for months and has been doing all the battery testing,

777049 came across to the UK because of its position in the shed yard in Poland. It just happened to be one of the last built