507/508 broken down at Aigburth

[Grumpy Git]

There is a broken down Merseyrail train blocking the up line at Aigburth. Anyone know what’s gone awry?

 

[jamesst]

There is a broken down Merseyrail train blocking the up line at Aigburth. Anyone know what’s gone awry?

An MA failure causing some smoke.

 

[D6130]

An MA failure causing some smoke.

Is that 'motor alternator' for the uninitiated?

 

[fgwrich]

Is that 'motor alternator' for the uninitiated?

Indeed it is.

 

[behlabaac]

An MA failure causing some smoke.

 

[Grumpy Git]

Thank you all.

 

[urbophile]

Thank God for the 82 bus! These trains are becoming clapped out and the continuing delay in introducing the new ones is a worry.

 

[Vespa]

Probably the signs of things to come, it's an undeniable fact these are 45 years old and not getting any younger.

 

[Llandudno]

Incredible to think they are about 45 years old, has anyone any idea how many miles a typical unit may have done in its operational career?

 

[L401CJF]

Incredible to think they are about 45 years old, has anyone any idea how many miles a typical unit may have done in its operational career?

A few years ago Merseyrail posted on their twitter (probably around 5 years ago) that 2 of the class 507s were neck and neck to reaching the 3million mile mark. I can't remember the numbers they quoted.

To be fair I use them daily and haven't had one fail on me for years. Maybe I'm just lucky!

I believe MA failures are one of the most common failings on them, and always has been. I assume as they're due for scrap maintenance on them will currently be as minimal as possible with as little cost as possible. I think they've provided sterling service!

 

[skyhigh]

Incredible to think they are about 45 years old, has anyone any idea how many miles a typical unit may have done in its operational career?

Just picked a random 508 (141) and from the system I have it shows a life mileage of 2,943,344 - though I have no idea how accurate that is in reality.

 

[507020]

Just picked a random 508 (141) and from the system I have it shows a life mileage of 2,943,344 - though I have no idea how accurate that is in reality.

How do you do that?

 

[skyhigh]

How do you do that?

Via an internal railway system. There's no public access.

 

[8J]

I'd have thought that the 507's would have higher lifetime mileage than the 508's seeing as they were used on the longer Northern lines almost exclusively at the beginning of their lives on Merseyside and also did not spend time out of traffic whilst being moved up from the South Western Division and converted to run as 3 car units.

 

[507020]

I'd have thought that the 507's would have higher lifetime mileage than the 508's seeing as they were used on the longer Northern lines almost exclusively at the beginning of their lives on Merseyside and also did not spend time out of traffic whilst being moved up from the South Western Division and converted to run as 3 car units.

Not only that, the 507s spent a few years doing that before the 508s had been built and when they were, several 508s spent time out of traffic around the time of privatisation in the 1990s after MTL decided to reduce the service, with some going to Silverlink or Connex South Eastern and others returning to the Merseyrail fleet.

 

[skyhigh]

I'd have thought that the 507's would have higher lifetime mileage than the 508's seeing as they were used on the longer Northern lines almost exclusively at the beginning of their lives on Merseyside and also did not spend time out of traffic whilst being moved up from the South Western Division and converted to run as 3 car units.

Another random pick of a 507 (001 in this case) shows a life mileage of 3,459,194 so that seems a reasonable theory.