A missed opportunity? – The new Merseyrail Class 777 fleet

 

 

A class 777 EMU at Maghull Nth Station - My photo

I’ve been pondering in ways that only a railway enthusiast can probably ponder. My ‘light bulb’ idea is that Merseytravel (the public transport body for the Liverpool City Region, which has recently been renamed to something so long I can’t recall it) missed a trick when they ordered the whole new Class 777 EMU fleet all in the same black and yellow livery.

Yes, by all means have a few in the new livery but why not have done a handful in each of the former railway operator’s liveries on Merseyside? The Mersey Railway, LMS, BR and indeed the various liveries carried by the Class 507/508s in the post-BR days. I guess one answer is likely to be cost and the other, no one thought about it as a possibility.

Here’s a few ideas from my own photographic collection. I think all the photos were purchases from the Class 502 Preservation Trust - https://www.class502.org.uk/ - I'm unable to credit the actual photographers as I don't know them.*

 

A 502 in an LMS tribute livery

A 502 in BR Blue livery

A 502 in a later BR livery

* Please visit the 502 Trust website.Also, if you know who I should credit the 502 photos to please let me know.