Birkenhead North TMD

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Birkenhead North TMD is situated opposite Birkenhead North railway station. The Traction Maintenance Depot is a facility for servicing of Merseyrail multiple units & rolling stock. The depot code is BD.

1 History
2 Allocation
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

In 1985 & 1986, in order to celebrate '100 years of Mersey Railways', the depot held a series of open days. On these occasions a number of mainline locomotives were on display at the depot. Among the locomotives included were Class 40 locomotive number 40122 'D200' & Class 50 locomotive number 50007 'Sir Edward Elgar' (formerly 'Hercules').

[edit] Allocation

The depot is home to Class 507 & Class 508 750v DC Electric Multiple Units. Until the introduction of these units, the depot housed Class 503 equipment.

Departmental equipment, for Sandite duties, has, in the past, included Class 73/0 & 73/9, Class 97/7 & Class 936 traction.

Four Class 03 diesel shunters were, also, employed, at the depot, on dock shunting duties. The shunters being numbered 03073, 03162, 03170 & 03189. Since the Birkenhead Dock Branch fell into disuse, all four of these locomotives have been sold to railway heritage preservation groups.