41-year-old Robert Hampton bought a 1978 Merseyrail Class 507 train for £1 to preserve it as a local icon and plans to transport it to Shropshire.
41-year-old Robert Hampton, an IT consultant and Liverpool resident, bought a 1978 Merseyrail Class 507 train for £1 from Angel Trains to save it from scrap and preserve it as a local icon. He founded the Class 507 Preservation Society and is raising £10,000 to transport the train to Tanat Valley Light Railway in Shropshire. Queen Elizabeth II used the train during the Merseyrail network's opening ceremony in 1978.
May 27, 2024
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