TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

At last I took advantage of Bachmann's LNWR Coal Tank release and also evaluating a secondhand Hornby GWR 2721 pannier tank to create a possible "West Kirby" scenario between 1921-1924.
Here is the 2721 pannier on a short freight.

From left to right: GWR, LNWR and L&Y (to be modified as the Wirral example) locos:

The branch from Hooton to West Kirby was a joint GWR-LNWR operation. Its station in West Kirby was separate from the adjacent Wirral Railway's terminus.

In 1921, Wirral Railway bought a L&YR 2-4-2T which they re-numbered as 6 and fitted extra coal rails to the bunker, but as an economy measure, retained the L&YR livery.
I've yet to modify the Locomotion Models/Bachmann NRM version to represent the loco in the form it ran on the Wirral before overhaul in 1924 and its transfer out of the area.