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Unidentified Class 111 DMU images


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111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Underneath a vehicle - the fluid flywheel end of the engine. The throttle motor is on the right of the oil splattered sump, the four air pipes control the four engine speeds. Negative WMP7795, circa October 1956, probably taken at the Met-Camm Saltley Works. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-56

Through a floor hatch inside a vehicle. In the centre is the top of the compressor, the ribs to dissipate heat. To the bottom can be seen the short cardan shaft / universal joint to the radiator. The pipe with the wire wrapped around it will have holes drilled in it - this disperses the contents of the fire extinguisher over the engine, the wire wrapped around it is the pyrocord, this triggers the fire extinguishers when there is excess heat. Negative WMP7793 circa October 1956, probably at Met-Camm Saltley works. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Through a floor hatch inside a vehicle can be seen the exhaust, the lighter ribbed pipe at the bottom. Negative WMP7794, circa October 1956, probably taken at the Met-Camm Saltley Works. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Underneath is seen the radiator on the left, the short cardan shaft connects the engine to the fan. Negative WMP7796, circa October 1956, probably taken at the Met-Camm Saltley Works. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Underframe details - just above the exhaust silencer is a heater, its air intake is on the right. The two cylinders are the engine air intakes / filters. Under the words 'Flame Switch', the two small cylindrical objects are fuel filters (a CAV type common on most DMUs). Under the builders plate are the engine start / stop buttons with a socket for an inspection light. Negative WMP7797, circa October 1956, probably taken at the Met-Camm Saltley Works. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Underframe detail - the fuel pump can be seen mounted on the engine, the pipes from the top running to each of the six injectors. It is directly connected to the throttle motor, which has the four flexible air hoses running into it. Negative WMP7798, circa Oct-1956, probably ay the Met-Camm Saltley Works. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Looking through a floor hatch to a final drive mounted on a bogie, the input shaft to the top. The white pipe is one of two air pipes to control forward / reverse, the ribbed pipe is a conduit for the wires which connect to the cab 'air/axle' lights to show the drive has engaged. Negative WMP7802, probably at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Underframe equipment - a vacuum exhauster. Negative WMP7803, probably at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Through the floor hatch can be seen the stop solenoid. Negative WMP7805, probably at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Looking through a floor hatch to the SE4 gearbox. Negative WMP7806, probably at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Underneath the Rolls-Royce engine, looking at the free end. Negative WMP7807, probably at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

DMBS interior, looking from the cab end. Rolls-Royce negative WMP7808, probably taken at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

LMR Class 111 DTC interior, looking from the cab end. Rolls-Royce negative WMP7809, probably taken at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Drivers controls, which appear identical to a Class 101. Note 59051 under construction on the adjacent road. Negative WMP7810, at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa Oct-1956

Both engines can be seen in this underframe view, looking from the rear of the vehicle towards the cab end. Negative WMP7811, probably at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.


111 DMU

circa 1957

A Met-Camm image (negative unknown) showing the underside of a power car. The engine is the Rolls Royce type and the gearbox a SGC SE4. Metropolitan Cammell.


111 DMU

Unknown Date

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative unknown) showing the underside of a Rolls-Royce powered vehicle. The light coloured square box close of the camera is the SE4 gearbox, with a dynamo to the right. Metropolitan Cammell.


111 DMU

3rd March 1958

At the inauguration of the Leeds-Barnsley diesel service on March 3 1958, operated by three-car Met-Camm DMUs, a special party of officials traveled on a demonstration run. From left to right: Albert Roberts, MP for Normanton; HA Short, NER General Manager; Councillor MS Fitzpatrick, Mayor of Wakefield; RB Temple, Traffic Manager, ER Sheffield; Councillor S Jubb, Mayor of Barnsley; and Driver N Barratt. British Railways.


111 DMU

3rd March 1958

The MP for Normanton, Albert Roberts, congratulates Driver N Barratt at Leeds City in the inaugural day of diesels on the Leeds-Barnsley service, 3 March 1958. Image courtesy of Howard Benson (https://newwoodlesford.xyz/woodlesford-station/trains/diesel-multiple-units/). Albert Roberts Collection.


111 DMU

Unknown Date

Two three-car Met-Camm DMUs - with at least the closest set having Rolls-Royce engines - seen near Marsden, looking north east from Plains Lane bridge. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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