Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Rolls Royce 180hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30268
Diagram: 616
30/10/57 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
2w/e 30/04/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
18/05/69 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
4w/e 30/11/70 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
p/e 28/11/82 | Withdrawn |
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | As delivered to 56G - 30th October 1957 | ||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Noted 31st October 1957 | ||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Transfer to 55H - 2w/e 30/04/60 | ||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Transfer to 30A - 18/05/69 | ||||||
50282 | 59101 | 50270 | Noted 09/08/69 | ||||||
50282 | 59101 | 50270 | Noted 28/08/69 - at Stratford1 | ||||||
50282 | 59100 | 50270 | Noted 24/12/69 - at Southminster | ||||||
50280 | 59102 | 50270 | Noted 07/03/1970 - M. & G.N.J.R.S. The East Anglian Railtour | ||||||
50270 | 59100 | 50280 | Noted 04/10/1970 - Seen at Cromer Beach on LCGB railtour2 | ||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Transfer to 55H - Nov-70 | ||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City3 | ||||||
50280 | 50270 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Huddersfield1 | |||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Noted 02/01/75 - at York3 | ||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Noted 17/11/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
50280 | 59100 | 50270 | Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
50270 | 59070 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted circa 01/19772 | |||||
51557 | 59054 | 59070 | 50270 | Noted 29/06/80 - on 15:58 Morecambe to Lancaster4 | |||||
50270 | 59070 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted 02/01/1981 - Hull - Manchester service2 | |||||
50270 | 59524 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted circa 10/19822 | |||||
50270 | Noted 07/01/1984 - out of use at NL2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
Felixstowe Town station on 7 March 1970 and a Metro-Cammell 3-car unit (50270 + 59102 + 50280) with an excursion which started from Stratford (E) via Bishops Stortford to Sheringham and Cromer. Leslie Foster.
Class 111 DMCL E50270 in York station with a Bradford service in May 1981. Mark Etstall.
A Met-Camm TBSL three-car set with Class 111 DMCL E50270 closest seen arriving at Huddersfield on 19 May 1981. Brian Daniels.
E51557 is on the front of a four-car refurbished Class 111 set (presumably with 59054 + 59070 + 50270) seen at York, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.