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Vehicle 50270


Class 111

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

Allocations

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-73Depot code changeNL
p/e 28/11/82 Withdrawn

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated circa 08/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Felixstowe Town

7th March 1970

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 DMU at York

May 1981

Class 111 DMCL E50270 in York station with a Bradford service in May 1981. Mark Etstall.

Class 111 DMU at Huddersfield

19th May 1981

A Met-Camm TBSL three-car set with Class 111 DMCL E50270 closest seen arriving at Huddersfield on 19 May 1981. Brian Daniels.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

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.