Vehicle 50287 / 78957
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: 30338
Diagram: 524
Allocations
| 08/01/58 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| Jan-67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 25/01/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50287 - original number
78957 - from p/e 31/10/82 (single engine conversion)
Modifications
May-74 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 21/04/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50287 | 59107 | 50277 | As delivered to 56G - 8th January 1958 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59107 | 50277 | Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59107 | 50277 | Transfer to 55H - Jan-67 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59103 | 50264 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59108 | 50277 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at York2 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59108 | 50277 | Noted 29/08/70 - at York1 | ||||||
| L183 | 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted circa 19713 | |||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 25/11/73 - on 08:48 York - Doncaster and Cambridge | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at York2 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 29/08/74 - at York4 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot4 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59540 | 50167 | Noted 16/01/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50275 | Noted 30/01/76 - at Cambridge4 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 10/09/76 - in Reddish North station4 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly with 50580/59192/59224/505501 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 24/09/76 - on 12:02 Morecambe - Leeds | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at York2 | ||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted circa 11/19823 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted circa 03/19833 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted 12th September 1983 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted 07/07/1984 - Additonal part of Brian Isherwood's Eastgate Explorer Railtour | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted circa 07/19853 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78709 | Noted circa 09/19863 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78709 | Noted 03/11/19863 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
Images:
6th June 1982
E50287 leads a Dalesrailwayman railtour through a disused part of Skipton station on June 6, 1982. John Carter.
6th June 1982
The 'Dalesrailwayman' headboard being attached to E50287 at Skipton on June 6th, 1982. This was a special from Skipton to the end of BR track on the former Grassington Branch. Scheduled for three returns, the last trip was cancelled when a deluge caused a landslide. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th September 1983
Class 111 cars E78707 and E78957 are seen entering Pontefract Monkhill station with a service heading for Knottingley on 12/09/1983. These cars were previously numbered E50274 and E50287 respectively, prior to having one of their two Rolls-Royce engines removed. Graeme Phillips Collection.