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Vehicle 51543 / 78968

Class 111

BR Diagram 615

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: 30508
Diagram: 615

Allocations

29/12/59 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
May-60 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
Sep-60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
3w/e 24/09/60 On loan to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/12/60 Ex-loan back to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
p/e 07/10/89 Sector Change to NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
23/10/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Notes

Aug-83 - 51543/557 were noted at Doncaster Works under conversion to single engine vehicles.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51543 - original number
78968 - from p/e 11/09/83 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 27/03/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51543 59571 51553 As delivered to 56G - 29th December 1959
51543 59571 51553 Transfer to 55H - Sep-60
51543 59571 51553 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 24/09/60
51543 59571 51553 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 17/12/60
51543 59048 59533 50545 Noted 06/04/67 - at York1
51543 59570 50275 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
51543 59533 51553 Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster1
51543 59524 51557 Noted 31/08/72 - in Manchester Victoria1
51543 59240 59188 51560 Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland2
51543 59524 51557 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield 3
51543 59101 51554 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot2
50283 59571 51543 Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough1
51543 59524 51560 Noted 27/11/75 - at Cambridge2
51543 59524 51557 Noted 30/04/76 - at Lincoln2
51543 59524 51560 Noted circa 01/19774
51543 51560 Noted 16/01/19824
51543 51560 Noted circa 04/19824
51543 51557 Noted circa 04/19834
78968 53272 Noted circa 10/19834
78968 78718 Noted circa 01/19844
78968 78718 Noted 18/08/84 - at Scarborough station
78968 78718 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78968 78718 Noted 23/05/85 - on 08:07 Wakefield Westgate - Huddersfield
78968 78718 Noted circa 07/19854
78968 78718 Noted circa 09/19864
78968 78718 Noted 05/11/19864
78968 78718 Listed at NL - 22/11/87
78968 78718 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
78968 78718 Noted 17/06/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
78968 78718 Noted 11/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
78968 78718 Noted circa 11/19884
207 78968 78718 Listed at NL - Feb-89
NL206 78968 78718 Listed at NL - 05/09/89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Leeds

1st September 1987

Class 111 78968 is seen stabled at Leeds on 01.09.1987 . All of these conversions were based at Neville Hill, hence the MetroTrain branding. 78968 was converted from 51543. Andy Cole.

Class 111 DMU at Sheffield

21st April 1988

Metro-Cammell Class 111 DHBS E78968 (51543) in Sheffield station on 21 April 1988. Dave Warby.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 18th August 1984

Class 111 single-engine converted set 78718 and 78968 arrive at Scarborough station on the 18th August 1984. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 24th July 1985

Class 111 78718 is seen stabled at Doncaster on 24.07.1985, presumably with 78968. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 1st June 1988

Class 111 78718 ua seen arriving at Leeds on 01.06.1988. It was converted from 51557 and is presumably working with 78968. Andy Cole.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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