Vehicle 51544 / 78969
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: 30508
Diagram: 615
Allocations
| 06/01/60 | 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-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| p/e 07/10/89 | Sector Change to | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ | |
| 23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51544 - original number
78969 - from circa Sep-83 (single engine conversion)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 18/02/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51544 | 59572 | 51554 | As delivered to 56G - 6th January 1960 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59572 | 51554 | Transfer to 55H - Sep-60 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59572 | 51554 | Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 24/09/60 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59572 | 51554 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 17/12/60 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59086 | 51555 | Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59532 | 51554 | Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59532 | 59525 | 51555 | 02/05/70 - on BLS Crigglestone railtour1 | |||||
| 51544 | 59578 | 51554 | Noted 15/08/19702 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59536 | 51553 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Neville Hill open day1 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59536 | 51553 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at York2 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59536 | 51553 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster2 | ||||||
| 50593 | 59536 | 51544 | Noted 11/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, probably covering at 31A for asbestos removal vehicles3 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59536 | 51553 | Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59536 | 51553 | Noted Sep-76 - at Selby1 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59091 | 51553 | Noted 24/03/77 - on Cambridge depot3 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59091 | 51553 | Noted 16/01/19824 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59091 | 51553 | Noted circa 04/19824 | ||||||
| 51553 | 59065 | 59091 | 51544 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 51553 | 59065 | 59091 | 51544 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 51553 | 59540 | 59091 | 51544 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Noted circa 07/19854 | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Noted 23/11/85 - at Doncaster | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Noted 15/10/19864 | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Noted 05/11/19864 | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Noted 05/07/1987 - at Sheffield - as 4 car set with 54019-530375 | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Listed at NL - 22/11/87 | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Listed at NL - early Apr-88 | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Noted 07/07/88 - on 19:31 Sheffield-Cleethorpes | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Noted 23/07/88 - on 19:31 Sheffield-Cleethorpes | |||||||
| 78969 | 78719 | Noted 19/08/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield | |||||||
| 208 | 78969 | 78719 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 | ||||||
| NL207 | 78969 | 78711 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 | ||||||
| 78713 | 78969 | Noted 02/10/89 - on 09:20 Marsden - Leeds6 | |||||||
| 78713 | 78969 | Noted 02/10/89 - on 14:22 Leeds - Marsden6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Graeme Phillips
Images:
Circa July 1984
A single engine converted Rolls-Royce powered Class 111 seen at Leeds circa July 1984 headed by E78969, presumably with E78719. Stuart Mackay Collection.
summer 1985
A two-car Class 111 unit led by E78969 passes Ravensthorpe station en route from Leeds to Manchester in the summer of 1985. Andrew Walker.
27th July 1988
The second of three images at Settle Junction on 27 July 1988, this being in the opposite direction from the first, the Class 111 (78969 + 78919) is on its way to Morecambe. The change in gradient on the Settle to Carlisle main line is very evident and marks the start of The Long Drag north to the summit of the line at Ais Gill. Peter Tandy.
27th July 1988
The final of three images at Settle Junction on 27 July 1988 of class 111 (78969 + 78919). My second camera loaded with black & white film was ready with a 135mm lens on it at the time and this was ideal for the third shot of the on a service for Morecambe. Peter Tandy.
15th April 1989
A four-car Class 111/108 combination, was arriving at Skipton with a Morecambe to Leeds service on April 15th 1989. The rear Class 111 set was formed of cars E78969 (ex E51544) & E78719 (ex E51553), that had been reformed from a three-car Class 111 set in 1983. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd May 1970
51555 + 59525 + 59532 + 51544 in Sheffield Midland after working the BLS 'The Crigglestone Tour' on May 2nd, 1970. Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa July 1984
A single-engine Class 111 set at Leeds circa July 1984. The brake vehicle is 78969, so the closest vehicle is probably 78719. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd November 1985
Class 111 DHCL no 78719, formerly 51553 with DHBS 78969, formerly 51544 sit at Doncaster on 23/Nov/1985. Robert Chilton.
Date: 15th May 1988
Single-engine Met-Camm E78719 at Leeds on May 15, 1988, presumably with 78969. John Carter.
Date: 15th May 1988
The first of a set of three pictures of the same Class 111 (78719 + 78969) at Settle Junction taken on 27 July 1988. The train was a Leeds to Morecambe service just after leaving the Settle to Carlisle line and on the "Little North-Western". I have few pictures in this area and made only a few trips around this time with a work colleague with the main aim of photographing steam specials but I'm glad in retrospect that I took advantage of the opportunities to shoot some frames of service trains; to my eyes these are now more interesting. Peter Tandy.
Date: 29th April 1990
E51809, E78969, E78713 and E51183 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 29-4-90. Kevin Dowd.