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Vehicle 51545 / 78972

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

06/01/60 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60 Transferred to 55F (Manningham)
3w/e 02/07/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
16/08/87 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51545 - original number
78972 - from circa Nov-84 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 10/08/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51545 51555 As delivered to 56G - 6th January 1960
51545 51555 Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
51545 51555 Noted 26th Jun 1960
51545 51555 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60
51545 59525 59536 51555 Listed at 55H - 5w/e 06/08/60
51545 59536 51555 Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
L176 51545 59534 51555 Noted circa 19712
51545 59534 51555 Noted 06/10/1973 - at Southport3
51545 59534 51555 Noted 06/10/1973 - at Southport3
51545 59534 51555 Noted 16/01/76 - at Cambridge4
51545 59534 51555 Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough1
51545 51555 Noted circa 10/19822
51545 51555 Noted circa 03/19832
51545 51555 Noted circa 10/19832
78972 78722 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78972 78722 Noted 19/02/85 - at Doncaster4
78972 78722 Noted circa 02/19862
78972 78722 Noted 25/03/86 - at Norwich4
78972 78722 Noted 17/07/86 - at York4
78972 78722 Noted 19th August 1986
78972 78722 Noted 29/09/19862
78972 78722 Noted 01/12/19862

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 111 DMU at March

2nd July 1974

Class 111 DMBS E51545 in March station on 2 July 1974. Alistair Ness.

Class 111 DMU at York

5th August 1974

Class 111 DMBS E51545 in York station on 5 August 1974. Centre car E59534 is behind and to the right is DTCL E56054. Alistair Ness.

Class 111 DMU at Harrogate

14th September 1976

E51545 leads a Rolls-Royce powered Met-Camm set out of Harrogate with the 4.39pm York - Leeds service on September 14th, 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 111 DMU at Doncaster

circa 1977

A Rolls-Royce powered Met-Camm set (E51545 closest) at Doncaster circa 1977. John Law.

Class 111 DMU at Keighley

10th August 1985

78972 at Keighley, 10th August 1985. Bill Read.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd July 1974

A Class 111 DMU set (E51555 + E59234 + E51545) departs from March station on 2 July 1974. Alistair Ness.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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