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Vehicle 51548 / 78973

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

12/02/60 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
18/01/87 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51548 - original number
78973 - from 24/03/85 (single engine conversion)

Modifications

Dec-73 - AWS fitted
24/03/85 - Single engine conversion

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 04/10/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51548 51558 As delivered to 56G - 12th February 1960
51548 51558 Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
51548 51558 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60
51548 59105 51555 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
51548 59087 51558 Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
51548 59536 51553 Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough1
L180 51548 59533 51556 Noted 08/09/73 - in Leeds City2
51548 59533 51556 Noted 10/08/74 - at Peterborough2
51548 59533 51556 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield 3
50201 51548 59533 51556 Noted 07/01/75 - at York, 3-car with 50201 attached2
51548 59533 51556 Noted 17/03/77 - on Cambridge depot2
51548 59532 51556 Noted circa 10/19814
51548 59533 51556 Noted 02/07/82 - on 10.50 Bradford - York and 12.11 return
51548 51556 Noted circa 10/19824
51548 51556 Noted circa 03/19834
51556 51548 Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds4
51548 51556 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78973 78723 Noted circa 06/19854
78973 78723 Noted 22/07/85 - at Keighley with E78717 + E78967
78973 78723 Noted 19th August 1986
78973 78723 Noted 29/09/19864
78973 78723 Noted 01/11/19864

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at York

2nd July 1982

Metro-Cammell three car dmu E51548 + E59533 + E51556 at rest in York station having arrived as the 10.50 from Bradford. The set went back on the 12.11 departure. July 2nd 1982. Gerard Fletcher.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1985

Class 111 vehicles 78723 78973 draw into Cattal, North Yorkshire, in the mid-1980s. The station is on way from Leeds to York via Harrogate. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 22nd July 1985

Two single-engined Met-Camm sets at Keighley on July 22, 1985: E78723 + E78973 / E78717 + E78967. John Carter.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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