Vehicle 51550 / 78974
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
| 08/03/60 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| May-60 | 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| 25/01/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |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:
51550 - original number
78974 - from 19/05/85 (single engine conversion)
Modifications
19/05/85 - Single engine conversion
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 01/02/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51550 | 51560 | As delivered to 56G - 8th March 1960 | |||||||
| 51550 | 59534 | 51553 | Noted 24/07/65 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59569 | 50275 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59572 | 50195 | Noted 01/04/70 - at York1 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59532 | 51560 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at Sheffield Midland2 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59532 | 51560 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59570 | 51558 | Noted 28/10/71 - in Sheffield Midland3 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59570 | 51558 | Noted 11/08/74 - at York with 50599 + 59383 + 59249 + 50639 | ||||||
| L179 | 51550 | 59570 | 51558 | Noted 10/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number only on 59570, possibly covering for vehicle having asbestos removed at CA3 | |||||
| 51550 | 59570 | 51558 | Noted 03/01/75 - in Leeds City3 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59570 | 51558 | Noted 28/04/1975 - 0425 York-Scarborough 51550-59570-51558 + 51434-51503 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59570 | 50195 | Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59524 | 51557 | Noted 20/02/76 - at Cambridge3 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59570 | 51558 | Noted 21/08/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59570 | 51558 | Noted 10/07/77 - on Cambridge depot3 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59527 | 51558 | Noted circa 04/19824 | ||||||
| 51558 | 59527 | 59571 | 51550 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 51550 | 51558 | Noted circa 08/19834 | |||||||
| 51550 | 51558 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
| 78974 | 78724 | Noted 21/03/86 - at York3 | |||||||
| 78974 | 78724 | Noted 29/09/19864 | |||||||
| 78974 | 78724 | Noted 30/11/19864 | |||||||
| 78974 | 78724 | Noted 01/05/87 - at March3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa March 1960
An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative DZ224) showing E51550 + E59573 and presumably E51560 on a test run at Aldridge. Of note is that records show the power cars went new to 56G on 08/03/60, the buffet car went new to 50B but not until May 1960. Metropolitan Cammell.
circa 1986
Class 111 DMU, led by E78974 (formerly E51550) is seen departing from Leeds with a service to Blackpool. This original slide was supplied undated, but with the HST in the background in InterCity livery, this would be mid-1980s and no later than 1986, as these Blackpool services were given over to new Class 150/2 Sprinters once they became available. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 11th August 1974
A Scarborough service approaches York, made up of Derby 4 car set (with two vans), E50599 + 59383 + 59249 + 50639 coupled to a Met Cam 111, E51550 + 59570 + 51558. 11th August 1974. Paul James.