Vehicle 51553 / 78719
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: 30509
Diagram: 617
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-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| 23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ |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:
51553 - original number
78719 - from circa Sep-83 (single engine conversion)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 05/02/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
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 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59534 | 51553 | Noted 24/07/65 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50283 | 59533 | 51553 | Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 51548 | 59536 | 51553 | Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51543 | 59533 | 51553 | Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 78971 | 78719 | Noted 04/07/89 - on 2B21 14:15 Sheffield to Lincoln Central | |||||||
| NL208 | 78971 | 78719 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
Images:
Unknown date
E51553 leads a three-car Rolls-Royce powered Met-Camm DMU to the east of Rishton station, date unknown. Leeds is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
Green liveried Metropolitan-Cammell Class 111 DMCL E51553 sits outside the Works at Doncaster waiting for overhaul and probably repainting into BR blue livery - C.1969. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
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.
23rd November 1985
Class 111 DHCL no 78719, formerly 51553 with DHBS 78969, formerly 51544 sit at Doncaster on 23/Nov/1985. Robert Chilton.
15th May 1988
Single-engine Met-Camm E78719 at Leeds on May 15, 1988, presumably with 78969. John Carter.
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.
19th August 1990
Class 111 DMSL 78719 in the stack at Vic Berry's on August 19, 1990. On its left is Class 118 centre car 59480. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 11th May 1990
E78971, 78719, 59144, 51458, 51812 and 51520 are seen outside Vic Berrys on May 11, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.