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
29/01/60 | 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-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23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ |
Aug-83 - 51543/557 were noted at Doncaster Works under conversion to single engine vehicles.
51557 - original number
78718 - from p/e 11/09/83 (single engine conversion)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51547 | 51557 | As delivered to 56G - 29th January 1960 | |||||||
51547 | 51557 | Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60 | |||||||
51547 | 51557 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60 | |||||||
51543 | 59524 | 51557 | Noted 31/08/72 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
51543 | 59524 | 51557 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield 2 | ||||||
51550 | 59524 | 51557 | Noted 20/02/76 - at Cambridge3 | ||||||
51543 | 59524 | 51557 | Noted 30/04/76 - at Lincoln3 | ||||||
50270 | 59070 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted circa 01/19774 | |||||
51557 | 59054 | 59070 | 50270 | Noted 29/06/80 - on 15:58 Morecambe to Lancaster5 | |||||
50270 | 59070 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted 02/01/1981 - Hull - Manchester service4 | |||||
51844 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted circa 04/19824 | ||||||
50270 | 59524 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
51543 | 51557 | Noted circa 04/19834 | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Noted 18/08/84 - at Scarborough station | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Noted 23/05/85 - on 08:07 Wakefield Westgate - Huddersfield | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Noted circa 07/19854 | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Noted circa 09/19864 | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Noted 05/11/19864 | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Listed at NL - 22/11/87 | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Listed at NL - early Apr-88 | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Noted 17/06/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Noted 11/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford | |||||||
78968 | 78718 | Noted circa 11/19884 | |||||||
207 | 78968 | 78718 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 | ||||||
NL206 | 78968 | 78718 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
E51557 is on the front of a four-car refurbished Class 111 set (presumably with 59054 + 59070 + 50270) seen at York, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 111 single-engine converted set 78718 and 78968 arrive at Scarborough station on the 18th August 1984. Jerry Glover.
Class 111 78718 is seen stabled at Doncaster on 24.07.1985, presumably with 78968. Andy Cole.
Class 111 78718 ua seen arriving at Leeds on 01.06.1988. It was converted from 51557 and is presumably working with 78968. Andy Cole.
Seen at Thorne Junction on 25 September 1987 are Class 111 vehicle 78962 and 78718 with the 15:02 Doncaster - Hull service. Dave Warby Collection.