Vehicle 50276 / 53276 / 78710
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: 30268
Diagram: 616
Allocations
| 31/12/57 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| w/e 30/04/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 18/01/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50276 - original number
53276 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
78710 - from Oct-83 (single engine conversion)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 17/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by EEC (Blackpool) Ltd, on location at Neville Hill depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50286 | 59106 | 50276 | As delivered to 56G - 31st December 1957 | ||||||
| 50286 | 59102 | 50276 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50286 | 59102 | 50276 | Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 08/09/73 - at York2 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 19/04/74 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 11/1974 - at Sheffield 3 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 31/03/1976 - at York3 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 29/04/76 - at Cambridge2 | ||||||
| 50280 | 59105 | 50276 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 50137 | 59523 | 59569 | 50276 | Noted circa 04/19774 | |||||
| 50137 | 59523 | 50276 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at York 3 | ||||||
| 50137 | 50276 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||||
| 50137 | 59523 | 50276 | Noted circa 04/19824 | ||||||
| 50137 | 50276 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||||
| 53137 | 53276 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||||
| 78960 | 78710 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
| 78960 | 78710 | Noted circa 07/19854 | |||||||
| 78960 | 78710 | Noted 25/10/19864 | |||||||
| 78960 | 78710 | Noted 31/10/19864 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
23rd December 1985
Single engine conversion E78710 (with E78960) at Wakefield Westgate, 23/12/85. Malcolm Clements.
23rd December 1985
Single engine conversion E78710 at Wakefield Westgate, 23/12/85. Malcolm Clements.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 21st June 1986
A Class 111 DMU (78960 + 78710) on 2M43, the 13:40 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly stopper, at Earles on 21 June 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.