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Vehicle 50283 / 53283 / 78962

Class 111

BR Diagram 524

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: 30338
Diagram: 524

Allocations

13/12/57 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
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23/10/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ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:

50283 - original number
53283 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
78962 - from circa Sep-84 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 10/02/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50283 59103 50273 As delivered to 56G - 13th December 1957
50283 59533 51553 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
50283 59201 50273 Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1
L173 50283 59571 50278 Noted circa 19712
50283 59571 50278 Noted 03/09/1971 - at York3
50283 59571 50278 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Leeds3
50283 59571 50278 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
50283 59571 51543 Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough1
50278 59571 50283 Noted 12/12/75 - at Cambridge4
50283 59571 50278 Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1
50283 59571 50278 Noted 31/12/76 - at Manchester Victoria1
50283 59571 50278 Noted circa 11/19792
50283 59571 50278 Noted circa 04/19822
50283 50278 Noted circa 10/19822
50283 50278 Noted circa 02/19832
53283 53278 Noted circa 05/19842
53283 53278 Noted 17/05/84
78962 78712 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78962 78712 Noted circa 06/19852
78962 78712 Noted 17/05/86 - on 13:25 Morecambe - Leeds with 51230 + 54369 / 53257 + 540905
78962 78712 Noted 25/05/86 - on 16:22 Carlisle - Leeds with 54018 + 53047 / 51425 + 515045
78962 53196 Noted 17/07/86 - at York4
78962 78712 Noted 05/10/19862
78962 78712 Noted 26/09/87 - on 06:08 Chesterfield - Sheffield
78962 78712 Listed at NL - 22/11/87
78962 78712 Noted 28/11/87 - on 11:15 Sheffield - Leeds via Barnsley5
78962 78712 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
78962 78712 Noted 29/07/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
78962 78712 Noted 21/08/1988 - 51529-51795+78712-78962 noted working from York to Redmire
78962 78712 Noted 24/09/88 - on 14:17 Sheffield - Lincoln Central
78962 78712 Noted circa 11/19882
204 78962 78712 Listed at NL - Feb-89
78712 78962 Noted 31/07/89 - on 13:02 Leeds - Carlisle hauled by 47301 with 53641 + 532916
NL204 78962 78712 Listed at NL - 05/09/89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Baumann
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Castle Bromwich

circa December 1957

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative unknown, DZ186ish) showing a new three-car Rolls-Royce powered set with E50283 + E59103 visible, thought to be at Castle Bromwich, circa December 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.

Class 111 DMU at Castle Bromwich

circa December 1957

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative negative unknown, DZ187-ish) showing a new three-car Rolls-Royce powered set E50283 + E59103 + E52073 at Castle Bromwich, circa December 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.

Class 111 DMU at Alne

30th May 1976

A three-car Class 111 at Alne on May 30, 1976, with E50283 at the front. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Halifax

9th August 1980

With the Rowntree-Macintosh chocolate factory alongside, a Metro-Cammell Class 101 three-car DMU formed of cars E50283, E59571 & E50278 was stood at Halifax with the daily Leeds to Blackpool North service on August 9th 1980. During this period, this out-and-back Monday-Saturday working was the only regular timetabled passenger train to use the Copy Pit route between Hall Royd Junction at Todmorden and Gannow Junction at Burnley. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 111 DMU at Thornaby

Unknown date

A two-car Met-Camm DMU at Thornaby, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 111 DMU at Sheffield

15th April 1987

In Sheffield station on 15 April 1987 are 43083 with 1M15 08.17 Leeds - St Pancras and Class 111 DHBS 78962. Dave Warby Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Thorne Junction

25th September 1987

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.

Class 111 DMU at Snailwell

10th July 1990

Single-engine conversion Met-Camm E78962 in Snailwell on 10 July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 17th May 1984

Rolls-Royce powered Class 111 set E53278 + E53283 at Shipley on a Ilkley - Bradford F.Sq. working, 17/5/84. Hamish Stevenson.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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