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Vehicle 50284 / 53284 / 78964

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

19/12/57 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 02/03/63 On loan to 40A (Lincoln)
07/04/63 Ex-loan back to 56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 06/05/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
21/09/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50284 - original number
53284 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
78964 - from 04/08/85 (single engine conversion)

Modifications

04/08/85 - Single engine conversion

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 16/06/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50284 59104 50274 As delivered to 56G - 19th December 1957
50284 59105 50274 Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 02/03/63 - on loan from NER
50284 59105 50274 Transfer to 56G - 07/04/63 - ex-loan ER
50284 59104 50274 Noted Jul-66 - at Brough1
50284 59104 50274 Noted 19/08/66 - at Southport Chapel Street
L171 50284 59532 50277 Noted circa 19712
50284 59532 50277 03/04/71 - on BLS Durham Area Railtour1
50284 59532 50277 Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster3
50284 59572 50277 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Leeds3
50284 59105 50274 Noted 27/10/71 - in Manchester Victoria4
L171 50284 59532 50277 Noted 08/09/73 - at York4
50284 59532 50266 Noted 16/03/1974 - at York5
L171 50284 59532 50277 Noted 29/08/74 - at York, set number only on solebar of centre car4
50284 59532 50277 Noted 30/08/1974 - at Sheffield5
50284 59532 50277 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield 5
50284 59532 50277 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot4
50284 59532 50277 Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough1
50284 59532 50277 Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough1
50284 59532 50271 Noted 02/04/76 - at Cambridge4
50284 59532 50277 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
50284 59532 50277 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
50284 50277 Noted circa 10/19822
50284 50277 Noted circa 03/19832
53284 53277 Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds2
53284 53277 Noted 24/04/19842
53284 53277 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78964 78714 Noted 19th August 1986
78964 78714 Noted 25/10/86 - on 14:05 York - Leeds via Harrogate6
78964 78714 Noted 25/10/19862
78964 78714 Noted 05/11/19862
78964 78714 Noted 26/05/1987 - LCGB (North West Branch) The South Yorkshireman Railtour 78714-78964 + 53012-54003
78964 78714 Listed at - 22/11/87
78964 78714 Noted 29th January 1988
78964 78714 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
78964 78714 Noted 22/07/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
205 78964 78722 Listed at NL - Feb-89
78964 78714 Noted 06/02/897
NL205 78964 78714 Listed at NL - 05/09/89

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Port Clarence

3rd April 1971

50284 + 59532 + 50277 at the Port Clarence stop on the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Leamside

3rd April 1971

50284 + 59532 + 50277 at the Leamside stop of the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Leamside

3rd April 1971

50284 + 59532 + 50277 at the Leamside stop of the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Ryhope Grange Junction

3rd April 1971

50284 + 59532 + 50277 at Ryhope Grange Junction with the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Leamside

3rd April 1971

50284 at Leamside on the BLS Durham Area railtour, 3rd April 1971. Leonard Rogers.

Class 111 DMU at Wennington

autumn 1977

A three-car Class 111 DMU with E50284 closest departs from Wennington with a Leeds - Morecambe service in autumn 1977. Michael Mensing.

Class 111 DMU at Leeds

29th January 1983

E50284 + 50277 in Leeds station with the 11:22 to Harrogate on 29 January 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Sheffield

15th February 1987

Class 111 78964 at Sheffield on Sunday 15th February beside another Met-Camm unit. AndrewHA.

Class 111 DMU at Cambridge

24th October 1987

Class 111 Met Camm DMU 78964 + 78714 (DHBS + DHCL) stabled at Cambridge station on 24-10-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 111 DMU at Cambridge

24th October 1987

Class 111 Metro Cammell DHBS 78964 stabled at Cambridge on 24-10-87, with 78714. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 111 DMU at Darnall

29th January 1988

The 12:25 Retford - Sheffield arrives at Darnall station on the 29th January 1988 formed of E78964 + E78714. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 111 DMU at Doncaster Works

19th June 1988

Class 111 vehicles 78964 and 78714 with 37057 for company in Doncaster Works on 19 June 1988. Keith Miller.

Class 111 DMU at Vic Berrys

11th May 1990

At Vic Berry's on May 11 1990: top, behind is 205020 (S60119), in front E78964, and below E61205. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 3rd April 1971

50277 + 59532 + 50284 at the Port Clarence stop on the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 3rd April 1971

50277 + 59532 + 50284 at the Leamside stop on the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 29th April 1990

E52067 and E78964 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 29-4-90. Kevin Dowd.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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