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Vehicle 56091 / 54091


Class 111

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30337
Diagram: 628

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50135 during the unknown period are:

Apr-57 New to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 9D (Buxton)
4w/e 30/03/63 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63Depot code change9D

Then the allocations for 56091 are:

w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
2w/e 08/08/76 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
13/05/84 Transferred to HT (Heaton) - Darlington closed
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
Mar-88 Reinstated TS (Tyseley) - from store
Mar-88 Transferred to CH (Chester)
Apr-88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
02/10/88 Transferred to CH (Chester)
14/05/89 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
21/09/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
p/e 15/09/90 Reinstated NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
07/07/91 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) PCAX
08/04/92 Transferred to NC (Norwich) RDNC
17/05/93 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56091 - original number
54091 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/04/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by JT Landscapes, Caerwent

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50135 56091 As delivered to 9A - Apr-57
50135 56091 Noted 20th April 1957
50135 56091 Transfer to 55H - w/e 30/04/66 - ex-LMR
50137 56091 Noted 05/08/66 - at Leeds City1
50135 56091 Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City1
50134 56091 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
50134 56091 Noted 08/09/73 - at Huddersfield2
L141 50134 56091 Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland, set number carried on solebar2
50134 56091 Noted 29/08/74 - at York2
50134 56091 Noted 01/04/1976 - at Lancaster 3
50286 56091 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
50259 56091 Noted 26/04/80 - at York2
50248 56091 Noted 02/08/81 - on 17:00 Whitby - Middlesbrough service
50157 56091 Noted 16/01/19824
50200 56091 Noted 20/03/1982 - Worked 14.35 Saltburn to Darlington.4
50293 56091 Noted 09/05/82 - on a Saltburn - Darlington service
50212 56091 Noted circa 10/19824
53200 54091 Noted 12/06/83 - at Thornaby
51226 54091 Noted circa 03/19854
53256 54091 Noted 25/03/86 - at Darlington
53256 54091 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Darlington4
53165 54091 Noted 22/11/19864
53250 54091 Noted 25th February 1987
53165 54091 Noted circa 07/19874
53824 54091 Listed at CH - circa Apr-88
T213 51927 54091 Formed at TS circa May-88
T213 51927 54091 Noted circa 05/19884
51927 54091 Noted 28/05/88 - on 09:06 Hereford - Birmingham New Street via Worcester, 23 late, booked for Class 1505
51927 54091 Noted 13th November 1988
NL251 53940 54091 Listed at NL - 05/09/89
53969 54091 Noted 23/07/906
53969 54091 Noted circa 09/19904
53969 54091 Noted 22/10/90 - on 15:25 Doncaster - Skegness6
53969 54091 Noted 24/10/90 - on 13:32 Sheffield - Retford6
60 51463 54091 Listed at CA - Jul-91
60 51463 54091 Listed at CA - Aug-91
101658 51175 54091 Listed at CA - Dec-91
51175 54091 Noted 05/02/92 - On 13:17 Nottingham - Skegness and 16:15 Skegness - Grantham7
101658 51175 54091 Noted 24/05/92 - at Norwich2
101658 51175 54091 Listed at NC - 02/07/92
101658 51175 54091 Noted circa 08/19924
101658 51175 54091 Listed at NC - 24/09/92
101658 51175 54091 Listed at NC - November 1992
101658 51175 54091 Listed at NC - 10/12/92
51175 54091 Noted 24/05/93 - On 19:52 Warrington - Manchester Piccadilly7
51175 54091 Noted 21/06/936
101658 51175 54091 Listed at LO - November 1993
51175 54091 Noted 08/02/94 - On 15:18 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill7
101658 51175 54091 Noted circa 10/19944
51175 54091 Noted 22/10/94 - On 2K20 15:18 Manchester Oxford Road - Crewe7
51175 54091 Noted 10/09/97 - On 2H56 16:27 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill via Hyde and 2H59 17:05 Rose Hill - Manchester Piccadilly7
101658 51175 54091 Noted 10th May 2000

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Middlesbrough

9th May 1982

The view from E56091 passing Middlesbrough station on the goods lines during an engineering diversion, Nay 9th, 1982. John Carter.

Class 111 DMU at Darlington

9th May 1982

E56091 + E50293 in Darlington station with the 14:33 to Saltburn on May 9th, 1982. In the other platform is 08268, I can still recall the awful stench when that JCB disturbed decades of crap. John Carter.

Class 111 DMU at Blackpool North

27th October 1987

Set number: 101658

Still in Regional Railways livery but operating for First North Western, a pair of Met-Cam Class 101's, 101658 (54091 + 51175) & 101661 (51463 & 54365) were departing ECS from Blackpool North on October 27th 1997. This had been a Saturday only working for 101's during the Spring/Summer/Autumn of 1997, the units working to the Fylde Coast as the 09.45 Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North service and returning back to Manchester ECS. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 111 DMU at Tyseley

24th April 1988

Met-Camm driver trailer 54091 is seen at Tyseley on 24.04.1988 having been transfered in from the North Eastern region. Andy Cole.

Class 111 DMU at Tyseley

30th April 1988

Class 111, vehicles 54091 (front) and 54061 (rear) at Tyseley on 30th April 1988. Photo by my Dad, David Slack. Uploaded by Andrew Slack. David Slack.

Class 111 DMU at Leamington Spa

circa August 1988

Set number: T213

Two-car Metro Cammell / Derby DMU with Tyseley depot unit designation T213 (Class 111 DTSL 54091 and a Class 108 DMBS presumably 51927) departs from the bay platform at Leamington Spa station in the summer of 1988. Bob Belcher.

Class 111 DMU at Skipton

August 1989

A Class 108/111 power trailer set at Skipton in August 1989, the 111 trailer being 54091. Mike Cooper.

Class 111 DMU at Skipton

August 1989

A Class 108/111 power trailer set at Skipton in August 1989, the 111 trailer being 54091. Mike Cooper.

Class 111 DMU at Leeds

30th March 1991

Class 111 DTC 54091 in Leeds station on 30 March 1991. Dave Warby.

Class 111 DMU at Doncaster Works

15th December 1991

Set number: 101658

Freshly painted 101658 (54091 + 51175) in BRML Doncaster on 15-12-91. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

13th October 1994

Set number: 101658

101658 (54091 + 51175) in Manchester Piccadilly on October 13, 1994. Ian Buck.

Class 111 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

9th May 1995

Set number: 101658

101658 (54091 + 51175) Manchester Piccadilly 09/05/95. Roddy MacPhee.

Class 111 DMU at New Mills South Junction

12th October 1995

Set number: 101658

Regional Railways set 101 658 (54091 + 51175) at New Mills South Junction with local service to Sheffield on the 12th October 1995. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 111 DMU at Longsight depot

4th January 2002

Set number: 101658

Two Met-Camm DMUs still soldiering on, Regional Railways 54091 (technically a 111 vehicle) and Green 53160 at Longsight 4-1-02. Spannerman37025.

Class 111 DMU at Longsight

27th October 2003

Set number: 101658

Withdrawn Class 101 DMUs at Longsight on 27-10-03, right to left are 54091, 53171, and (possibly) 51253. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa April 1957

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative DZ161) showing new M50135 + M56091 near Aldridge, circa April 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.

DMU

Date: circa April 1957

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative DZ162) showing new M50135 + M56091 east of Aldridge station, circa April 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1981

E50248 + E56091 with a three-car set on the 17:00 Whitby - Middlesbrough at Bog Hall Junction, Whitby, on August 2, 1981. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 9th May 1982

E50293 + E56091 with a Saltburn - Darlington service diverted via Goods Lines, at Middlesbrough on May 9th, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 9th May 1982

E50751 taken from E56091 passing on goods lines, Whitehouse, Middlesbrough, on May 9th, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 12th June 1983

53200 and 54091 at Thornaby on 12/6/83. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 25th March 1986

The splendour of Darlington (Bank Top) station at night. Metropolitan-Cammell units 53157 (left) and 53256-54091 stand in the southern bay platforms during the evening of 25th March 1986 with an HST Inter-City 125 making its stop on a King's Cross-Newcastle service. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: 29th June 1990

Set number: T215

A Neville Hill allocated Class 108/111 hybrid is seen stabled at Huddersfield as a Class 156 departs on 29 June 1990. Closest is DMBS 53969 carrying set number T215 from a previous allocation to Tyseley. Its partner is 54091 had been reinstated a few weeks before after having been withdrawn in September 1989. It would spend another decade in traffic, becoming part of 101658 the following year. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 21st June 1993

Set number: 101658

101658 (51175 + 54091) seen in Manchester Piccadilly station on 21/6/93. This image was published in Metro Enterprises 'DMU & Light Rail Datafile - 1995 Edition', page 25. Graeme Phillips.

DMU

Date: 31st July 1993

Set number: 101658

DMBS 51175 heads the 11:18 Stockport - Heysham at Lancaster on 31/7/93, formed of 101658 (with 54091) and 101659. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 31st July 1993

Set number: 101658

101 658 (51175 + 54091) and 101 659 are about to work the 19:15 to Manchester Victoria from Blackpool North on 31/7/93, headed by 51175. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 31st July 1993

Set number: 101659

101659 (51213 + 54352) and 101658 (54091 + 51175) at Lancaster working the 11:18 Stockport - Heysham, 31/7/93. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1993

Set number: 101658

101 658 (51175 + 54091) working the 07:19 to Helsby from Chester, where it was pictured on 11/9/93. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 18th December 1993

Set number: 101658

101658 (51175 + 54091) on the 08:27 Chester - Southport, seen at Appley Bridge on 18/12/93. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 8th October 1994

Set number: 101658

101658 - 51175 + 54091 - Stockport 8/10/94. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1995

Set number: 101658

DMU vehicles 51175 + 54091 (101658), 54346 + 53198 (101652) and 54343 with EMU 75506 at Stockport depot. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: December 1999

Set number: 101658

101658 (51175 + 54091) in Manchester Piccadilly, December 1999. David Page.

DMU

Date: 8th May 2000

Set number: 101658

At Ardwick 101658 (51175 & 54091) on 8th May 2000. Ian Buck.