Vehicle 50271 / 78708

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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

19/11/57	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
07/11/68	Transferred to	30A (Stratford)
4w/e 31/01/71	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
16/08/87	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50271 - original number
78708 - from p/e 28/11/82 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 07/12/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50281	59101	50271						As delivered to 56G - 19th November 1957
	50281	59101	50271						Transfer to 55H - 2w/e 30/04/60
	50281	59101	50271						Transfer to 30A - 07/11/68
	50271	59212	51551						Noted 24/12/69 - at Southminster
	50282	59102	50271						Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 31/01/71
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough1
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds2
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 20/04/74 - on 12:32 Leeds-York
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City1
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 26/08/74 - at York3
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 04/01/75 - at Goole3
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 13/01/76 - at Brough2
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 07/02/76 - on 1657 Bradford Exchange-Leeds
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 23/02/76 - at Leeds2
	50284	59532	50271						Noted 02/04/76 - at Cambridge3
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster3
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 29/03/78 - at Mexborough
	50281	59102	50271						Noted 23/11/80 - on York depot
	50281	50271							Noted circa 10/19824
	78958	78708							Noted 11/12/82
	78958	78708							Noted circa 03/19834
	78958	78708							Noted circa 10/19834
	78958	78708							Noted 18/07/84 - on 0959 York-Carlisle with 53046 + 54036 and 51210 + 54398
	78958	78708							Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	78958	78708							Noted 19th August 1986
	78958	78708							Noted 06/10/19864

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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30th June 1979

Class 111 E50271 leads this 3-car Met-Camm set into Wakefield Westgate on the 30th June 1979. Malcolm Clements.

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23rd November 1980

Class 111 set 50271 59102 50281 at York depot on 23/11/80 beside a refurbished Class 114. Chris Lings.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 18th July 1984

On 18/07/1984, a mixed DMU formation consisting of Class 111 cars 78958 + 78708, Class 114 cars 53046 + 54036 and Class 101 cars 51210 + 54398 are seen departing from Settle with 0959 York-Carlisle. Graeme Phillips Collection.