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Vehicle 50276 / 53276 / 78710

Class 111

BR Diagram 616

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-73Depot code changeNL
18/01/87 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)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 livery

Disposal

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:

Class 111 DMU at Doncaster

22nd July 1982

Class 111 DMCL E50276 is the closest vehicle on the 15:04 to Leeds seen at Doncaster on 22 July 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Wakefield Westgate station

23rd December 1985

Single engine conversion E78710 (with E78960) at Wakefield Westgate, 23/12/85. Malcolm Clements.

Class 111 DMU at Wakefield Westgate station

23rd December 1985

Single engine conversion E78710 at Wakefield Westgate, 23/12/85. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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