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Vehicle 51555 / 78722


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: 30509
Diagram: 617

Allocations

06/01/60 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60 Transferred to 55F (Manningham)
3w/e 02/07/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
09/03/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51555 - original number
78722 - from circa Nov-84 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 24/08/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51545 51555 As delivered to 56G - 6th January 1960
51545 51555 Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
51545 51555 Noted 26th Jun 1960
51545 51555 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60
51545 59525 59536 51555 Listed at 55H - 5w/e 06/08/60
51548 59105 51555 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
51544 59086 51555 Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City1
51545 59536 51555 Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
51544 59532 59525 51555 02/05/70 - on BLS Crigglestone railtour1
51547 59525 51555 Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1
51549 59525 51555 Noted 29/08/70 - at York1
L176 51545 59534 51555 Noted circa 19712
51545 59534 51555 Noted 06/10/1973 - at Southport3
51545 59534 51555 Noted 06/10/1973 - at Southport3
51545 59534 51555 Noted 16/01/76 - at Cambridge4
51545 59534 51555 Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough1
51545 51555 Noted circa 10/19822
51545 51555 Noted circa 03/19832
51545 51555 Noted circa 10/19832
78972 78722 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78972 78722 Noted 19/02/85 - at Doncaster4
78972 78722 Noted circa 02/19862
78972 78722 Noted 25/03/86 - at Norwich4
78972 78722 Noted 17/07/86 - at York4
78972 78722 Noted 19th August 1986
78972 78722 Noted 29/09/19862
78972 78722 Noted 01/12/19862
78961 78722 Listed at - 22/11/87
202 78960 78722 Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 78722 (ex-203) replaced 78711 (to 203)
78960 78722 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
78960 78722 Noted 18/09/88 - on 21:34 Sheffield-Retford
78960 78722 Noted 25/10/88 - on 10:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service5
205 78964 78722 Listed at NL - Feb-89

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Sheffield

2nd May 1970

51555 + 59525 + 59532 + 51544 in Sheffield Midland after working the BLS 'The Crigglestone Tour' on May 2nd, 1970. Leonard Rogers.

Class 111 DMU at March

2nd July 1974

A Class 111 DMU set (E51555 + E59234 + E51545) departs from March station on 2 July 1974. Alistair Ness.

Class 111 DMU at York

2nd October 1979

E51555 is closest vehicle, a Rolls-Royce powered DMC, seen at York station on the 2nd October 1979. Malcolm Clements.

Class 111 DMU at Snailwell

7th April 1990

Class 111 78722 seen on the left. Hastings car 60038 set 1034 to the right at Snailwell on 7th April 1990. Nicholas Youngman.