Vehicle 50287 / 78957

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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: 30338
Diagram: 524

Allocations

08/01/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
Jan-67	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
25/01/87	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50287 - original number
78957 - from p/e 31/10/82 (single engine conversion)

Modifications

May-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 21/04/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50287	59107	50277						As delivered to 56G - 8th January 1958
	50287	59107	50277						Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster1
	50287	59107	50277						Transfer to 55H - Jan-67
	50287	59103	50264						Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City1
	50287	59536	50277						Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds, on 17.22 service to Normanton2
	50287	59708	50275						Noted 17/10/1969 - Leeds, on 15.35 to Bradford Exchange2
	50287	59532	51844						Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50546	59387	59524	50287					Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50287	59524	50546						Noted 14/03/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50287	56189							Noted 27/06/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Both still in green livery. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50287	59108	50277						Noted 15/08/1970 - at York4
	50287	59108	50277						Noted 29/08/70 - at York1
L183	50287	59105	50274						Noted circa 19713
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria4
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 25/11/73 - on 08:48 York - Doncaster and Cambridge
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds1
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 27/08/1974 - at York4
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 29/08/74 - at York5
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot5
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough1
	50287	59540	50167						Noted 16/01/76 - at Brough1
	50287	59105	50275						Noted 30/01/76 - at Cambridge5
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 10/09/76 - in Reddish North station5
	50287	59525	51559						Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly with 50580/59192/59224/505501
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 24/09/76 - on 12:02 Morecambe - Leeds
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 06/11/1976 - at York4
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 22/07/1978 - Hull Paragon6
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 30/07/1978 - Lincoln6
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 08/10/1978 - Hull Botanic Gardens6
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 04/02/1979 - Doncaster6
	50287	59533	51548						Noted 21/04/1979 - Hammerton Street6
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 09/02/1980 - at Leeds City6
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 13/12/1980 - at Huddersfield6
	50287	59105	50274						Noted 13/06/1982 - at Skipton6
	78957	78707							Noted circa 11/19823
	78957	78707							Noted circa 03/19833
	78957	78707							Noted 13/07/1983 - at Sheffield Midland6
	78957	78707							Noted 12th September 1983
	78957	78707							Noted 07/07/1984 - Additonal part of Brian Isherwood's Eastgate Explorer Railtour
	78957	78707							Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	78957	78707							Noted circa 07/19853
	78957	78707							Noted 03/05/1986 - on Neville Hill depot 6
	78957	78709							Noted circa 09/19863
	78957	78709							Noted 03/11/19863

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Gerald Brown
6: Martin Lumley

Images:

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6th June 1982

E50287 leads a Dalesrailwayman railtour through a disused part of Skipton station on June 6, 1982. John Carter.

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6th June 1982

The 'Dalesrailwayman' headboard being attached to E50287 at Skipton on June 6th, 1982. This was a special from Skipton to the end of BR track on the former Grassington Branch. Scheduled for three returns, the last trip was cancelled when a deluge caused a landslide. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 12th September 1983

Class 111 cars E78707 and E78957 are seen entering Pontefract Monkhill station with a service heading for Knottingley on 12/09/1983. These cars were previously numbered E50274 and E50287 respectively, prior to having one of their two Rolls-Royce engines removed. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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Date: 28th June 1986

A Class 111 DMU formed of E78707 + E78957 arrives into Sheffield on Saturday 28 June 1986. David Russon.