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
19/12/57 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
3w/e 02/03/63 | On loan to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
07/04/63 | Ex-loan back to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
2w/e 06/05/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
21/09/89 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ |
50284 - original number
53284 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
78964 - from 04/08/85 (single engine conversion)
04/08/85 - Single engine conversion
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
50284 | 59104 | 50274 | As delivered to 56G - 19th December 1957 | ||||||
50284 | 59105 | 50274 | Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 02/03/63 - on loan from NER | ||||||
50284 | 59105 | 50274 | Transfer to 56G - 07/04/63 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
50284 | 59104 | 50274 | Noted Jul-66 - at Brough1 | ||||||
50284 | 59104 | 50274 | Noted 19/08/66 - at Southport Chapel Street | ||||||
L171 | 50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted circa 19712 | |||||
50284 | 59532 | 50277 | 03/04/71 - on BLS Durham Area Railtour1 | ||||||
50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster3 | ||||||
50284 | 59572 | 50277 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Leeds3 | ||||||
50284 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 27/10/71 - in Manchester Victoria4 | ||||||
L171 | 50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 08/09/73 - at York4 | |||||
50284 | 59532 | 50266 | Noted 16/03/1974 - at York5 | ||||||
L171 | 50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 29/08/74 - at York, set number only on solebar of centre car4 | |||||
50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at Sheffield5 | ||||||
50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield 5 | ||||||
50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot4 | ||||||
50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
50284 | 59532 | 50271 | Noted 02/04/76 - at Cambridge4 | ||||||
50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
50284 | 59532 | 50277 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
50284 | 50277 | Noted circa 10/19822 | |||||||
50284 | 50277 | Noted circa 03/19832 | |||||||
53284 | 53277 | Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds2 | |||||||
53284 | 53277 | Noted 24/04/19842 | |||||||
53284 | 53277 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
78964 | 78714 | Noted 19th August 1986 | |||||||
78964 | 78714 | Noted 25/10/86 - on 14:05 York - Leeds via Harrogate6 | |||||||
78964 | 78714 | Noted 25/10/19862 | |||||||
78964 | 78714 | Noted 05/11/19862 | |||||||
78964 | 78714 | Noted 26/05/1987 - LCGB (North West Branch) The South Yorkshireman Railtour 78714-78964 + 53012-54003 | |||||||
78964 | 78714 | Listed at - 22/11/87 | |||||||
78964 | 78714 | Noted 29th January 1988 | |||||||
78964 | 78714 | Listed at NL - early Apr-88 | |||||||
78964 | 78714 | Noted 22/07/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield | |||||||
205 | 78964 | 78722 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 | ||||||
78964 | 78714 | Noted 06/02/897 | |||||||
NL205 | 78964 | 78714 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Baumann
7: Graeme Phillips
50284 + 59532 + 50277 at the Port Clarence stop on the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.
50284 + 59532 + 50277 at the Leamside stop of the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.
50284 + 59532 + 50277 at the Leamside stop of the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.
50284 + 59532 + 50277 at Ryhope Grange Junction with the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.
50284 at Leamside on the BLS Durham Area railtour, 3rd April 1971. Leonard Rogers.
A three-car Class 111 DMU with E50284 closest departs from Wennington with a Leeds - Morecambe service in autumn 1977. Michael Mensing.
E50284 + 50277 in Leeds station with the 11:22 to Harrogate on 29 January 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 111 78964 at Sheffield on Sunday 15th February beside another Met-Camm unit. AndrewHA.
Class 111 Met Camm DMU 78964 + 78714 (DHBS + DHCL) stabled at Cambridge station on 24-10-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Class 111 Metro Cammell DHBS 78964 stabled at Cambridge on 24-10-87, with 78714. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
The 12:25 Retford - Sheffield arrives at Darnall station on the 29th January 1988 formed of E78964 + E78714. Hamish Stevenson.
Class 111 vehicles 78964 and 78714 with 37057 for company in Doncaster Works on 19 June 1988. Keith Miller.
At Vic Berry's on May 11 1990: top, behind is 205020 (S60119), in front E78964, and below E61205. Nicholas Youngman.
50277 + 59532 + 50284 at the Port Clarence stop on the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.
50277 + 59532 + 50284 at the Leamside stop on the BLS Durham Area railtour on 3rd April 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.
E52067 and E78964 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 29-4-90. Kevin Dowd.