Vehicle 51546 / 78966

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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: 30508
Diagram: 615

Allocations

29/01/60	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
May-60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
19/07/87	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51546 - original number
78966 - from p/e 26/12/82 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 17/03/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51546	51556							As delivered to 56G - 29th January 1960
	51546	59107	51554						Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough1
	51546	59572	51556						Noted 15/08/1970 - at York2
	51546	59048	59578	51845					24/10/70 - on BLS Ouse & Aire railtour1
L178	51546	59529	51554						Noted circa 19713
	51546	59529	51554						Noted 31/08/72 - in Leeds City1
	51546	59529	51554						Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City1
	51546	59529	51554						Noted 24/04/1973 - at York2
	51546	59529	51554						Noted 01/09/74 - at Lancaster4
	51546	59533	51556						Noted 09/02/76 - at Brough1
	51546	59529	51554						Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
	51546	59529	51554						Noted 04/09/76 - at Sheffield1
	51546								Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4
	51546	59529	51554						Noted 04/06/77 - on 0635 Hull-Manchester Piccadilly
	51546	59529	51554						Noted 30/07/78 - at Lancaster
	51546	51554							Noted circa 10/19823
	78966	78716							Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds3
	78966	78716							Noted 11/10/83 - at Leeds
	78966	78716							Noted 1984 - at Wigan Wallgate
	78966	78716							Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	78966	78716							Noted 21/02/85 - on 16:44 Sheffield to Leeds
	78966	78716							Noted circa 07/19853
	78966	78716							Noted 17/07/86 - at York4
	78966	78716							Noted 19th August 1986
	78966	78716							Noted 31/10/19863
	78966	78716							Noted 09/11/19863
	78966	78716							Noted 8th January 1987

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

Images:

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24th October 1970

51546 + 59048 + 59578 + 51845 at Rowntrees Halt with the BLS Ouse & Aire tour on October 24, 1970. Leonard Rogers.

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2nd October 1979

E51546 leads a 3-car Class 111 set into York station on the 2nd October 1979. On the back is tacked the Gloucester Stourton Saloon 975664 + 975637. Malcolm Clements.

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11th October 1983

Class 111 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU 78966 + 78716 at Leeds, 11-10-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

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26th April 1986

Complete with its West Yorkshire PTE Metrotrain branding, A Metropolitan-Cammell built Class 111 formed of cars E78966 & E78716, was stood at Burscough Bridge with a Southport to Manchester Victoria service on April 26th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 30th July 1978

E51559 + E59107 + E51549 + E51554 + E59529 + E51546 seen at Lancaster on the 30th July 1978. Robert Frise.

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Date: 27th September 1980

A three-car Metro-Cammell Class 111 diesel set coupled to a Class 108 twin are seen at Kelloe Bank Foot in County Durham on 27 September 1980 during the RCTS "North Eastern No 5" rail tour. For the three-car the centre car is noted on Six Bells Junction as Class 101 59529, the power cars are likely 51554 + 51546. Jeremy Chapter.

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Date: 1984

Supposedly allocated to Yorkshire services, cars E78716 E78966 are illustrated away from their usual sphere of operation at Wigan Wallgate, with this service from Wigan Wallgate to Southport in 1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.