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Vehicle 51550 / 78974

Class 111

BR Diagram 615

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

08/03/60 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
May-60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
25/01/87 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51550 - original number
78974 - from 19/05/85 (single engine conversion)

Modifications

19/05/85 - Single engine conversion

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 01/02/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51550 51560 As delivered to 56G - 8th March 1960
51550 59534 51553 Noted 24/07/65 - at Brough1
51550 59569 50275 Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City1
51550 59696 50276 Noted 07/03/1969 - Leeds2
51550 59569 51557 Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds, 2
51550 59571 59533 51559 Noted 17/10/1969 - Leeds2
51550 59709 51553 Noted 10/12/1969 - Leeds2
51550 51556 Noted 12/01/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51550 59306 51829 Noted 09/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51550 59572 50195 Noted 01/04/70 - at York1
51550 59532 51560 Noted 11/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51550 59532 51560 Noted 15/08/1970 - at Sheffield Midland4
51550 59532 51560 Noted 18/09/70 - at Doncaster1
51550 59536 51560 Noted 18/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51550 59570 51558 Noted 28/10/71 - in Sheffield Midland5
51550 59570 51558 Noted 14/04/1973 - York on 2L736
51550 59570 51558 Noted 11/08/74 - at York with 50599 + 59383 + 59249 + 50639
L179 51550 59570 51558 Noted 10/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number only on 59570, possibly covering for vehicle having asbestos removed at CA5
51550 59570 51558 Noted 03/01/75 - in Leeds City5
51550 59570 51558 Noted 28/04/1975 - 0425 York-Scarborough 51550-59570-51558 + 51434-51503
51550 59570 50195 Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough1
51550 59524 51557 Noted 20/02/76 - at Cambridge5
51550 59570 51558 Noted 21/08/76 - at Brough1
51550 59570 51558 Noted 10/07/77 - on Cambridge depot5
51550 59570 51558 Noted 20/05/1978 - Darlington7
51550 59570 51558 Noted 19/08/1978 - Leeds7
51550 59570 51558 Noted 05/04/1980 - at Leeds City7
51550 59527 51558 Noted 01/06/1980 - at Skipton7
51550 59527 51558 Noted 12/06/1981 - at York7
51550 59527 51558 Noted 05/12/1981 - at Bradford Exchange7
51550 59527 51558 Noted circa 04/19823
51550 59527 51558 Noted 25/07/1982 - in Doncaster Works7
51558 59527 59571 51550 Noted circa 10/19823
51550 51558 Noted circa 08/19833
51550 51558 Noted 31/03/1984 - at Leeds City7
51550 51558 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78974 78724 Noted 22/02/1986 - at Leeds City 7
78974 78724 Noted 21/03/86 - at York5
78974 78724 Noted 29/09/19863
78974 78724 Noted 30/11/19863
78974 78724 Noted 01/05/87 - at March5

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Aldridge

circa March 1960

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative DZ224) showing E51550 + E59573 and presumably E51560 on a test run at Aldridge. Of note is that records show the power cars went new to 56G on 08/03/60, the buffet car went new to 50B but not until May 1960. Metropolitan Cammell.

Class 111 DMU at Leeds

circa 1986

Class 111 DMU, led by E78974 (formerly E51550) is seen departing from Leeds with a service to Blackpool. This original slide was supplied undated, but with the HST in the background in InterCity livery, this would be mid-1980s and no later than 1986, as these Blackpool services were given over to new Class 150/2 Sprinters once they became available. Graeme Phillips Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th August 1974

A Scarborough service approaches York, made up of Derby 4 car set (with two vans), E50599 + 59383 + 59249 + 50639 coupled to a Met Cam 111, E51550 + 59570 + 51558. 11th August 1974. Paul James.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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