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Vehicle 50280 / 53280 / 78961


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

30/10/57 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
18/05/69 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
4w/e 30/11/70 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
21/09/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50280 - original number
53280 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
78961 - from circa Jun-84 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 14/08/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50280 59100 50270 As delivered to 56G - 30th October 1957
50280 59100 50270 Noted 31st October 1957
50280 59100 50270 Transfer to 55H - 2w/e 30/04/60
50280 59100 50270 Transfer to 30A - 18/05/69
50280 59102 50270 Noted 07/03/1970 - M. & G.N.J.R.S. The East Anglian Railtour
50280 59101 51551 Noted 27/09/70 - at Ipswich1
50270 59100 50280 Noted 04/10/1970 - Seen at Cromer Beach on LCGB railtour2
50280 59100 50270 Transfer to 55H - Nov-70
50280 59100 50270 Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City3
50280 50270 Noted 04/06/71 - at Huddersfield4
50280 59100 50270 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster4
50280 59108 50279 Noted 01/09/74 - at Leeds3
50280 59100 50270 Noted 02/01/75 - at York3
50280 59100 50270 Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough4
50280 59100 50270 Noted 17/11/75 - at Brough4
50289 59107 50280 Noted 05/03/76 - at Cambridge3
50280 59100 50270 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds4
50280 59105 50276 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds4
50280 59100 50273 Noted 23/11/76 - at York4
50280 59232 50275 Noted 22/08/78 - on 13:50 York - Leeds5
50280 51549 Noted November 1980
50280 59101 50275 Noted circa 04/19822
50280 50275 Noted circa 10/19822
50280 50275 Noted 26/01/83
78961 78711 Noted 24/04/19842
78961 78711 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78961 78711 Noted circa 01/19862
78961 78711 Noted 19th August 1986
78961 78711 Noted circa 09/19862
78961 78711 Noted 25/10/19862
78961 78711 Noted 18/01/87 - on 17:00 Hull - Leeds6
78961 78711 Noted 11/04/1987 - at Stratford Depot, had possibly been in Stratford Works7
78961 78722 Listed at - 22/11/87
203 78961 78711 Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 78711 (ex-202) replaced 78722 (to 202)
78961 78711 Noted 03/04/88 - on 07:00 Lincoln-Sheffield
78961 78711 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
78961 78711 Noted 24/06/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
78961 78711 Noted 05/07/88 - on 16:12 Lincoln-Sheffield
78961 78711 Noted 08/07/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
78961 78711 Noted 14/07/88 - on 10:25 Retford-Sheffield
78961 78711 Noted 24/10/888
203 78961 78711 Listed at NL - Feb-89
78961 78713 Noted 09/08/89 - on 10:52 York - Scarborough additional working with 52042 + 511888
NL203 78961 78713 Listed at NL - 05/09/89

Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Phil Shatford
6: Martin Baumann
7: Robert Chilton
8: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 111 DMU at March

26th January 1983

On a very dark January 26th 1983, Metro-Cammell power twin E50280 + E50275 loads up at March whilst working the 10.38 Doncaster - Cambridge. It was unusual to see a power twin set in East Anglia and this one was based at Leeds Neville Hill depot. Two months earlier these services had been diverted via Peterborough following closure of the joint line from March to Spalding. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 111 DMU at Manchester Victoria

23rd February 1988

A Metro-Cam 111 class dmu, 78961 leading, leaves Manchester Victoria for Southport on 23/2/88. Mike Dean.

Class 111 DMU at Gainsborough Central

22nd March 1989

78961 at Gainsborough Central on 22 March 1989. Note the open marker lamp. John Carter.

Class 111 DMU at Vic Berrys

11th May 1990

Class 111 E78961 and Class 101 51183 (C994) at Vic Berry's on 11.05.90. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th March 1970

Felixstowe Town station on 7 March 1970 and a Metro-Cammell 3-car unit (50270 + 59102 + 50280) with an excursion which started from Stratford (E) via Bishops Stortford to Sheringham and Cromer. Leslie Foster.

DMU

Date: 21st April 1988

Metro-Cammell Class 111 DHCL E78711 and DHBS E78961 at Sheffield with a 110 behind. Dave Warby.