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Vehicle 50273 / 53273 / 78709

Class 111

BR Diagram 616

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: 30268
Diagram: 616

Allocations

13/12/57 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
4w/e 27/04/68 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
p/e 07/10/89 Sector Change to NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
23/10/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50273 - original number
53273 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
78709 - from Oct-83 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50283 59103 50273 As delivered to 56G - 13th December 1957
50283 59201 50273 Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1
50273 59188 59240 51560 Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City2
50273 59188 59240 51560 Noted 28/10/71 - in Sheffield Midland2
50273 59188 59240 51560 Noted 24/12/1971 - at York3
50273 59188 59240 51560 Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria4
50273 59240 59188 51560 Noted 08/01/75 - at Stainforth & Hatfield2
50150 59073 50273 Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough1
50273 59240 59188 51560 Noted 12/02/76 - at Brough1
50280 59100 50273 Noted 23/11/76 - at York1
50288 59062 59524 50273 Noted 10/03/77 - on Cambridge depot2
50273 59524 59062 50288 Noted 26/04/80 - at York2
78959 78709 Noted 1984
78959 78709 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78957 78709 Noted circa 09/19865
78957 78709 Noted 03/11/19865
78959 78709 Listed at NL - 22/11/87
78959 78709 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
78959 78709 Noted 12/08/88 - on 22:00 Lincoln-Sheffield
78959 78709 Noted 31/08/88 - on a late afternoon Nottingham to Barnsley service
78959 78709 Noted 04/09/88 - on 17:58 Sheffield-Lincoln
201 78959 78709 Listed at NL - Feb-89
NL201 78959 78709 Listed at NL - 05/09/89

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at near Aldridge

circa December 1957

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative DZ184) showing a new three-car Rolls-Royce powered set E50273 + E59103 + E52083 to the east of Aldridge station, looking west, circa December 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.

Class 111 DMU at near Aldridge

circa December 1957

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative unknown, DZ185-ish) showing a new three-car Rolls-Royce powered set with E50273 + E59103 visible, to the east of Aldridge station, circa December 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.

Class 111 DMU at Doncaster

1984

Class 111 cars E78709 E78959 (left) are awaiting departure with a local service to York, probably running via Selby. Its car numbers in the 78XXX series show that each has had one of its two Rolls-Royce engines removed, becoming DHS-DHBS. Meanwhile, illustrating the new order, an unidentified Class 141 railbus (right) awaiting departure to Leeds in pre-electrification days - this unit would have still been new at this date, and carries original white and green livery. The first production railbus class, their first few years were beset with mechanical problems, though their reliability improved upon refurbishment in the late 1980s. However, they were all withdrawn by 1997 after a relatively short career with BR, though most were exported for further use... three units have been preserved. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Sheffield

12th May 1988

Met-Camm E78709 at Sheffield on May 12, 1988. John Carter.

Class 111 DMU at Oxenholme

26th November 1988

E78709 and E78959 waiting departure from Oxenholme with a train for Windermere 26th November 1988. Keith Long.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th February 1987

E78963 + E78709 with a Southport - York service departing from Leeds on February 28, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1987

Two withdrawn DTSLs - Class 101 54383 and Class 108 54193 - share a siding with a Class 111 (78959 + 78709) at Hull Botanic Gardens depot on 12 July 1987. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 30th December 1987

Class 111 set 78959 + 78709 at Leeds on 30/12/87. Rex Holt.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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