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Vehicle 50276 / 53276 / 78710


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: 30268
Diagram: 616

Allocations

31/12/57 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
18/01/87 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50276 - original number
53276 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
78710 - from Oct-83 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 17/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by EEC (Blackpool) Ltd, on location at Neville Hill depot

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50286 59106 50276 As delivered to 56G - 31st December 1957
50286 59102 50276 Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1
50286 59102 50276 Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
50289 59107 50276 Noted 08/09/73 - at York2
50289 59107 50276 Noted 19/04/74 - at Leeds1
50209 59107 50276 Noted 11/1974 - at Sheffield 3
50289 59107 50276 Noted 31/03/1976 - at York3
50289 59107 50276 Noted 29/04/76 - at Cambridge2
50280 59105 50276 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
50137 59523 59569 50276 Noted circa 04/19774
50137 59523 50276 Noted 07/08/1978 - at York 3
50137 50276 Noted circa 10/19814
50137 59523 50276 Noted circa 04/19824
50137 50276 Noted circa 10/19824
53137 53276 Noted circa 10/19834
78960 78710 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78960 78710 Noted circa 07/19854
78960 78710 Noted 25/10/19864
78960 78710 Noted 31/10/19864

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Wakefield Westgate station

23rd December 1985

Single engine conversion E78710 (with E78960) at Wakefield Westgate, 23/12/85. Malcolm Clements.

Class 111 DMU at Wakefield Westgate station

23rd December 1985

Single engine conversion E78710 at Wakefield Westgate, 23/12/85. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 21st June 1986

A Class 111 DMU (78960 + 78710) on 2M43, the 13:40 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly stopper, at Earles on 21 June 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.