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Vehicle 51553 / 78719


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: 30509
Diagram: 617

Allocations

29/12/59 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
May-60 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
Sep-60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
3w/e 24/09/60 On loan to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/12/60 Ex-loan back 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23/10/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ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:

51553 - original number
78719 - from circa Sep-83 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 05/02/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51543 59571 51553 As delivered to 56G - 29th December 1959
51543 59571 51553 Transfer to 55H - Sep-60
51543 59571 51553 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 24/09/60
51543 59571 51553 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 17/12/60
51550 59534 51553 Noted 24/07/65 - at Brough1
50283 59533 51553 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
51548 59536 51553 Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough1
51543 59533 51553 Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster1
51544 59536 51553 Noted 28/04/73 - at Neville Hill open day1
51544 59536 51553 Noted 30/08/1974 - at York2
51544 59536 51553 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster2
51544 59536 51553 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1
51544 59536 51553 Noted Sep-76 - at Selby1
51544 59091 51553 Noted 24/03/77 - on Cambridge depot3
51544 59091 51553 Noted 16/01/19824
51544 59091 51553 Noted circa 04/19824
51553 59065 59091 51544 Noted circa 10/19824
51553 59065 59091 51544 Noted circa 10/19824
51553 59540 59091 51544 Noted circa 02/19834
78969 78719 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78969 78719 Noted circa 07/19854
78969 78719 Noted 23/11/85 - at Doncaster
78969 78719 Noted 15/10/19864
78969 78719 Noted 05/11/19864
78969 78719 Noted 05/07/1987 - at Sheffield - as 4 car set with 54019-530375
78969 78719 Listed at NL - 22/11/87
78969 78719 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
78969 78719 Noted 07/07/88 - on 19:31 Sheffield-Cleethorpes
78969 78719 Noted 23/07/88 - on 19:31 Sheffield-Cleethorpes
78969 78719 Noted 19/08/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
208 78969 78719 Listed at NL - Feb-89
78971 78719 Noted 04/07/89 - on 2B21 14:15 Sheffield to Lincoln Central
NL208 78971 78719 Listed at NL - 05/09/89

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Rishton

Unknown date

E51553 leads a three-car Rolls-Royce powered Met-Camm DMU to the east of Rishton station, date unknown. Leeds is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Doncaster Works

Unknown date

Green liveried Metropolitan-Cammell Class 111 DMCL E51553 sits outside the Works at Doncaster waiting for overhaul and probably repainting into BR blue livery - C.1969. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Leeds

circa July 1984

A single-engine Class 111 set at Leeds circa July 1984. The brake vehicle is 78969, so the closest vehicle is probably 78719. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Doncaster

23rd November 1985

Class 111 DHCL no 78719, formerly 51553 with DHBS 78969, formerly 51544 sit at Doncaster on 23/Nov/1985. Robert Chilton.

Class 111 DMU at Leeds

15th May 1988

Single-engine Met-Camm E78719 at Leeds on May 15, 1988, presumably with 78969. John Carter.

Class 111 DMU at Settle Junction

15th May 1988

The first of a set of three pictures of the same Class 111 (78719 + 78969) at Settle Junction taken on 27 July 1988. The train was a Leeds to Morecambe service just after leaving the Settle to Carlisle line and on the "Little North-Western". I have few pictures in this area and made only a few trips around this time with a work colleague with the main aim of photographing steam specials but I'm glad in retrospect that I took advantage of the opportunities to shoot some frames of service trains; to my eyes these are now more interesting. Peter Tandy.

Class 111 DMU at Vic Berry&#039;s

19th August 1990

Class 111 DMSL 78719 in the stack at Vic Berry's on August 19, 1990. On its left is Class 118 centre car 59480. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: Circa July 1984

A single engine converted Rolls-Royce powered Class 111 seen at Leeds circa July 1984 headed by E78969, presumably with E78719. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 15th April 1989

A four-car Class 111/108 combination, was arriving at Skipton with a Morecambe to Leeds service on April 15th 1989. The rear Class 111 set was formed of cars E78969 (ex E51544) & E78719 (ex E51553), that had been reformed from a three-car Class 111 set in 1983. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1990

E78971, 78719, 59144, 51458, 51812 and 51520 are seen outside Vic Berrys on May 11, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.