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Vehicle 51544 / 78969


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: 30508
Diagram: 615

Allocations

06/01/60 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23/10/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ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:

51544 - original number
78969 - from circa Sep-83 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 18/02/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51544 59572 51554 As delivered to 56G - 6th January 1960
51544 59572 51554 Transfer to 55H - Sep-60
51544 59572 51554 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 24/09/60
51544 59572 51554 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 17/12/60
51544 59086 51555 Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City1
51544 59532 51554 Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
51544 59532 59525 51555 02/05/70 - on BLS Crigglestone railtour1
51544 59578 51554 Noted 15/08/19702
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
50593 59536 51544 Noted 11/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, probably covering at 31A for asbestos removal vehicles3
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
NL207 78969 78711 Listed at NL - 05/09/89
78713 78969 Noted 02/10/89 - on 09:20 Marsden - Leeds6
78713 78969 Noted 02/10/89 - on 14:22 Leeds - Marsden6

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Leeds

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.

Class 111 DMU at Ravensthorpe

summer 1985

A two-car Class 111 unit led by E78969 passes Ravensthorpe station en route from Leeds to Manchester in the summer of 1985. Andrew Walker.

Class 111 DMU at Settle Junction

27th July 1988

The second of three images at Settle Junction on 27 July 1988, this being in the opposite direction from the first, the Class 111 (78969 + 78919) is on its way to Morecambe. The change in gradient on the Settle to Carlisle main line is very evident and marks the start of The Long Drag north to the summit of the line at Ais Gill. Peter Tandy.

Class 111 DMU at Settle Junction

27th July 1988

The final of three images at Settle Junction on 27 July 1988 of class 111 (78969 + 78919). My second camera loaded with black & white film was ready with a 135mm lens on it at the time and this was ideal for the third shot of the on a service for Morecambe. Peter Tandy.

Class 111 DMU at Skipton

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.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd May 1970

51555 + 59525 + 59532 + 51544 in Sheffield Midland after working the BLS 'The Crigglestone Tour' on May 2nd, 1970. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 23rd November 1985

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

DMU

Date: 15th May 1988

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

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 29th April 1990

E51809, E78969, E78713 and E51183 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 29-4-90. Kevin Dowd.