Vehicle 50134 / 53134 / 977538

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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: 30248
Diagram: 520

Allocations

Apr-57	New to	9A (Longsight)
4w/e 01/07/61	Transferred to	9D (Buxton)
w/e 04/11/61	Transferred to	24F (Fleetwood)
w/e 03/02/62	Transferred to	9D (Buxton)
4w/e 30/03/63	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
01/11/87	To departmental stock	NL (Neville Hill)
15/01/88	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50134 - original number
53134 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977538 - from 01/11/87 (departmental stock)

Department Use as TDB977538

Sandite / Route Learner From 11/87 to 8/88.

Modifications

Sep-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 23/07/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50134	56090							As delivered to 9A - Apr-57
	50134	56090							Noted 20th April 1957
	50134	56090							Noted 6th May 1957
	50134	56090							Transfer to 55H - w/e 30/04/66 - ex-LMR
	50134	56090							Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City1
	50134	56090							Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1
	50134	56092							Noted 22/12/69 - at Sheffield Midland1
	50134	56091							Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
	50134	56091							Noted 08/09/73 - at Huddersfield2
L141	50134	56091							Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland, set number carried on solebar2
	50134	56091							Noted 29/08/74 - at York2
	50134	56091							Noted 01/04/1976 - at Lancaster 3
	50134	56054							Noted Sep-76 - at Selby1
	50134	56063							Noted circa 01/19774
	50134	56063							Noted 15/04/79 - on 16:15 Leeds - Skipton5
	50134	56063							Noted 29/06/80 - between Morecombe Carnforth Lancaster area6
	50134	56063							Noted circa 04/19824
	50134	56063							Noted circa 02/19834
	53134	54063							Noted circa 10/19834
	53134	54063							Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	53134	54063							Noted circa 05/19864
	53134	54063							Noted 13/10/19864
	53134	54063							Noted 01/08/87 - on 06:08 Chesterfield - Sheffield
	53134	54063							Noted 31/08/87 - at Ravensthorpe

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Shayne Lewis

Images:

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circa Oct-1956

M50134 and M56090, probably at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Negative WMP7801. Rolls Royce.

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circa April 1957

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative DZ163) showing the driver's compartment of M50134 circa April 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.

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9th April 1960

A Rolls-Royce powered Metro-Cammell DMU at Stockport (Edgeley) on April 9th 1960. DMBS M50134 is closest, with shed code 9A painted on the lower cab front on both sides. This was Longsight depot where it was allocated from new in April 1957 until June 1961 when it moved to Buxton. Michael Mensing.

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24th April 1976

A two-car Class 111 DMU departs from Bingley station with a Bradford service on 24 April 1976. The DMBS leading appears to be M50134. Michael Mensing.

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23rd March 1977

The 3.35pm Leeds - Morecambe arrives into Keighley station on March 23, 1977, formed of a Roll-Royce powered Met-Camm set with DMBS M50134 leading. Michael Mensing.

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15th May 1979

A London-bound HST set, with E43100 leading eases its way off the swing bridge and through Selby as a Metro-Cammell Class 111 2-car unit waits to set off for York on a service from Hull on 15th May 1979. The leading car of the DMU is E50134 which was the first of the Rolls-Royce engined Class 111s, introduced in 1957. This particular car still retains its original marker light formation. Selby's signal box and banner signals are also still in use on this former stretch of the East Coast Main Line. Syd Young.

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Unknown date

A two-car Met-Camm DMU in Saltaire station - date unknown. Closest is Class 111 DMBS E53134 with Leeds on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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31st May 1989

977538 - formerly Class 111 53134 - at Snailwell on May 31, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: circa Oct-1956

M56090 and M50134, probably at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Negative WMP7799. Rolls Royce.

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Date: 31st August 1987

54063 & 53134 at Ravensthorpe, 31/8/87. Malcolm Clements.