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Vehicle 50272 / 53272 / 78713

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

29/11/57 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
18/05/69 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
4w/e 05/12/70 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23/10/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ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:

50272 - original number
53272 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
78713 - from 24/02/85 (single engine conversion)

Modifications

24/02/85 - Single engine conversion

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 15/01/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50282 59102 50272 As delivered to 56G - 29th November 1957
50282 59102 50272 Transfer to 55H - 2w/e 30/04/60
50282 59306 50272 Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
50282 59102 50272 Transfer to 30A - 18/05/69
50281 59101 50272 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 05/12/70
L192 50282 59101 50272 Noted circa 19712
50282 59101 50272 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Leeds3
50282 59101 50272 Noted 31/08/72 - in Manchester Victoria1
50242 59055 59089 50272 Noted 07/01/75 - at York, set number L237 on 590554
50282 59101 50272 Noted 29/10/75 - at York1
50282 59101 50272 Noted 29/11/1975 - at York 5
50282 59188 50272 Noted 23/11/76 - at York1
50282 59101 50272 Noted 27/01/77 - on Cambridge depot4
50282 50272 Noted circa 10/19822
50282 50272 Noted circa 02/19832
78968 53272 Noted circa 10/19832
53137 53272 Noted circa 02/19842
53289 53272 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
78963 78713 Noted circa 06/19852
78959 78713 Noted 20/10/19862
78963 78713 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds6
78971 78713 Noted 10/10/19872
78971 78713 Listed at NL - 22/11/87
78971 78713 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
78971 78713 Noted 15/08/88 - on 17:33 York - Sheffield service7
202 78960 78713 Listed at NL - Feb-89
78961 78713 Noted 09/08/89 - on 10:52 York - Scarborough additional working with 52042 + 511887
NL203 78961 78713 Listed at NL - 05/09/89
78713 78969 Noted 02/10/89 - on 09:20 Marsden - Leeds7
78713 78969 Noted 02/10/89 - on 14:22 Leeds - Marsden7

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Leeds

20th July 1983

Met-Camm Class 111 DMC 53272 arriving at Leeds from Hull on 20 July 1983. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 111 DMU at Sheffield Midland

20th December 1987

The gangways between Met-Camm vehicles, the single exhaust on each vehicle shows that these are Class 111 single engine conversions. Centre road Sheffield Midland 20-12-87, the vehicle on the left is 78713. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 111 DMU at Sheffield

20th December 1987

Class 111 Metro Cammell DMU with DHCL 78713 closest, stabled in the centre road of Sheffield Midland on 20-12-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 111 DMU at Sheffield

19th April 1988

DMUs at Sheffield on 19 April 1988. On the right is a Class 111 with 78713 and presumably 78971 partially seen. On the right is a Class 108 TBS - presumably 59250 - with Class 110 DMBC 52067, the Met-Camm DMBS is 51450, its partner unknown. Dave Warby.

Class 111 DMU at Brigg

22nd March 1989

78713 at Brigg with Cleethorpes on the blind on 22 March 1989. John Carter.

Class 111 DMU at Retford Low Level

22nd March 1989

Metro Cammell DMUs at Retford Low Level on 22/3/89. On the left is 78713, on the right is 51454 (carrying set number 328). John Carter.

Class 111 DMU at Ilkley

June 1989

Class 111 DHS no. E78713 is seen at Ilkley awaiting departure with the 1514 service to Leeds, in June 1989. This relatively early vehicle was originally 50272 then 53272, before undergoing conversion to 78713 by removal of one of its Rolls Royce engines in 1983. It was withdrawn only a few months after this slide, in October 1989. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 111 DMU at Vic Berrys

11th May 1990

Class 111 E78713 reaching the final stages of cutting at Vic Berry's on 11.05.90. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th April 1987

With West Yorkshire PTE 'Metro Train' branding, a two-car Class 111 DMU formed of cars E78971 & E78713 was passing Lostock Hall with a Preston to Leeds service on April 28th 1987. The pair of cars were renumbered in the 78xxx series following conversion to single engine cars in the mid 1980's. Visible on the left is the former Lostock Hall MPD, then still in use for wagon repairs. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1988

A Metropolitan-Cammell 2-car set with E78713 on the rear arrives at Barnetby on 13th May 1988. 20100 can just be discerned behind the signalbox heading up the hill light engine. Note at this date only the three-doll bracket signal exists. The two separate home signals were presumably added at a later date. Syd Young.

DMU

Date: 29th April 1990

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

                                                                                                                                                                             


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