Vehicle 50274 / 78707
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
| 19/12/57 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 3w/e 02/03/63 | On loan to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 07/04/63 | Ex-loan back to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| w/e 30/04/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 25/01/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50274 - original number
78707 - from p/e 31/10/82 (single engine conversion)
Modifications
May-74 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 17/04/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50284 | 59104 | 50274 | As delivered to 56G - 19th December 1957 | ||||||
| 50284 | 59105 | 50274 | Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 02/03/63 - on loan from NER | ||||||
| 50284 | 59105 | 50274 | Transfer to 56G - 07/04/63 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
| 50284 | 59104 | 50274 | Noted Jul-66 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50284 | 59104 | 50274 | Noted 19/08/66 - at Southport Chapel Street | ||||||
| 50289 | 59101 | 50274 | Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 50284 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 07/03/1969 - Leeds2 | ||||||
| 50284 | 59107 | 50274 | Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds2 | ||||||
| 50242 | 59093 | 50274 | Noted 14/06/1969 - York2 | ||||||
| 50284 | 59533 | 50274 | Noted 12/12/1969 - Leeds, on 17.16 to Ilkley2 | ||||||
| 50284 | 59087 | 50274 | Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | ||||||
| 50284 | 59087 | 50274 | Noted 14/03/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | ||||||
| 51546 | 59572 | 50274 | Noted 27/06/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | ||||||
| L183 | 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted circa 19713 | |||||
| 50284 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 27/10/71 - in Manchester Victoria4 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria5 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 25/11/73 - on 08:48 York - Doncaster and Cambridge | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at York5 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 29/08/74 - at York4 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot4 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 10/09/76 - in Reddish North station4 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 24/09/76 - on 12:02 Morecambe - Leeds | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at York5 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 22/07/1978 - Hull Paragon6 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 30/07/1978 - Lincoln6 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 08/10/1978 - Hull Botanic Gardens6 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 04/02/1979 - Doncaster6 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 09/02/1980 - at Leeds City6 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 13/12/1980 - at Huddersfield6 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59105 | 50274 | Noted 13/06/1982 - at Skipton6 | ||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted circa 11/19823 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted circa 03/19833 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted 13/07/1983 - at Sheffield Midland6 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted 12th September 1983 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted 07/07/1984 - Additonal part of Brian Isherwood's Eastgate Explorer Railtour | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted circa 07/19853 | |||||||
| 78957 | 78707 | Noted 03/05/1986 - on Neville Hill depot 6 | |||||||
| 78963 | 78707 | Noted 01/12/19863 | |||||||
| 78963 | 78707 | Noted 28th December 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
Images:
6th June 1982
The view from E50274 at Swinden Quarry, near Grassington, the end of the BR owned track. This was the Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust Dalesrailwayman tour on 6 June 1982. John Carter.
6th June 1982
Rylstone level crossing and station remains from E50274 on the Dalesrailwayman railtour on 6 June 1982. John Carter.
12th September 1983
Class 111 cars E78707 and E78957 are seen entering Pontefract Monkhill station with a service heading for Knottingley on 12/09/1983. These cars were previously numbered E50274 and E50287 respectively, prior to having one of their two Rolls-Royce engines removed. Graeme Phillips Collection.
28th June 1986
A Class 111 DMU formed of E78707 + E78957 arrives into Sheffield on Saturday 28 June 1986. David Russon.