Vehicle 50275 / 53275 / 78711

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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: 30268
Diagram: 616

Allocations

21/12/57	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
21/09/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50275 - original number
53275 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
78711 - from circa Jun-84 (single engine conversion)

Modifications

Jan-75 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 25/08/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50285	59105	50275						As delivered to 56G - 21st December 1957
	51543	59570	50275						Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
	51550	59569	50275						Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City1
	51545	59524	50275						Noted 19/05/1969 - Leeds2
	50603	59069	50275						Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds2
	51544	59069	50275						Noted 14/06/1969 - York2
	50237	59089	59216	50275					Noted 29/09/1969 - Leeds2
	50287	59708	50275						Noted 17/10/1969 - Leeds, on 15.35 to Bradford Exchange2
	50283	59570	50275						Noted 12/01/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50283	59570	50275						Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50575	59241	50275						Noted 29/04/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50273	59241	50275						Noted 11/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50273	59241	50275						Noted 27/06/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	51548	59524	50275						Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50281	59100	50275						Noted 08/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
L181	50288	59232	50275						Noted circa 19713
	50288	59232	50275						Noted 28/08/19724
	50288	59232	50275						Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City1
	50288	59232	50275						Noted 09/06/73 - at Doncaster5
	50288	59232	50275						Noted 13/06/73 - at Cambridge5
	50288	59232	50275						Noted 16/03/1974 - at York4
	50288	59232	50275						Noted 24/08/74 - at Peterborough5
	50287	59105	50275						Noted 30/01/76 - at Cambridge5
	50286	59108	50275						Noted 27/02/76 - at Cambridge5
	50275	59108	50286						Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull1
	50275	59108	50286						Noted 22/03/76 - at Brough1
	50288	59232	50275						Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1
	50288	59232	50275						Noted 17/07/76 - at Brough1
	50288	59232	50275						Noted 10/09/76 - in Reddish North station5
	50288	59232	50275						Noted Sep-76 - at Doncaster1
	50280	59232	50275						Noted 17/06/1978 - Leeds6
	50280	59232	50275						Noted 22/08/78 - on 13:50 York - Leeds7
	50280	59232	50275						Noted 08/10/1978 - Doncaster6
	50280	59232	50275						Noted 10/12/1978 - Doncaster Works6
	50639	59105	50275						Noted 28/04/1979 - working off Hammerton Street depot6
	50280	59232	50275						Noted 03/06/1979 - Sheffield Midland6
	50280	59570	50275						Noted 01/06/1980 - at Carnforth6
	50280	59570	50275						Noted 04/09/1980 - at Leeds City6
	50280	59101	50275						Noted circa 04/19823
	50280	50275							Noted circa 10/19823
	50280	50275							Noted 26/01/83
	78961	78711							Noted 24/04/19843
	78961	78711							Noted 13/12/1984 - at Manchester Victoria 6
	78961	78711							Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	78961	78711							Noted circa 01/19863
	78961	78711							Noted 19th August 1986
	78961	78711							Noted circa 09/19863
	78961	78711							Noted 25/10/19863
	78961	78711							Noted 18/01/87 - on 17:00 Hull - Leeds8
	78961	78711							Noted 11/04/1987 - at Stratford Depot, had possibly been in Stratford Works9
	78960	78711							Noted 31/10/1987 - at Leeds City 6
	78960	78711							Listed at NL - 22/11/87
203	78961	78711							Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 78711 (ex-202) replaced 78722 (to 202)
	78961	78711							Noted 03/04/88 - on 07:00 Lincoln-Sheffield
	78961	78711							Listed at NL - early Apr-88
	78961	78711							Noted 24/06/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
	78961	78711							Noted 05/07/88 - on 16:12 Lincoln-Sheffield
	78961	78711							Noted 08/07/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
	78961	78711							Noted 14/07/88 - on 10:25 Retford-Sheffield
	78961	78711							Noted 24/10/8810
203	78961	78711							Listed at NL - Feb-89
NL207	78969	78711							Listed at NL - 05/09/89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Gerald Brown
6: Martin Lumley
7: Phil Shatford
8: Martin Baumann
9: Robert Chilton
10: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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8th July 1980

A Class 111 DMU, E50275 leading, at Royal Oak Crossing, on the Bridlington - Scarborough line, on 8 July 1980. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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25th September 1987

Class 111 vehicles 78711 and 78960 with the 14:45 Sheffield - Cleethorpes at Thorne Junction on 25 September 1987. Dave Warby Collection.

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21st April 1988

Metro-Cammell Class 111 DHCL E78711 and DHBS E78961 at Sheffield with a 110 behind. Dave Warby.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 26th January 1983

On a very dark January 26th 1983, Metro-Cammell power twin E50280 + E50275 loads up at March whilst working the 10.38 Doncaster - Cambridge. It was unusual to see a power twin set in East Anglia and this one was based at Leeds Neville Hill depot. Two months earlier these services had been diverted via Peterborough following closure of the joint line from March to Spalding. Gerard Fletcher.