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Vehicle 51543 / 78968

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

29/12/59	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-73	Depot code change	NL
p/e 07/10/89	Sector Change to	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
23/10/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Notes

Aug-83 - 51543/557 were noted at Doncaster Works under conversion to single engine vehicles.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51543 - original number
78968 - from p/e 11/09/83 (single engine conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 27/03/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51543	59571	51553		As delivered to 56G - 29th December 1959
	51543	59571	51553		Transfer to 55H - Sep-60
	51543	59571	51553		Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 24/09/60
	51543	59571	51553		Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 17/12/60
	51543	59048	59533	50545	Noted 06/04/67 - at York¹
	51543	59570	50275		Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City¹
	51543	59533	51553		Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster¹
	51543	59524	51557		Noted 31/08/72 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	51543	59240	59188	51560	Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland²
	51543	59524	51557		Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield ³
	51543	59101	51554		Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot²
	50283	59571	51543		Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough¹
	51543	59524	51560		Noted 27/11/75 - at Cambridge²
	51543	59524	51557		Noted 30/04/76 - at Lincoln²
	51543	59524	51560		Noted circa 01/1977⁴
	51543	51560			Noted 16/01/1982⁴
	51543	51560			Noted circa 04/1982⁴
	51543	59540	51560		Noted 26/07/1982 - Leeds with Doncaster train⁵
	51543	51557			Noted circa 04/1983⁴
	78968	53272			Noted circa 10/1983⁴
	78968	78718			Noted circa 01/1984⁴
	78968	78718			Noted 18/08/84 - at Scarborough station
	78968	78718			Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	78968	78718			Noted 23/05/85 - on 08:07 Wakefield Westgate - Huddersfield
	78968	78718			Noted circa 07/1985⁴
	78968	78718			Noted circa 09/1986⁴
	78968	78718			Noted 05/11/1986⁴
	78968	78718			Listed at NL - 22/11/87
	78968	78718			Listed at NL - early Apr-88
	78968	78718			Noted 17/06/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
	78968	78718			Noted 11/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
	78968	78718			Noted circa 11/1988⁴
207	78968	78718			Listed at NL - Feb-89
NL206	78968	78718			Listed at NL - 05/09/89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Alan N Walker

Images:

23rd January 1984

It was a freezing day when we got off the 09.32 Sheffield - Manchester at Edale on 23 January 1984, formed of 78968 + 78718, and with a defiant exhaust rasp and a cloud of smoke we were in the fog and snow of the winter Hope Valley all alone on the platform. The signaller has his stove going well to judge by the vertical column of smoke in the still frosty air. Geoff Dowling.

1st September 1987

Class 111 78968 is seen stabled at Leeds on 01.09.1987 . All of these conversions were based at Neville Hill, hence the MetroTrain branding. 78968 was converted from 51543. Andy Cole.

21st April 1988

Metro-Cammell Class 111 DHBS E78968 (51543) in Sheffield station on 21 April 1988. Dave Warby.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 18th August 1984

Class 111 single-engine converted set 78718 and 78968 arrive at Scarborough station on the 18th August 1984. Jerry Glover.

Date: 24th July 1985

Class 111 78718 is seen stabled at Doncaster on 24.07.1985, presumably with 78968. Andy Cole.

Date: 1st June 1988

Class 111 78718 ua seen arriving at Leeds on 01.06.1988. It was converted from 51557 and is presumably working with 78968. Andy Cole.

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