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Vehicle 56091 / 54091

Class 111

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30337
Diagram: 628

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50135 during the unknown period are:

Apr-57	New to	9A (Longsight)
4w/e 01/07/61	Transferred to	9D (Buxton)
4w/e 30/03/63	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D

Then the allocations for 56091 are:

w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
2w/e 08/08/76	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
13/05/84	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)	- Darlington closed
04/10/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
Mar-88	Reinstated	TS (Tyseley)	- from store
Mar-88	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
Apr-88	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
02/10/88	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
14/05/89	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
21/09/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
p/e 15/09/90	Reinstated	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
07/07/91	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge) PCAX
08/04/92	Transferred to	NC (Norwich) RDNC
17/05/93	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) RCLO

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56091 - original number
54091 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/04/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by JT Landscapes, Caerwent

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50135	56091	As delivered to 9A - Apr-57
	50135	56091	Noted 20th April 1957
	50135	56091	Transfer to 55H - w/e 30/04/66 - ex-LMR
	50137	56091	Noted 05/08/66 - at Leeds City¹
	50135	56091	Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City¹
	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
	50286	56091	Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds¹
	50259	56091	Noted 26/04/80 - at York²
	50248	56091	Noted 02/08/81 - on 17:00 Whitby - Middlesbrough service
	50157	56091	Noted 16/01/1982⁴
	50200	56091	Noted 20/03/1982 - Worked 14.35 Saltburn to Darlington.⁴
	50293	56091	Noted 09/05/82 - on a Saltburn - Darlington service
	50212	56091	Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	53200	54091	Noted 12/06/83 - at Thornaby
	51226	54091	Noted circa 03/1985⁴
	53256	54091	Noted 25/03/86 - at Darlington
	53256	54091	Noted 10/10/1986 - at Darlington⁴
	53165	54091	Noted 22/11/1986⁴
	53250	54091	Noted 25th February 1987
	53165	54091	Noted circa 07/1987⁴
	53824	54091	Listed at CH - circa Apr-88
T213	51927	54091	Formed at TS circa May-88
T213	51927	54091	Noted circa 05/1988⁴
	51927	54091	Noted 28/05/88 - on 09:06 Hereford - Birmingham New Street via Worcester, 23 late, booked for Class 150⁵
	51927	54091	Noted 13th November 1988
NL251	53940	54091	Listed at NL - 05/09/89
	53969	54091	Noted 23/07/90⁶
	53969	54091	Noted circa 09/1990⁴
	53969	54091	Noted 22/10/90 - on 15:25 Doncaster - Skegness⁶
	53969	54091	Noted 24/10/90 - on 13:32 Sheffield - Retford⁶
60	51463	54091	Listed at CA - Jul-91
60	51463	54091	Listed at CA - Aug-91
101658	51175	54091	Listed at CA - Dec-91
	51175	54091	Noted 05/02/92 - On 13:17 Nottingham - Skegness and 16:15 Skegness - Grantham⁷
101658	51175	54091	Noted 24/05/92 - at Norwich²
101658	51175	54091	Listed at NC - 02/07/92
101658	51175	54091	Noted circa 08/1992⁴
101658	51175	54091	Listed at NC - 24/09/92
101658	51175	54091	Listed at NC - November 1992
101658	51175	54091	Listed at NC - 10/12/92
	51175	54091	Noted 24/05/93 - On 19:52 Warrington - Manchester Piccadilly⁷
	51175	54091	Noted 21/06/93⁶
101658	51175	54091	Listed at LO - November 1993
	51175	54091	Noted 08/02/94 - On 15:18 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill⁷
101658	51175	54091	Noted circa 10/1994⁴
	51175	54091	Noted 22/10/94 - On 2K20 15:18 Manchester Oxford Road - Crewe⁷
	51175	54091	Noted 10/09/97 - On 2H56 16:27 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill via Hyde and 2H59 17:05 Rose Hill - Manchester Piccadilly⁷
101658	51175	54091	Noted 10th May 2000

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Graeme Phillips
7: David Bellamy

Images:

9th May 1982

The view from E56091 passing Middlesbrough station on the goods lines during an engineering diversion, Nay 9th, 1982. John Carter.

9th May 1982

E56091 + E50293 in Darlington station with the 14:33 to Saltburn on May 9th, 1982. In the other platform is 08268, I can still recall the awful stench when that JCB disturbed decades of crap. John Carter.

27th October 1987

Set number: 101658

Still in Regional Railways livery but operating for First North Western, a pair of Met-Cam Class 101's, 101658 (54091 + 51175) & 101661 (51463 & 54365) were departing ECS from Blackpool North on October 27th 1997. This had been a Saturday only working for 101's during the Spring/Summer/Autumn of 1997, the units working to the Fylde Coast as the 09.45 Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North service and returning back to Manchester ECS. Martyn Hilbert.

24th April 1988

Met-Camm driver trailer 54091 is seen at Tyseley on 24.04.1988 having been transfered in from the North Eastern region. Andy Cole.

30th April 1988

Class 111, vehicles 54091 (front) and 54061 (rear) at Tyseley on 30th April 1988. Photo by my Dad, David Slack. Uploaded by Andrew Slack. David Slack.

circa August 1988

Set number: T213

Two-car Metro Cammell / Derby DMU with Tyseley depot unit designation T213 (Class 111 DTSL 54091 and a Class 108 DMBS presumably 51927) departs from the bay platform at Leamington Spa station in the summer of 1988. Bob Belcher.

August 1989

A Class 108/111 power trailer set at Skipton in August 1989, the 111 trailer being 54091. Mike Cooper.

August 1989

A Class 108/111 power trailer set at Skipton in August 1989, the 111 trailer being 54091. Mike Cooper.

30th March 1991

Class 111 DTC 54091 in Leeds station on 30 March 1991. Dave Warby.

15th December 1991

Set number: 101658

Freshly painted 101658 (54091 + 51175) in BRML Doncaster on 15-12-91. Stuart Mackay Collection.

13th October 1994

Set number: 101658

101658 (54091 + 51175) in Manchester Piccadilly on October 13, 1994. Ian Buck.

9th May 1995

Set number: 101658

101658 (54091 + 51175) Manchester Piccadilly 09/05/95. Roddy MacPhee.

Class 111 DMU at New Mills South Junction

12th October 1995

Set number: 101658

Regional Railways set 101 658 (54091 + 51175) at New Mills South Junction with local service to Sheffield on the 12th October 1995. Andrew J Crowther.

4th January 2002

Set number: 101658

Two Met-Camm DMUs still soldiering on, Regional Railways 54091 (technically a 111 vehicle) and Green 53160 at Longsight 4-1-02. Spannerman37025.

27th October 2003

Set number: 101658

Withdrawn Class 101 DMUs at Longsight on 27-10-03, right to left are 54091, 53171, and (possibly) 51253. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa April 1957

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative DZ161) showing new M50135 + M56091 near Aldridge, circa April 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.

Date: circa April 1957

An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative DZ162) showing new M50135 + M56091 east of Aldridge station, circa April 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.

Date: 2nd August 1981

E50248 + E56091 with a three-car set on the 17:00 Whitby - Middlesbrough at Bog Hall Junction, Whitby, on August 2, 1981. John Carter.

Date: 9th May 1982

E50293 + E56091 with a Saltburn - Darlington service diverted via Goods Lines, at Middlesbrough on May 9th, 1982. John Carter.

Date: 9th May 1982

E50751 taken from E56091 passing on goods lines, Whitehouse, Middlesbrough, on May 9th, 1982. John Carter.

Date: 12th June 1983

53200 and 54091 at Thornaby on 12/6/83. Jerry Glover.

Date: 25th March 1986

The splendour of Darlington (Bank Top) station at night. Metropolitan-Cammell units 53157 (left) and 53256-54091 stand in the southern bay platforms during the evening of 25th March 1986 with an HST Inter-City 125 making its stop on a King's Cross-Newcastle service. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 29th June 1990

Set number: T215

A Neville Hill allocated Class 108/111 hybrid is seen stabled at Huddersfield as a Class 156 departs on 29 June 1990. Closest is DMBS 53969 carrying set number T215 from a previous allocation to Tyseley. Its partner is 54091 had been reinstated a few weeks before after having been withdrawn in September 1989. It would spend another decade in traffic, becoming part of 101658 the following year. Keith Miller.

Date: 21st June 1993

Set number: 101658

101658 (51175 + 54091) seen in Manchester Piccadilly station on 21/6/93. This image was published in Metro Enterprises 'DMU & Light Rail Datafile - 1995 Edition', page 25. Graeme Phillips.

Date: 31st July 1993

Set number: 101658

DMBS 51175 heads the 11:18 Stockport - Heysham at Lancaster on 31/7/93, formed of 101658 (with 54091) and 101659. Gazza Prescott.

Date: 31st July 1993

Set number: 101658

101 658 (51175 + 54091) and 101 659 are about to work the 19:15 to Manchester Victoria from Blackpool North on 31/7/93, headed by 51175. Gazza Prescott.