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Vehicle 51548 / 78973

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

12/02/60	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
3w/e 02/07/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
18/01/87	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51548 - original number
78973 - from 24/03/85 (single engine conversion)

Modifications

Dec-73 - AWS fitted
24/03/85 - Single engine conversion

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 04/10/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51548	51558			As delivered to 56G - 12th February 1960
	51548	51558			Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	51548	51558			Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60
	51548	59105	51555		Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City¹
	51548	59087	51558		Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City¹
	51548	59525	51556		Noted 07/03/1969 - Leeds²
	51548	59570	50163		Noted 07/05/1969 - Leeds²
	51548	59712	51552		Noted 16/05/1969 - Leeds, on 16.50 service to Goole²
	51548	59570	51555		Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds, on 17.22 to Normanton²
	51548	59570	50163		Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds, on 18.03 to Doncaster with 50029-56029²
	51548	59536	51553		Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough¹
	51548	59534	51556		Noted 17/10/1969 - Leeds on 17.12 to Morecambe with 50555-59212-50245²
	51548	59105	50169		Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
	51548	59524	51558		Noted 29/04/1970 - 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
	51548	59101	50279		Noted 08/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
L180	51548	59533	51556		Noted 08/09/73 - in Leeds City⁴
	51548	59533	51556		Noted 10/08/74 - at Peterborough⁴
	51548	59533	51556		Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield ⁵
	50201	51548	59533	51556	Noted 07/01/75 - at York, 3-car with 50201 attached⁴
	51548	59533	51556		Noted 17/03/77 - on Cambridge depot⁴
	50289	59533	51548		Noted 09/09/1978 - Leeds⁶
	50287	59533	51548		Noted 21/04/1979 - Hammerton Street⁶
	51548	59533	52081		Noted 21/04/1979 - at Bradford Exchange⁶
	51548	59532	51556		Noted circa 10/1981³
	51548	59533	51556		Noted 02/07/82 - on 10.50 Bradford - York and 12.11 return
	51548	51556			Noted circa 10/1982³
	51548	51556			Noted circa 03/1983³
	51548	51556			Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds³
	51548	51556			Noted 31/03/1984 - at Leeds City⁶
	51548	51556			Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	78973	78723			Noted circa 06/1985³
	78973	78723			Noted 22/07/85 - at Keighley with E78717 + E78967
	78973	78723			Noted 19th August 1986
	78973	78723			Noted 29/09/1986³
	78973	78723			Noted 01/11/1986³

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley

Images:

18th April 1981

A Class 111 DMU formed of 51548 + 59533 + 51556 waits its next turn of duty at Ilkley on 18 April 1981. Derek Hoskins.

2nd July 1982

Metro-Cammell three car dmu E51548 + E59533 + E51556 at rest in York station having arrived as the 10.50 from Bradford. The set went back on the 12.11 departure. July 2nd 1982. Gerard Fletcher.

29th January 1983

A Class 111 DMU formed of vehicles E51548 + E51556 in Harrogate station on 29 January 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa 1985

Class 111 vehicles 78723 78973 draw into Cattal, North Yorkshire, in the mid-1980s. The station is on way from Leeds to York via Harrogate. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 22nd July 1985

Two single-engined Met-Camm sets at Keighley on July 22, 1985: E78723 + E78973 / E78717 + E78967. John Carter.

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