British Rail Class 111

The British Rail Class 111 diesel multiple units were based on the Class 101 and 102 design but had different engines, and the only external body difference was on the final batch of cars, which had a four character headcode box fitted above the front cab windows with the destination indicator on top of a reduced height centre window. The first cars, part of an order for 339 Metro-Cammell cars, were four power and trailer sets for the London Midland Region around Manchester, built in early 1957, one equipped with supercharged Rolls-Royce C6SFLH 230 hp six cylinder engines. Ten three-car sets for the North Eastern Region at Bradford followed, then a further ten. The type lasted in service until 1989, when the class was withdrawn, and one buffet car survives at the Great Central Railway.