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Vehicle 52085


Class 110

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Rolls Royce 180hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30692
Diagram: 563

Allocations

03/02/62 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63Depot code change9D
2w/e 06/05/67 On loan to 56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 03/06/67 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-73Depot code changeHS
13/05/84 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) - Hammerton Street closed
23/02/90 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 28/04/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


52075 59817 52085 As delivered to 26A - 3rd February 1962
52075 59817 52085 Noted Jul-66 - at Brough1
52075 59813 52085 Noted 14/08/70 - in Sheffield Midland2
52071 59700 52085 Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster3
52075 59810 52085 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
52075 59810 52085 Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot2
52075 59810 52085 Noted 09/09/1975 - at Sheffield4
52075 59810 52085 Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough1
52075 59810 52085 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
52075 59810 52085 Noted 21/08/76 - at Brough1
51815 59810 52085 Noted 29/05/1978 - Seen at Selby on service to Leeds5
51814 59809 52085 Noted circa 10/19825
51814 59809 52085 Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 06.45 Southport to Manchester Victoria and 08.10 return service.5
51814 59815 52085 Noted circa 02/19835
52069 59697 52085 Noted circa 06/19835
52069 59696 52085 Noted circa 02/19865
52069 59696 52085 Noted 19th August 1986
52069 59696 52085 Noted 23/08/86
52069 59696 52085 Noted 02/10/19865
52069 59696 52085 Noted 09/10/19865
52069 52085 Noted 03/06/87
51809 52085 Noted 22/11/87
413 52069 52085 Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 52085 replaced 52080 (to 404)
52069 52085 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
52075 52085 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
52069 52085 Noted 04/07/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
52069 52085 Noted 03/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
52085 52069 Noted 20/08/88 - on a Nottingham - Barnsley service
52069 52085 Noted 25/08/88 - on 17:28 Sheffield-Lincoln
413 52069 52085 Listed at NL - Feb-89
51847 59250 52085 Noted 13th May 1989
NL554 53203 59694 52085 Listed at NL - 05/09/89
51175 52085 Noted 30/12/89 - on a Leeds to Bradford Interchange service

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 110 DMU at Skipton

20th August 1976

Class 110 E52085 Skipton 20 August 1976. Alistair Ness.

Class 110 DMU at Manchester Victoria

22nd February 1986

A two-car Class 110 BRC&W "Calder Valley" DMU in Manchester Victoria on 22 February 1986 with 52085 closest. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 110 DMU at Doncaster Works

29th June 1986

A three-car Class 110 DMU formed of 52085 + 59696 + 52069 outside Doncaster Works on 29 June 1986. Keith Miller.

Class 110 DMU at Hope Valley

23rd August 1986

Having left Edale heading towards Manchester and about to plunge into the 2 mile 182 yard Cowburn Tunnel in the Hope Valley on 23rd August 1986, a 1961 built BRC&W built "MetroTrain" branded class 110 'Calder Valley' 3 car dmu set, this one being E52085 + E59696 + E52069, these were not common through here, indeed I'm sure this is the only shot I have of one! The last of the class were taken out of service in October 1989 but by then they were no longer common in the Calder Valley. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 110 DMU at Lincoln

summer 1987

This BRCW-built unit dates from 1962 and comprises a 'motor composite' no. E52085 in front and a 'motor brake composite' no. 52069 behind. Two Rolls-Royce engines power each vehicle. At the time of this picture, DMUs like this were thought of as quite 'old', but today we travel on Sprinters that are older...! Andrew Walker.

Class 110 DMU at York

21st October 1987

A BRC&W Class 110 two-car set in York station on October 21, 1987, with E52085 at the front. Rex Holt.

Class 110 DMU at Harrogate

August 1989

52085 faces 144 007 in Harrogate station in August 1989. Mike Cooper.

Class 110 DMU at Harrogate

August 1989

52085 faces 144 007 in Harrogate station in August 1989. Mike Cooper.

Class 110 DMU at Scarborough

16th September 1989

Class 110 52085 approaches Scarborough on 16th Sept 1989 with the 09:00 Sheffield - Hull - Scarborough, and appears to have a Met-Camm vehicle at the rear of the set. Lee Senior.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 6th October 1979

Class 110s at Sheffield on 6 October 1979. Platform 4b contains 52081 + 59809 + 52070 and 3b has 52085 + 59810 + 52075. Just seen on the right is a Class 114. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 29th June 1986

Class 110s (52085 on the left), Class 105 and Class 114 outside Doncaster Works on 29 June 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 2nd April 1987

A Class 110 DMU (52069 + 59696 + 52085) at Hull on 2/4/87. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 3rd June 1987

Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. 'Calder Valley' unit Nos. M52069 and M52085 create a rather claggy atmosphere in an up bay platform at York, with 47444 in the background on a down TPO service, 3rd June 1987. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: summer 1987

A two-car Birmingham unit (52069 + 52085) pulls away from Lincoln onto the Market Rasen line in the summer of 1987. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 24th February 1989

A Class 110 DMU formed of 52079 + 52085 at Worksop on 24 February 1989. Photo by Mark Harrington. John Carter Collection.