Vehicle 59696
Class 110
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30594
Diagram: 648
Allocations
| 13/07/61 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 30/12/61 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| Dec-67 | Depot code change | 55F | |
| 4w/e 25/05/68 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| Jun-71 | Transferred to | 55F (Hammerton Street) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HS | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | - Hammerton Street closed |
| 03/05/87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 26/01/90 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PXXZ |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 23/10/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51812 | 59696 | 51832 | As delivered to 51A - 13th July 1961 | ||||||
| 51812 | 59696 | 51832 | Transfer to 56G - 3w/e 30/12/61 | ||||||
| 51827 | 59696 | 51847 | Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59696 | 51556 | Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59696 | 51559 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at York2 | ||||||
| 51820 | 59696 | 51834 | Noted circa 10/19823 | ||||||
| 51820 | 59696 | 52081 | Noted circa 10/19823 | ||||||
| 51820 | 59696 | 52081 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.53 Manchester Victoria to Leeds3 | ||||||
| 51817 | 59696 | 51832 | Noted circa 02/19833 | ||||||
| 51822 | 59696 | 51846 | Noted 07/05/83 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| 51811 | 59696 | 51846 | Noted circa 06/19833 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted circa 02/19863 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted 19th August 1986 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted 23/08/86 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted 02/10/19863 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted 09/10/19863 | ||||||
| 101356 | 53253 | 59696 | 51496 | Formed at HA Oct-87 | |||||
| 101356 | 53253 | 59696 | 51496 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101356 | 53164 | 59696 | 53253 | Formation change - circa Mar-88 | |||||
| 356 | 53253 | 59696 | 51496 | Noted circa 05/19883 | |||||
| 101356 | 53253 | 59696 | 51496 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 51210 | 59696 | 53253 | Noted 16/08/89 - on 12:38 Edinburgh - North Berwick5 | ||||||
| 51210 | 59696 | 53253 | Noted 16/08/89 - on 14:38 Edinburgh - North Berwick5 | ||||||
| CH348 | 53253 | 59696 | 51210 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Graeme Phillips
Images:
Unknown date
Class 110 TSL 59696 at Scarborough, at one time it carried an NE prefix, but in this view the N has been painted out. Ian Francis.
Unknown date
TSL E59696 in the middle of a Calder Valley set. The DMCL on the right is in blue, which dates this to late 1960s. Graham Clark.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 29th June 1986
A three-car Class 110 DMU formed of 52085 + 59696 + 52069 outside Doncaster Works on 29 June 1986. Keith Miller.
Date: 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.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 356
Trainspotting 101: The Metro-Cammell Diesel Multiple Unit. A (near) clean sweep for the ubiquitous Class 101 units at Haymarket c 1987. Set 356 has a 110 centre car (59696) and the nearest unit on shed seems to have borrowed Class 107 centre car. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 2nd April 1987
A Class 110 DMU (52069 + 59696 + 52085) at Hull on 2/4/87. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: 356
Set 356 heading out of Glasgow Central circa late 1980s. Formed of two Class 101 DMBSs and Class 110 centre car 59696, the furthest DMBS is probably the permanent DMBS 53253, the closest a temporary replacement and probably 51210. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 26th June 1989
Set number: 101356
Set 101 356 (53253 leading 59696(cl.110) and 51210) is seen in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, at 17.56 on 26/6/89. The set is returning e.c.s from Cowdenbeath, having worked the 16.15 Edinburgh - Cowdenbeath, and will now form the 18.00 Edinburgh Waverley - Dunbar. Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: 356
A hybrid Haymarket 3xx set 3-car set with two Class 101 DMBSs and a Class 110 centre car. Seen circa summer 1989 about 1/2 mile east of Hartwood, heading towards Shotts. The HA castles on the power car seems to have been unique to set 356 (they were normally on the centre car) so this would make the vehicles 53253 + 59696 and presumably 51210. Andrew McConnell.