Vehicle 59709
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
| 26/10/61 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 2w/e 11/11/61 | On loan to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| 4w/e 27/01/62 | Ex-loan back to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| w/e 30/04/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 27/04/68 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 4w/e 28/06/69 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| w/e 08/05/77 | Transferred to | HS (Hammerton Street) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | - Hammerton Street closed |
| 03/05/87 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| p/e 08/07/88 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
| 28/07/89 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQX |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 26/11/1982 released in blue/grey livery59709 was involved in the following incident:
20/07/89 - Stormstown sidings, Abercynon
Fire involving Class 110 / Class 116 / Class 118
A fire, started by two seven year olds, destroyed five condemned DMU vehicles. They had been stored at Stormstown Sidings near Abercynon to make space at Canton.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, on location at Stormtown Sidings
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51825 | 59709 | 51845 | As delivered to 56G - 26th October 1961 | ||||||
| 51825 | 59709 | 51845 | Transfer to 56G - 4w/e 27/01/62 - ex-loan | ||||||
| 51817 | 59709 | 51841 | Noted 05/06/65 - at York1 | ||||||
| 51809 | 59709 | 51829 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 28/06/69 | ||||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 51831 | Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City2 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59709 | 52079 | Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City2 | ||||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 51831 | Noted 31/08/72 - in Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria3 | |||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland2 | |||||
| L196 | 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland (set number on 51811)2 | ||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 23/02/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 10/09/76 - at Doncaster1 | |||||
| 51813 | 59709 | 51832 | Noted 22/08/78 - on 14:15 Manchester VIctoria - Leeds4 | ||||||
| 52071 | 59709 | 52082 | Noted circa 02/19835 | ||||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 51829 | Noted circa 10/19835 | ||||||
| 51815 | 59709 | 51838 | Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Vic on Bolton line service5 | ||||||
| 51813 | 59709 | 51830 | Noted circa 09/19865 | ||||||
| 51813 | 59709 | 51830 | Noted 06/10/19865 | ||||||
| 51813 | 59709 | 51830 | Noted 25/10/19865 | ||||||
| 51813 | 59709 | 51830 | Noted 01/11/19865 | ||||||
| C900 | 51919 | 59709 | 52048 | Listed at CF - Jun-87 | |||||
| C900 | 51919 | 59709 | 52048 | Noted 01/08/19875 | |||||
| C900 | 51919 | 59709 | 52048 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| C900 | 53224 | 59709 | 52048 | Formation change - CF - circa 10/87 - 53224 replaced 51919 | |||||
| C900 | 53224 | 59709 | 52048 | Listed at CF - Oct-87 | |||||
| C900 | 53224 | 59709 | 52048 | Noted 19/12/87 - at Cardiff Queen Street | |||||
| C854 | 53224 | 59709 | 51509 | Formed at CF w/e 07/02/88 - renumbered from C900 with 51509 replacing 52048 | |||||
| C986 | 51462 | 59709 | 51511 | Formed at CF circa Jun-88 | |||||
| 986 | 51462 | 59709 | 51511 | Noted 30/06/88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
Class 110 TSL E59709 alongside a Met-Camm vehicle. Date/location unknown - possibly Doncaster Works? Paul Redmond.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st May 1986
Class 110 E51830 + E59709 + E51813 at Tapton Junction, Chesterfield on the 1st May 1986 with the 08.00 Chesterfield-Sheffield. Kevin Law.
Date: 18th July 1987
Set number: C900
C900 at Cardiff on 18/7/87, the power cars being 51919 and 52048, the centre car is presumably Class 110 59709. PJ Evans.
Date: 19th August 1987
Set number: C900
Class 108/110 hybrid set C900 (presumably 51919 + 59709 + 52048) at Cardiff on August 19, 1987. Colin Brooks.
Date: 19th December 1987
Set number: C900
W53224 of C900, which was a 3-car hybrid set comprising three different classes - 101 (53224), 110 (59709), and 108 (52048). At Cardiff Queen St, 19/12/87. Mac Winfield.
Date: 31st March 1988
Set number: C854
Hybrid set C854 (presumably 51509 + 59709 + 53224) heading for Swindon at Hawkeridge Junction on 31 March 1988. Robert Chilton.
Date: 30th June 1988
Set number: 986
Set 986 (51511 + 59709 + 51462) sits in Weymouth station with the 16:05 to Westbury on the 30th June 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 1989
Set number: C987
C987, led by a Met-Camm DMBS, presumably 51462, also has a Class 108 DMBS and possibly a Class 110 centre car (presumably 59709) when seen at Castle Carry in the spring of 1989. Michael Mensing.
Date: 11th March 1989
Set number: C987
The Parcels platforms at Cardiff General - and unidentified Class 08, Class 127 DMPV set (appears to be set 919, presumably 55969 + 55979), and Class 101 set C987 with 51462 leading, and what appears to be a Class 110 centre car, presumably 59709, 11-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.