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Vehicle 52069


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: 30691
Diagram: 564

Allocations

30/12/61 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23/02/90 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ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 13/08/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


52069 59811 52079 As delivered to 26A - 30th December 1961
52069 59818 52079 Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1
52069 59815 52079 Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1
52069 59709 52079 Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City2
52069 59812 51836 Noted 09/09/1975 - at Sheffield 3
52069 59693 52077 Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull1
52069 59812 52077 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
51838 59700 52069 Noted circa 10/19824
52069 59697 52085 Noted circa 06/19834
52069 52077 Noted circa 10/19834
52069 59696 52085 Noted circa 02/19864
52069 59696 52085 Noted 19th August 1986
52069 59696 52085 Noted 23/08/86
52069 59696 52085 Noted 02/10/19864
52069 59696 52085 Noted 09/10/19864
52069 52085 Noted 03/06/87
52069 52080 Noted 17/11/87 - dragged by 47116 on 2G23 1243 Leeds-Sheffield via Barnsley and 2G36 1642 Sheffield-Leeds via Barnsley both with 51812 + 59069 + 51842
52069 52080 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
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
52069 51843 Noted circa 04/19894
NL407 52069 52080 Listed at NL - 05/09/89
52069 52080 Noted circa 12/19894

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

Images:

Class 110 DMU at Accrington

April 1976

A Birmingham RC&W Co. 3-car Local Passenger "Calder Valley" dmu arrives at Accrington on a Preston - Leeds (City) service in April 1976. The vehicle numbers are thought to be 52069 + 59812 + 52077. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 110 DMU at Bradford Hammerton Street

10th April 1977

Class 110 DMBC E52069 in Bradford Hammerton Street on April 10, 1977. Rex Holt.

Class 110 DMU at Penistone

30th December 1980

E52069 + E59815 + E51846 with the 13:04 Huddersfield - Sheffield service at Penistone on 1980-12-30. At this time the service would have reached Sheffield via the closed Sheffield Victoria station and reversal at Nunnery Junction. John Carter.

Class 110 DMU at Doncaster Works

25th July 1982

Class 110 52069 faces what appears to be a Class 114, and a Class 123 behind at Doncaster Works on the 25th July 1982. Chris Lings.

Class 110 DMU at Doncaster

20th April 1984

MetroTrain branded 52069 is part of a two-car Class 110 set seen at Doncaster on 20.04.1984. Andy Cole.

Class 110 DMU at Manchester Victoria

8th April 1985

BRC&W products in Manchester Victoria on 8th April 1985. A class 110 "Calder Valley" DMU (52069) and a class 104 stands in the background. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 110 DMU at Hull

2nd April 1987

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

Class 110 DMU at York

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.

Class 110 DMU at Lincoln

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.

Class 110 DMU at Lincoln

9th February 1988

Class 110 52069 approaching Lincoln Central, 9th Feb 1988. Lee Senior.

Class 110 DMU at York

28th December 1988

Two generations of DMU at York on the night of 28th December 1988. 141009 is on the right whilst E52069 is on the left. Syd Young.

Class 110 DMU at Snailwell

21st July 1990

Class 110 power car E52069 at Snailwell on 21st July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: April 1976

Birmingham RC&W Co. 3-car Local Passenger "Calder Valley" dmu (Class 110) Nos.E52077 (Class 110/1), E59812 (Class 163), E52069 (110/2) in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end at Accrington on a Preston - Hebden Bridge - Leeds service, 04/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 29th June 1986

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

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 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.