Vehicle 52070
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-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| 2w/e 06/05/67 | On loan to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 2w/e 03/06/67 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| Dec-67 | Depot code change | 55F | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HS | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | - Hammerton Street closed |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 09/12/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52070 | 59812 | 52080 | As delivered to 26A - 30th December 1961 | ||||||
| 52070 | 59812 | 52080 | Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 52070 | 59693 | 52080 | Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 52070 | 59809 | 52079 | Noted 31/08/72 - in Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 52070 | 59701 | 52076 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | ||||||
| 51832 | 59816 | 52070 | Noted 08/01/75 - at Stainforth & Hatfield2 | ||||||
| 51832 | 59808 | 52070 | Noted 21/08/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 52070 | 59808 | 52079 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| 52070 | 59694 | 51846 | Noted 05/09/82 | ||||||
| 52070 | 59694 | 51846 | Noted circa 10/19823 | ||||||
| 52070 | 51836 | Noted circa 06/19853 | |||||||
| 52070 | 51836 | Noted 17/05/86 - on 11:24 Leeds - Skipton4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
Images:
19th May 1962
The BRC&W triple set working the 2.04pm to Manchester (Victoria) via Rochdale waits to depart from York on May 19th, 1962. DMBC M52070 is at the front, allocated to 26A. Michael Mensing.
August 1975
Birmingham RC&W Co. 3-car Local Passenger "Calder Valley" dmu (Class 110) Nos.E52070 (Class 110/2), E59812 (Class 163), E52080 (110/1) in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end at Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Sheffield (Midland) via the Hope Valley line, 08/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
Unknown date
E52070 in platform 4b of Sheffield station circa late 1970s. The destination blind glass looks like it could do with a clean, it seems to show Huddersfield. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 5th September 1982
Class 110 51846 59694 52070 at TE on 05/09/82. Jerry Glover.