Vehicle 52073
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
| 20/01/62 | 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 |
| 06/07/86 | Stored U. | ||
| 27/07/86 | Reinstated | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| Feb-88 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 09/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery - Part of one of only three Class 110 sets to appear in Blue Stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52073 | 59815 | 52083 | As delivered to 26A - 20th January 1962 | ||||||
| 52083 | 59815 | 52073 | Noted 05/08/66 - at Bradford Exchange with 50493 + 59149 + 504411 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59815 | 52083 | Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange1 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59815 | 52083 | Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59808 | 52083 | Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59707 | 52083 | Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Exchange1 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59698 | 52083 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59817 | 52083 | Noted 02/09/73 - in Sheffield Midland2 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59707 | 52083 | Noted 12/03/76 - at Cambridge2 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59707 | 51846 | Noted 02/08/79 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59810 | 51833 | Noted circa 10/19823 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59704 | 51847 | Noted circa 03/19833 | ||||||
| 52073 | 59697 | 52083 | Noted circa 01/19843 | ||||||
| 52073 | 52084 | Noted circa 05/19863 | |||||||
| 52073 | 52084 | Noted 19th August 1986 | |||||||
| 52073 | 52084 | Noted 16/10/19863 | |||||||
| 51843 | 52073 | Noted 22/11/87 | |||||||
| 52073 | 51843 | Noted 21/12/87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
29th July 1978
Class 110 DMBC E52073 is seen at Manchester Victoria with the 17.15 to Leeds service on 29 July 1978. A refurbished Class 108 is on the left. Tom Burnham.
2nd August 1979
A 3-car Class 110 (52073 59707 51846) in refurbished livery at Lancaster Castle station, 2/8/79. Robert Frise.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa December 1957
An official image (Metropolitan Cammell negative negative unknown, DZ187-ish) showing a new three-car Rolls-Royce powered set E50283 + E59103 + E52073 at Castle Bromwich, circa December 1957. Metropolitan Cammell.
Date: 1st April 1975
A Calder Valley Class 110 DMU awaits its next duty at Newton Heath depot near Manchester on April 1st, 1975. From the front are carriage numbers 52083, 59707 and 52073. Suthen Softy.
Date: 21st December 1987
A 1961 built BRC&W built "MetroTrain" branded Class 110 'Calder Valley' 2 car DMU, E51843 and E52073. These units were an updated version of the Class 104 but powered by the much more powerful Rolls Royce C6NFLH engines, 2 per driving car, designed for the route they were built for, the Lancashire & Yorkshire mainline, hence the nickname 'Calder Valley' they were originally delivered as 3 car units. 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. Seen in Sheffield on the 21st December 1987. Andrew J Crowther.