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Vehicle 59707


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

13/10/61 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-73Depot code changeHS
02/10/83 Withdrawn from HS (Hammerton Street)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated circa 03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery - Part of one of only three Class 110 sets to appear in Blue Stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51823 59707 51843 As delivered to 56G - 13th October 1961
51827 59707 51847 Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1
52073 59707 52083 Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Exchange1
51823 59707 51839 Noted 05/07/74 - at Sheffield1
51813 59707 51838 Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston2
52073 59707 52083 Noted 12/03/76 - at Cambridge2
51822 59707 51847 Noted 05/01/77 - in Manchester Victoria with 51842/59699/520721
52073 59707 51846 Noted 02/08/79
52075 59707 52080 Noted circa 10/19823
52075 59707 51841 Noted circa 03/19833

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

Images:

Class 110 DMU at Sheffield

March 1978

Class 110 centre car E59707 seen in Sheffield station in March 1978. The TSL spent its entire career from 1961 to 1983 allocated to Bradford Hammerton Street depot. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: unknown

A three-car Class 110 carrying three different liveries. Seen at Leeds circa early 1980s. Only three sets centre cars received the white/blue stripe livery: 59707, 59811 and 59816. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1979

A 3-car Class 110 (52073 59707 51846) in refurbished livery at Lancaster Castle station, 2/8/79. Robert Frise.