Vehicle 51840
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: 30593
Diagram: 563
Allocations
| 22/09/61 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| Oct-61 | On loan to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 3w/e 30/12/61 | Ex-loan back 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 |
| 23/02/90 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 27/03/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51820 | 59704 | 51840 | As delivered to 56G - 22nd September 1961 | ||||||
| 51820 | 59704 | 51840 | Transfer to 50C - Oct-61 - on loan | ||||||
| 51820 | 59704 | 51840 | Transfer to 56G - 3w/e 30/12/61 - ex-loan | ||||||
| 51820 | 59695 | 51840 | Noted 07/10/67 - at Bradford Exchange1 | ||||||
| 52066 | 59816 | 51840 | Noted 10/04/73 - on 1515 Sheffield-Manchester Piccadilly | ||||||
| 52066 | 59816 | 51840 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 52066 | 59809 | 51840 | Noted 12/09/1975 - at Manchester Piccadilly2 | ||||||
| 52066 | 59809 | 51840 | Noted 29/03/1976 - at Leeds2 | ||||||
| 51840 | 59809 | 52066 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot3 | ||||||
| 51434 | 59809 | 51840 | Noted 13/08/77 - at Carnforth | ||||||
| 51809 | 59809 | 51840 | Noted 15/05/79 | ||||||
| 51810 | 59693 | 51840 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 51812 | 59698 | 51840 | Noted circa 06/19834 | ||||||
| 52067 | 51840 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||||
| 52067 | 59812 | 51840 | Noted 27/09/19864 | ||||||
| 52067 | 51840 | Noted circa 11/19864 | |||||||
| 52067 | 51840 | Noted 22/11/87 | |||||||
| 512 | 52067 | 59250 | 51840 | Formation change - NL - Jan-88 - 59250 (ex-508) replaced 59687 | |||||
| 52067 | 59250 | 51840 | Noted 29/01/88 - on 09:17 Sheffield - Leeds | ||||||
| 51840 | 59250 | 52067 | Listed at NL - early Apr-88 | ||||||
| 412 | 52067 | 51840 | Formed at NL circa May-88 - from 512 after removing TS | ||||||
| 417 | 52075 | 51840 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 | ||||||
| 51840 | 59246 | 52075 | Noted 06/02/89 - on 16:21 York - Darlington5 | ||||||
| 52075 | 59246 | 51840 | Noted 11/05/89 | ||||||
| 53211 | 59246 | 51840 | Noted 09/07/89 - at Scarborough | ||||||
| NL453 | 51180 | 51840 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips
Images:
mid-May 1973
A Class 110 DMU led by E51840 working a Sheffield service west of Hathersage in the Hope Valley in mid-May 1973. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
A two-car Class 110 DMU with DMSL E51840 closest in Wakefield (Kirkgate) station, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
22nd January 1983
A Class 110 DMU (E51840 closest) from Huddersfield stands at the Clayton West terminus on the very last day of operation for this L&Y branchline, 22nd January 1983. Andrew Walker.
22nd January 1983
A Class 110 DMU at Clayton West on the last day, 22 January 1983. E51840 is closest. Andrew Walker.
22nd January 1983
Crowds gather at the Clayton West branch terminus following the arrival of one of the trains on the final day of passenger services from Huddersfield, Saturday 22nd January 1983. The vehicles are 51840 + 59710 + 51822 and 51820 + 59703 + 52084. Andrew Walker.
circa 1986
With no BR logo or PTE symbol on the bodyside, E51840 is seen at Lancaster on the front of a Class 110 / Met-Camm formation circa 1986. Ian Docwra.
19th April 1988
BRCW Class 110 DMBS 51840 in Sheffield station on 19 April 1988. Dave Warby.
9th July 1989
Cleaners stand waiting for this five-car set to stop at Scarborough on 09-07-1989. The front three cars form a hybrid 110/108/101 set (51840 + 59246 + 53211) with 101 set 51458 + 51522 on the rear. Already in the platform is 51184. Gordon Thomson.
18th August 1990
Class 110 E51840 at Snailwell on 18th August 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th August 1977
On the 13th August 1977 this Hybrid set formed of Class 101 E51434 and Class 110s E59809 + E51840 is seen leaving Carnforth. Robert Frise.
Date: 15th May 1979
51809 / 59809 / 51840 enter Wakefield Westgate working a Huddersfield shuttle, 15th May 1979. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 22nd January 1983
Class 110 52084 + 59703 + 51820 at Clayton West, leading 51822 + 59710 + 51840, on 22 January 1983 - the last day of passenger services on the branch. Rob Paterson.
Date: 3rd June 1987
Leeds Neville Hill-allocated Class 110 'Calder Valley' unit 52067-51840 gurgles away and leaves the overall roof at York fume-filled during the evening of 3rd June 1987. The once ubiquitous 'Brute' parcels trolley was still very much an excepted part of the everyday scene. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 29th January 1988
Seen leaving Brightside station is E52067 + E59250 + E51840 - a Class 110 / 108 / 110 hybrid set. It's working the 09:17 Sheffield - Leeds on January 29th 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 9th April 1988
A Class 110 52067 with 51840 and Class 108 trailer 59250 with the 14.02 Lincoln - Sheffield at Woodhouse Junction on 9 April 1988. Dave Warby Collection.
Date: 1st August 1988
Class 110 DMBC E52067 leads a 3 car mixed formation into Leeds Station on the 1st August 1988. The remaining vehicles are Class 108 TBSL E59250 and Class 110 DMCL E51840 and all were allocated to Leeds Neville TMD. E59250 survives in preservation at the Severn Valley Railway while E52067 was scrapped at Vic Berrys, Leicester in April 1990 with E51840 following suit at Mayer Newman, Snailwell during August of the same year. Bob Woolnough.
Date: 9th July 1989
Set number: S803
Set S803 awaits departure from Scarborough on 09-07-1989. I recorded cars 51522 (closest) + 51458, 53211 + 59246 + 51840 (a 101/108/110 hybrid with two vans) making up the train. A fitter has head under the rear of the second vehicle. Gordon Thomson.