Vehicle 59703
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
| 19/09/61 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| Dec-67 | Depot code change | 55F | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HS | |
| 02/10/83 | Withdrawn from | HS (Hammerton Street) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated circa 02/1980 released in blue/grey livery - Exact date unknown. Harris book states "Refurbished by 3/80".Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51819 | 59703 | 51839 | As delivered to 56G - 19th September 1961 | ||||||
| 51813 | 59703 | 51836 | Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 51816 | 59703 | 51836 | Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 51820 | 59703 | 51839 | Noted 31/08/72 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 51820 | 59703 | 51839 | Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Exchange1 | ||||||
| 51823 | 59703 | 52082 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 51230 + 564051 | ||||||
| 51809 | 59703 | 52076 | Noted circa 11/1974 - at Sheffield2 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59703 | 52078 | Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59703 | 52078 | Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51814 | 59703 | 52083 | Noted 10/11/79 | ||||||
| 51815 | 59703 | 51829 | Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds3 | ||||||
| 51815 | 59703 | 51829 | Noted circa 05/19833 | ||||||
| 51815 | 59703 | 51829 | Noted 16/07/83 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th November 1979
Stabled in what can rather loosely be described as a 'shed' 'Calder Valley' BRCW Class 110 DMU Nos. E52083-E59703-E51814 inside the roofless depot at Bradford Hammerton Street on 10th November 1979. The Class 110 diesel multiple units were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in conjunction with the Drewry Car Co. to operate services on the former Lancashire and Yorkshire main line, and spent their entire careers based around this same area. This earned them the name of the 'Calder Valley' sets. They were an updated version of the Class 104, with a revised cab design and raised bodyside window frames. Of the depot itself, the former Hammerton Street shed in Bradford closed to steam in 1958 to concentrate on DMU and diesel shunter maintenance and finally closed in 1984 when the remaining class 110 units allocated there were transferred to Neville Hill depot in Leeds. Gordon Edgar.
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: 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.
Date: 16th July 1983
Class 110 E51815 + E59703 + E51829 + class 104 M53530 + 53478 in a hybrid livery approach Manchester Victoria on the 16th July 1983. Kevin Law.