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Vehicle 59710


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

02/11/61 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
w/e 15/10/78 Transferred to HS (Hammerton Street)
13/05/84 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) - Hammerton Street closed
03/05/87 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
p/e 18/07/88 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) - from ED
13/09/89 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 17/07/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51826 59710 51846 As delivered to 56G - 2nd November 1961
51812 59710 51832 Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1
51812 59710 51832 Noted 07/10/67 - at Wakefield Kirkgate1
51809 59710 51829 Noted 31/12/69 - in Manchester Victoria2
51826 59710 51846 Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1
51824 59710 59193 51845 Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough3
51824 59193 59710 51845 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1
51824 59193 59710 51845 Noted 16/03/1974 - at Sheffield Midland3
51824 59193 59710 51845 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York3
L261 51824 59193 59710 51845 Noted 29/08/74 - in Sheffield Midland, set number carried on solebar of power cars2
51824 59193 59710 51845 Noted 05/07/75 - on 0657 York-Leeds with 50379 + 56135
51824 59710 51845 Noted 29/11/1975 - at York3
51824 59710 59193 51845 Noted 28/02/76 - at York2
51824 59193 59710 51845 Noted 28/03/1976 - at Leeds3
51824 59193 59710 51845 Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1
51824 59193 59710 51845 Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot2
51819 59710 52077 Noted circa 10/19824
51836 59710 51811 Noted circa 03/19834
51824 59710 51845 Noted 15/10/19864
51824 59710 51845 Noted 24/10/19864
51824 59710 52081 Noted 1987
108385 51925 59710 53643 Formation change - circa Mar-88
385 51925 59710 53643 Noted circa 05/19884
108385 51925 59710 53643 Listed at HA - circa August 1988

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

Images:

Class 110 DMU at Snailwell

8th July 1991

Class 110 trailer second E59710 awaiting disposal at Snailwell on 8th July 1991. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 20th September 1986

At Doncaster is 51845 and possibly 59710 + 51824 forming one half of a six car formation working shuttle services to Finningley for the RAF open day on 20 September 1986. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 9th August 1988

Set number: 391

Set 391 comprises 53641 (Class 108) + 59710 (Class 110) + 53291 (Class 101) when seen at Linlithgow with the 17:24 Dunblane - Edinburgh on August 9, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 29th September 1988

Set number: 385

53643 at Perth on September 29, 1988, presumably working with 59710 + 51925. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 29th September 1988

Set number: 385

Set 385, led by Class 108 51925 (and presumably with 59710 + 53643) arrived into Broughty Ferry on September 29th, 1988. John Carter.