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Vehicle 51809

Class 110

BR Diagram 564

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: 30592
Diagram: 564

Allocations

10/06/61 New to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 30/12/61 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
4w/e 27/04/68 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
4w/e 28/06/69 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
Jun-71 Transferred to 55F (Hammerton Street)
May-73Depot code changeHS
13/05/84 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) - Hammerton Street closed
p/e 17/06/89 Sector Change to NL (Neville Hill) PZQX
29/06/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQX

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/06/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51809 59693 51829 As delivered to 51A - 10th June 1961
51809 59693 51829 Transfer to 56G - 3w/e 30/12/61
51809 59693 51829 Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1
51809 59699 51829 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
51809 59709 51829 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 28/06/69
51809 59710 51829 Noted 31/12/69 - in Manchester Victoria2
51809 59813 51835 Noted 27/07/73 - on 1416 Sheffield-Manchester Piccadilly
51809 59703 52076 Noted circa 11/1974 - at Sheffield3
51809 59809 51840 Noted 15/05/79
51809 59814 52076 Noted 02/07/19814
51809 59817 51831 Noted circa 06/19834
51809 59694 52081 Noted circa 08/19834
51809 51847 Noted circa 10/19834
51809 51847 Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Vic4
51809 51847 Noted 05/03/1984 - at Manchester Vic4
51809 51846 Noted circa 01/19864
51809 51846 Noted 01/11/19864
51809 51846 Noted 28th December 1986
51809 51846 Noted 28/03/87
51809 52085 Noted 22/11/87
51809 51838 Noted 09/01/88
401 51809 51843 Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 51843 replaced 51838
51809 51843 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
51809 59690 51843 Noted circa May-88
501 51809 59690 51843 Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
51809 59690 51847 Noted 22/08/88 - on 13:17 Sheffield-Retford
501 51809 59096 51843 Listed at NL - Feb-89
51809 59096 51843 Noted 06/02/895
51809 59168 51823 Noted circa 04/19894

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

Images:

Class 110 DMU at Wakefield Westgate

15th May 1979

51809 / 59809 / 51840 enter Wakefield Westgate working a Huddersfield shuttle, 15th May 1979. Malcolm Clements.

Class 110 DMU at Manchester Victoria

28th September 1979

In its natural habitat, one of Bradford Hammerton Street Depot's BRCW Class 110 3-Car DMU's with Driving Motor Brake Composite (DMBC) E51809 at the rear, was stood in platform 14 at Manchester Victoria with a service to Bradford & Leeds on September 28th 1979. This view sums up the Manchester Victoria of old, oil soaked tracks and a mish-mash of platforms, buildings and canopies partly as a result of a visit by the German Luftwaffe on Christmas Eve 1940 when Manchester city centre was badly damaged including Victoria station. Most of the iron & glass overall roof was destroyed and never replaced. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 110 DMU at York

2nd July 1981

One of the aesthetically pleasing Class 110 BRCW 'Calder Valley' dmu sets is seen at York on 2nd July 1981. The leading car , E51809, was ex shops on 5/6/81 explaining its pristine condition. It lasted in service until 1989 before being cut up at Vic Berry's yard in Leicester. Here E51809 is leading E59814 and E52076. The redundant four character headcode panel has been plated over, this modification happened from around 1977 onwards following the abandonment of the codes. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 110 DMU at Oxspring Tunnel

28th March 1987

A 1961 built BRC&W built "MetroTrain" branded class 110 'Calder Valley' 2 car dmu, E51809 and E51846, leaves Oxspring Tunnel on the old Wath branch of the 1500DC Woodhead system, with a Huddesfield-Sheffield service, 28th March 1987. 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. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 110 DMU at Sheffield

20th December 1987

A two-car Class 110 BRCW DMU with DMBS 51809 leading stabled at Sheffield on 20-12-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 110 DMU at Lincoln Central

9th January 1988

A Class 110 DMU at Lincoln Central on 09/01/1988, formed of 51809 + 51838. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 110 DMU at Sheffield

21st April 1988

BRCW Class 110 DMBC E51809 And DMCL E51843 seen at Sheffield on 21 April 1988. Dave Warby.

Class 110 DMU at Carnforth

March 1989

Class 110 DMBS 51809 leads a Met-Camm vehicle with a service heading to Morecambe at Carnforth, Lancashire in March 1989. In the background can be seen the signal box of Furness Railway origin, along with semaphores, including under the station canopy to the right. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 110 DMU at Vic Berrys

29th April 1990

E51809, E78969, E78713 and E51183 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 29-4-90. Kevin Dowd.

Class 110 DMU at Vic Berry&#039;s

11th May 1990

Cutting started on Class 110 E51809 when seen at Vic Berry's on May 11th 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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