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Vehicle 51842


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

05/10/61 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-73Depot code changeHS
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23/02/90 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ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 29/03/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51822 59706 51842 As delivered to 56G - 5th October 1961
51822 59705 51842 Noted 11/09/65 - at York1
51814 59697 51842 Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1
52072 59811 51842 Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Piccadilly1
52072 59699 51842 Noted 06/08/19742
51842 59600 52072 Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland3
51823 59702 51842 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot3
52072 59699 51842 Noted 12/02/76 - at Brough1
51842 59699 52072 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1
52072 59699 51842 Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster1
51842 59699 52072 Noted 05/01/77 - in Manchester Victoria with 51822/59707/518471
51813 59812 51842 Noted circa 06/19834
51812 59697 51842 Noted circa 07/19854
51812 59697 51842 Noted 25/07/86
51812 59697 51842 Noted 14/08/86 - at York3
51812 59697 51842 Noted 25/10/19864
51817 59069 51842 Noted circa Oct-87
51812 59069 51842 Noted 17/11/87 - dragged by 47116 on 2G23 1243 Leeds-Sheffield via Barnsley and 2G36 1642 Sheffield-Leeds via Barnsley both with 52080 + 52069
51812 59069 51842 Noted 22/11/87
51812 59069 51842 Noted 16/01/88 - on a Halifax - Leeds service
51812 59078 51842 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
402 51812 51842 Formed at NL circa May-88 - from 502 after removing TS
502 51812 59078 51842 Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
51812 59096 51842 Noted 30/06/88 - on 21:30 Sheffield-Retford
51812 59096 51842 Noted 01/07/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
51828 51842 Noted circa 11/19884
405 51828 51842 Listed at NL - Feb-89
NL404 51828 51842 Listed at NL - 05/09/89

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

Images:

Class 110 DMU at Leeds

8th September 1975

Waiting to form the 1516 to Sheffield on September 8, 1975, a three-car class 110 formation comprising E51842/59699/52072 stands at Leeds Platform 9B. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 110 DMU at Manchester Victoria

17th November 1984

Seen in Manchester Victoria on 17 November 1984 are 25 300, 45 101 and BRCW Class 110 DMCL E51842. Dave Warby.

Class 110 DMU at Bradford Interchange

16th January 1988

51842 / 59069 / 51812 are seen approaching Bradford interchange with a Halifax - Leeds service on 16/1/88. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 110 DMU at York Holgate

April 1988

A Class 110 DMU - with a Met-Camm trailer brake - is seen at York Holgate in April 1988. Closest is E51842. George Woods.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th July 1986

E51812 + E59697 + E51842 seen in York station on Saturday 25/07/1986, with another Class 110 on the left. They are in what was then platforms 10 / 11, these bays became platforms 6 / 7 and generally used for services on the direct route to Leeds and beyond, e.g. to Bradford Interchange and on to Manchester Victoria or Blackpool via Calder Valley route. Some InterCity services terminating at York also use these platforms. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: April 1988

A Class 110 DMU - with a Met-Camm trailer brake - is seen at York Holgate in April 1988. The far vehicle is E51842. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1988

Three-car class 110 unit formed 51812, 59096 (class 101 centre trailer) and 51842 at Leeds on 16/Aug/1988. I had just travelled on this unit from Sheffield. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 12th August 1989

E51828 + E51842 seen at Neville Hill depot on the 12th August 1989. They were transferred there after Hammerton Street closed in 1984. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 13th September 1989

Set number: N617

31 456 is at the head of (furthest to closest) (possibly 51828)/51842 and 54408/53944 at Sheffield on the 13th September 1989. Malcolm Clements.