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Vehicle 51843

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

13/10/61	New 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23/02/90	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ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 20/07/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51823	59707	51843	As delivered to 56G - 13th October 1961
	51814	59701	51843	Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull¹
	51816	59570	51843	Noted circa 03/1983²
	51820	59571	51843	Noted circa 06/1983²
	51816	51843		Noted 05/01/1984 - on 17.10 Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds working with 53948-54231²
	51815	51843		Noted 08/05/1984²
	51815	51843		Noted 16/05/1984²
	51815	59694	51843	Noted circa 09/1986²
	51815	59694	51843	Noted 09/10/1986²
	51815	59694	51843	Noted 20/11/1986²
	51815	59694	51843	Noted 20/01/87 - on Norwich depot³
	51823	51843		Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds⁴
	51843	52073		Noted 22/11/87
	52073	51843		Noted 21/12/87
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
501	51809	59096	51843	Listed at NL - Feb-89
	51809	59096	51843	Noted 06/02/89⁵
	52069	51843		Noted circa 04/1989²
NL409	52072	51843		Listed at NL - 05/09/89

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

Images:

17th June 1978

This is believed to be 51843, seen at Doncaster Works on the 17th June 1978. No information is available on what happened to it and the vehicle in front. Robert Frise.

17th June 1978

This is believed to be 51843, seen at Doncaster Works on the 17th June 1978. No information is available on what happened to it and the vehicle in front. Robert Frise.

17th June 1978

This is believed to be 51843, seen at Doncaster Works on the 17th June 1978. No information is available on what happened to it and the vehicle in front. Robert Frise.

Unknown date

51843 undergoing some substantial bodywork repairs at Doncaster Works. Undated, circa late 1978 or 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Unknown date

A Class 110 DMU with E51843 closest at Horbury & Ossett as it approaches Healey Mills Yard, date unknown. Yorkshire Wagon Works in the background. Paul Redmond.

21st March 1987

A Class 110 DMU formed of 51843 + 59694 + 51815 at Sheffield on 21 March 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

21st December 1987

A 1961 built BRC&W built "MetroTrain" branded Class 110 'Calder Valley' 2 car DMU, E51843 and E52073. 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. Seen in Sheffield on the 21st December 1987. Andrew J Crowther.

13th January 1988

Class 110 51843 standing at Bradford Int. on 13th Jan 1988. Lee Senior.

11th April 1989

A Class 110 BRCW "Calder Valley" with 51843 closest at Sheffield on 11/4/89. It has a Met-Camm TBS centre car, probably 59096. Sparegang.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 21st April 1988

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

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