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Vehicle 51847


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

09/11/61 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
31/12/61 On loan to 26A (Newton Heath)
w/e 03/02/62 Ex-loan back to 56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 27/04/68 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
31/08/69 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 31/01/70 Transferred to 55F (Hammerton Street)
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23/02/90 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ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 23/07/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51827 59711 51847 As delivered to 56G - 9th November 1961
51827 59711 51847 Transfer to 26A - 31/12/61 - on loan
51827 59711 51847 Transfer to 56G - w/e 03/02/62 - ex-loan
51827 59711 51847 Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster1
51827 59696 51847 Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1
51827 59707 51847 Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1
51827 59698 51847 Noted 08/09/73 - at Halifax2
51822 59700 51847 Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough1
51822 59707 51847 Noted 05/01/77 - in Manchester Victoria with 51842/59699/520721
51847 59697 51828 Noted 12/09/1982 - Special Train Skipton to Rylstone and return
51825 59701 51847 Noted circa 10/19823
52073 59704 51847 Noted circa 03/19833
51809 51847 Noted circa 10/19833
51809 51847 Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Vic3
51809 51847 Noted 05/03/1984 - at Manchester Vic3
51828 51847 Noted circa 09/19863
51828 51847 Noted 07/10/19863
51828 51847 Noted 22/11/87
51828 51847 Noted 28/11/87 - on 16:15 Leeds - Sheffield via Barnsley4
51828 51847 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
51809 59690 51847 Noted 22/08/88 - on 13:17 Sheffield-Retford
51847 59690 52067 Noted 24/10/885
512 51812 59690 51847 Listed at NL - Feb-89
51847 59250 52085 Noted 13th May 1989
NL403 51817 51847 Listed at NL - 05/09/89

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

Images:

Class 110 DMU at Huddersfield

Unknown date

A Class 110 DMU in Huddersfield, date known. E51847 is closest. John Law.

Class 110 DMU at Manchester Victoria

August 1975

A BRC&W Class 110 DMU heading out of Manchester (Victoria) on a Southport - Manchester (Victoria) - Rochdale - Hebden Bridge - Bradford (Exchange) - Leeds (City) service, 08/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 110 DMU at Thorne Moorends

16th April 1976

Just to the north of Thorne, South Yorkshire (West Riding until the early 1970s) is the mining village of Moorends. This is Moorend level crossing and signal box & a diesel multiple unit led by E51847 is heading for Doncaster & Sheffield on 16th April 1976. This was the first box north out of Thorne North station & was of North Eastern Railway brick construction. Pete LG99.

Class 110 DMU at Sheffield Midland

20th December 1987

DMUs stabled in the centre road at Sheffield on 20 December 1987, with Class 110 E51847 closest. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 110 DMU at Snailwell

21st July 1990

Class 110 power car E51847 at Snailwell on 21st July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th July 1986

A two-car Class 110 (E51828 + E51847) and Class 111 (E78970 + E78720) at Doncaster on 25 July 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1987

A two-car cl.110 set formed of 51828 (nearer camera) and 51847 is seen stabled in one of the 'Harrogate' bays at York on 24/10/87. Alongside is one of its successors in the form of 141 002 in its original Verona green and cream livery. Leonard Rogers.