Vehicle 52069
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: 30691
Diagram: 564
Allocations
| 30/12/61 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| 2w/e 06/05/67 | On loan to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 2w/e 03/06/67 | Transferred 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| 23/02/90 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ |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 13/08/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52069 | 59811 | 52079 | As delivered to 26A - 30th December 1961 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59818 | 52079 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59815 | 52079 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59709 | 52079 | Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City2 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59812 | 51836 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Sheffield 3 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59693 | 52077 | Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull1 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59812 | 52077 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 51838 | 59700 | 52069 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59697 | 52085 | Noted circa 06/19834 | ||||||
| 52069 | 52077 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted circa 02/19864 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted 19th August 1986 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted 23/08/86 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted 02/10/19864 | ||||||
| 52069 | 59696 | 52085 | Noted 09/10/19864 | ||||||
| 52069 | 52085 | Noted 03/06/87 | |||||||
| 52069 | 52080 | Noted 17/11/87 - dragged by 47116 on 2G23 1243 Leeds-Sheffield via Barnsley and 2G36 1642 Sheffield-Leeds via Barnsley both with 51812 + 59069 + 51842 | |||||||
| 52069 | 52080 | Noted 22/11/87 | |||||||
| 413 | 52069 | 52085 | Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 52085 replaced 52080 (to 404) | ||||||
| 52069 | 52085 | Listed at NL - early Apr-88 | |||||||
| 52069 | 52085 | Noted 04/07/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford | |||||||
| 52069 | 52085 | Noted 03/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford | |||||||
| 52085 | 52069 | Noted 20/08/88 - on a Nottingham - Barnsley service | |||||||
| 52069 | 52085 | Noted 25/08/88 - on 17:28 Sheffield-Lincoln | |||||||
| 413 | 52069 | 52085 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 | ||||||
| 52069 | 51843 | Noted circa 04/19894 | |||||||
| NL407 | 52069 | 52080 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 | ||||||
| 52069 | 52080 | Noted circa 12/19894 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
April 1976
A Birmingham RC&W Co. 3-car Local Passenger "Calder Valley" dmu arrives at Accrington on a Preston - Leeds (City) service in April 1976. The vehicle numbers are thought to be 52069 + 59812 + 52077. Hugh Llewelyn.
10th April 1977
Class 110 DMBC E52069 in Bradford Hammerton Street on April 10, 1977. Rex Holt.
30th December 1980
E52069 + E59815 + E51846 with the 13:04 Huddersfield - Sheffield service at Penistone on 1980-12-30. At this time the service would have reached Sheffield via the closed Sheffield Victoria station and reversal at Nunnery Junction. John Carter.
25th July 1982
Class 110 52069 faces what appears to be a Class 114, and a Class 123 behind at Doncaster Works on the 25th July 1982. Chris Lings.
20th April 1984
MetroTrain branded 52069 is part of a two-car Class 110 set seen at Doncaster on 20.04.1984. Andy Cole.
8th April 1985
BRC&W products in Manchester Victoria on 8th April 1985. A class 110 "Calder Valley" DMU (52069) and a class 104 stands in the background. Jonathan Hazan.
2nd April 1987
A Class 110 DMU (52069 + 59696 + 52085) at Hull on 2/4/87. Stuart Mackay Collection.
3rd June 1987
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. 'Calder Valley' unit Nos. M52069 and M52085 create a rather claggy atmosphere in an up bay platform at York, with 47444 in the background on a down TPO service, 3rd June 1987. Gordon Edgar.
summer 1987
A two-car Birmingham unit (52069 + 52085) pulls away from Lincoln onto the Market Rasen line in the summer of 1987. Andrew Walker.
9th February 1988
Class 110 52069 approaching Lincoln Central, 9th Feb 1988. Lee Senior.
28th December 1988
Two generations of DMU at York on the night of 28th December 1988. 141009 is on the right whilst E52069 is on the left. Syd Young.
21st July 1990
Class 110 power car E52069 at Snailwell on 21st July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: April 1976
Birmingham RC&W Co. 3-car Local Passenger "Calder Valley" dmu (Class 110) Nos.E52077 (Class 110/1), E59812 (Class 163), E52069 (110/2) in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end at Accrington on a Preston - Hebden Bridge - Leeds service, 04/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 29th June 1986
A three-car Class 110 DMU formed of 52085 + 59696 + 52069 outside Doncaster Works on 29 June 1986. Keith Miller.
Date: 23rd August 1986
Having left Edale heading towards Manchester and about to plunge into the 2 mile 182 yard Cowburn Tunnel in the Hope Valley on 23rd August 1986, a 1961 built BRC&W built "MetroTrain" branded class 110 'Calder Valley' 3 car dmu set, this one being E52085 + E59696 + E52069, these were not common through here, indeed I'm sure this is the only shot I have of one! 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.
Date: summer 1987
This BRCW-built unit dates from 1962 and comprises a 'motor composite' no. E52085 in front and a 'motor brake composite' no. 52069 behind. Two Rolls-Royce engines power each vehicle. At the time of this picture, DMUs like this were thought of as quite 'old', but today we travel on Sprinters that are older...! Andrew Walker.