Vehicle 52076 / 977614
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: 30692
Diagram: 563
Allocations
| 25/11/61 | 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 |
| p/e 03/12/88 | To departmental stock | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| Sep-90 | Withdrawn |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
52076 - original number
977614 - from Nov-88 (departmental stock)
Department Use as ADB977614
Sandite From 11/88 to 9/90.
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 30/05/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52066 | 59808 | 52076 | As delivered to 26A - 25th November 1961 | ||||||
| 52066 | 59808 | 52076 | Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange1 | ||||||
| 52070 | 59701 | 52076 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | ||||||
| 52071 | 59698 | 52076 | Noted 29/08/74 - at York2 | ||||||
| 51809 | 59703 | 52076 | Noted circa 11/1974 - at Sheffield3 | ||||||
| 51809 | 59814 | 52076 | Noted 02/07/19814 | ||||||
| 52076 | 59694 | 51814 | Noted circa 04/19824 | ||||||
| 52076 | 59817 | 52067 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 52076 | 59817 | 52067 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.04 Leeds to Man Victoria and 08.58 return.4 | ||||||
| 51828 | 52076 | Noted circa 05/19844 | |||||||
| 51828 | 52076 | Noted 18/05/84 | |||||||
| 51825 | 59810 | 52076 | Noted circa 07/19854 | ||||||
| 51825 | 59810 | 52076 | Noted circa 02/19864 | ||||||
| 51825 | 59810 | 52076 | Noted 20/05/86 - at York2 | ||||||
| 51825 | 59810 | 52076 | Noted 07/10/19864 | ||||||
| 52072 | 52076 | Noted 21/03/87 - on 15:48 Hull - Leeds with unknown centre car5 | |||||||
| spare | 52076 | Listed at NL - 22/11/87 | |||||||
| 408 | 51826 | 52076 | Formed at NL w/e 07/02/88 - renumbered from 508 after removing centre car | ||||||
| 51823 | 52076 | Listed at NL - early Apr-88 | |||||||
| 908 | 977613 | 977614 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 - sector DMEX, sandite | ||||||
| 977613 | 977614 | Noted circa 04/1989 - Sandite unit4 | |||||||
| 977613 | 977614 | Noted 18th May 1989 - at Manchester Picc. on route learning special |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
Images:
Unknown date
Class 110 DMC 52076 sits beside a Cravens set in Sheffield Midland in the 1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
Class 110 DMC E52076 in Sheffield station, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
20th September 1979
A Calder Valley Class 110 three-car DMU with Driving Motor Composite E52076 was arriving at Chorley with a Blackpool North - Manchester Victoria to Leeds service on September 20th 1979. Much has changed in the intervening years, to the right of the DMU in the background is the location of the steeply-graded closed route to Blackburn (with its bridge span under Stump Lane) that last saw a passenger train in 1960. To the left of this view is the disused bay platform and just beyond the terraced houses where there is now a car park and McDonalds Restaurant, and in the distance the now removed Gasometer. The original stone faced platforms at Chorley were furnished with 1960's electric lights that had replaced the original gas lamps. The platforms were rebuilt and the track re-aligned in 2016 in preparation for higher line speeds when the route is electrified. Martyn Hilbert.
18th May 1984
52076 + 51828 with the 18:02 to Leeds at Knottingley, 18 May 1984. Hamish Stevenson.
Unknown date
52076 is at the head of this Class 110 at York. Undated. Tom Clift.
2nd September 1985
Class 110 E52076 and a Class 114 (and an HST) await departure from Sheffield on 2nd September 1985. Jonathan Hazan.
12th August 1989
Sandite Class 110 vehicle ADB 977614 (ex-52076) at Neville Hill on August 12th, 1989, still with it's MetroTrain markings. Hamish Stevenson.
18th September 1990
ADB977614 at Snailwell with firing tunnel chimney behind. 18th September 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
Class 110 centre car E59814, with E52076 on the left, 52071 on the right. At Sheffield, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 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.