Vehicle 52078
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
| 09/12/61 | 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 |
| 25/01/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 25/04/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52068 | 59810 | 52078 | As delivered to 26A - 9th December 1961 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59810 | 52078 | Noted 05/08/66 - at Wakefield Kirkgate1 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59810 | 52078 | Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange1 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59810 | 52078 | Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59810 | 52078 | Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59698 | 52078 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59814 | 52078 | Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 52075 | 59700 | 52078 | Noted 29/08/74 - at York2 | ||||||
| 52075 | 59817 | 52078 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Sheffield Midland2 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59703 | 52078 | Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 52068 | 59703 | 52078 | Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51827 | 59813 | 52078 | Noted circa 06/19833 | ||||||
| 51827 | 52078 | Noted 07/10/1983 - Manchester Vic3 | |||||||
| 51827 | 52078 | Noted 07/01/19843 | |||||||
| 51810 | 52078 | Noted circa 10/19853 | |||||||
| 51810 | 59809 | 52078 | Noted 21/03/86 - at York2 | ||||||
| 51810 | 59809 | 52078 | Noted 20/11/19863 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa 1965
Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 110 'Calder Valley' DMU, with DMCL M52078 leading at Sowerby Bridge forming a Manchester to Leeds service in the mid-1960s. Gordon Edgar Collection.
1969
A BRC&W set arriving into Wakefield Westgate in 1969 led by E52078. John Law.
Unknown date
Class 110 DMSL E52078 in Manchester Victoria, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
17th June 1983
Class 110 52078 at the head of two three-car DMUs at Laisterdyke on June 17, 1983. Steve Davies Collection.
24th May 1986
A Class 110 DMU with E52078 in Darlington station on 24 May 1986. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1969
A Class 110 BRCW DMU at Wakefield Westgate station in 1969. The DMC (furthest) is E52078. John Law.