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Vehicle 52081

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

06/01/62	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
04/08/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQX

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 15/07/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	52071	59813	52081	As delivered to 26A - 6th January 1962
	52081	59813	52071	Noted 20/12/66 - at Manchester¹
	52071	59813	52081	Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City¹
	52071	59810	52081	Noted 02/01/71
	51814	59808	52081	Noted 31/08/72 - in Leeds City¹
	51815	59693	52081	Noted 05/08/1974 - at York ²
	51816	59693	52081	Noted 04/09/74 - in Sheffield Midland³
	51815	59814	52081	Noted 09/01/75 - at Doncaster³
	52067	59812	52081	Noted 26/04/80 - at York³
	51824	59811	52081	Noted 8th June 1981
	51820	59696	52081	Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	51820	59696	52081	Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.53 Manchester Victoria to Leeds⁴
	51809	59694	52081	Noted circa 08/1983⁴
	51823	52081		Noted 14/08/86 - at York³
	51823	52081		Noted 19th August 1986
	51823	52081		Noted 24/10/1986⁴
	51824	59710	52081	Noted 1987
	51824	59710	52081	Noted 15/04/1987 - at Ely on 09.30 Cambridge to Lincoln Central.⁵
	51823	52081		Noted 22/11/87
	51823	52081		Listed at NL - early Apr-88
	51823	59069	52081	Noted circa May-88
506	51823	59069	52081	Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
013	52081			Listed at NL - Feb-89 - spare set

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Nicholas Youngman

Images:

28th October 1972

E52081 leads a BRC&W Class 110 DMU out of Leeds station with a Sheffield service on 28 October 1972. Alistair Ness.

28th September 1979

A once familiar sight of a well-worn first generation DMU stood at an equally well-worn Manchester Victoria on September 28th 1979. A BRCW Class 110 3-car DMU with DMCL E52081, complete with its first class saloon, was bringing up the rear of a tea-time service to Leeds via Halifax and Bradford. The former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Calder Valley main line was the stamping ground for these units fitted with 180hp Rolls Royce engines for coping with the gradients on the cross Pennine route. Martyn Hilbert.

8th June 1981

Three vehicles - three liveries. E52081 in plain blue, 59811 in refurbished, and 51824 in blue/grey. Entering Leeds station on the 8th June 1981. Malcolm Clements.

29th June 1985

Class 110 52081 makes a bit of smoke at Greenfield on 29 June 1985. Chris Thorp.

circa 1987

A three-car Class 110 and a 2-car Class 108 arrives into York station circa 1987. The leading vehicle is DMSL E52081. George Woods.

10th June 1987

BRCW class 110 with DMCL no. 52081 leading, at Sheffield filling up with passengers prior to departure. 10/Jun/1987. Robert Chilton.

28th October 1987

Class 110 BRCW "Calder Valley" DMU 52081 + 51823 at Manchester Victoria on 28/10/87. Sparegang.

4th June 1989

Class 110 DMU car E52081 at Scarborough on 4-6-89. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

4th June 1989

Class 110 BRC&W DMCL 52081 front end at Scarborough on 4-6-89, coupled to a Class 111. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 6th October 1979

Class 110s at Sheffield on 6 October 1979. Platform 4b contains 52081 + 59809 + 52070 and 3b has 52085 + 59810 + 52075. Just seen on the right is a Class 114. Rob Paterson.

Date: 1st June 1988

Class 110 51823 with its Class 104 cab dome is seen at Leeds on 01.06.1988. The other two vehicles are probably 59069 and 52081, which was Neville Hill set 506 at the time. Andy Cole.

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