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Vehicle 52085

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

03/02/62	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
23/02/90	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 28/04/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	52075	59817	52085	As delivered to 26A - 3rd February 1962
	52075	59817	52085	Noted Jul-66 - at Brough¹
	52075	59813	52085	Noted 14/08/70 - in Sheffield Midland²
	52071	59700	52085	Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster³
	52075	59810	52085	Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds¹
	52075	59810	52085	Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot²
	52075	59810	52085	Noted 09/09/1975 - at Sheffield⁴
	52075	59810	52085	Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough¹
	52075	59810	52085	Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	52075	59810	52085	Noted 21/08/76 - at Brough¹
	51815	59810	52085	Noted 29/05/1978 - Seen at Selby on service to Leeds⁵
	51814	59809	52085	Noted circa 10/1982⁵
	51814	59809	52085	Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 06.45 Southport to Manchester Victoria and 08.10 return service.⁵
	51814	59815	52085	Noted circa 02/1983⁵
	52069	59697	52085	Noted circa 06/1983⁵
	52069	59696	52085	Noted circa 02/1986⁵
	52069	59696	52085	Noted 19th August 1986
	52069	59696	52085	Noted 23/08/86
	52069	59696	52085	Noted 02/10/1986⁵
	52069	59696	52085	Noted 09/10/1986⁵
	52069	52085		Noted 03/06/87
	51809	52085		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
	52075	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
	51847	59250	52085	Noted 13th May 1989
NL554	53203	59694	52085	Listed at NL - 05/09/89
	51175	52085		Noted 30/12/89 - on a Leeds to Bradford Interchange service

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

Images:

20th August 1976

Class 110 E52085 Skipton 20 August 1976. Alistair Ness.

26th March 1977

A Class 110 Calder Valley DMU arrives into Sowerby Bridge with a Leeds service on 26 March 1977. The centre car is 59810, the power cars are presumably 52085 + 52075. Michael Mensing.

22nd February 1986

A two-car Class 110 BRC&W "Calder Valley" DMU in Manchester Victoria on 22 February 1986 with 52085 closest. Stuart Mackay Collection.

29th June 1986

A three-car Class 110 DMU formed of 52085 + 59696 + 52069 outside Doncaster Works on 29 June 1986. Keith Miller.

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.

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.

21st October 1987

A BRC&W Class 110 two-car set in York station on October 21, 1987, with E52085 at the front. Rex Holt.

August 1989

52085 faces 144 007 in Harrogate station in August 1989. Mike Cooper.

August 1989

52085 faces 144 007 in Harrogate station in August 1989. Mike Cooper.

16th September 1989

Class 110 52085 approaches Scarborough on 16th Sept 1989 with the 09:00 Sheffield - Hull - Scarborough, and appears to have a Met-Camm vehicle at the rear of the set. Lee Senior.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 26th March 1977

A Class 110 DMU in Sowerby Bridge station with a Leeds service on 26 March 1977. In view are E59810 and presumably E52085. Michael Mensing.

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: 29th June 1986

Class 110s (52085 on the left), Class 105 and Class 114 outside Doncaster Works on 29 June 1986. Keith Miller.

Date: 2nd April 1987

A Class 110 DMU (52069 + 59696 + 52085) at Hull on 2/4/87. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 24th February 1989

A Class 110 DMU formed of 52079 + 52085 at Worksop on 24 February 1989. Photo by Mark Harrington. John Carter Collection.

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