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Class 110 BRC&W 3-car DMUs


Numbering

  1st batch  2nd batch
BUT DTO no.  1/50 1/64
ordered 19/3/59 4/1/61
last delivered 2/12/61 24/2/62

Number Type Batch  Seating Weight Lot no. Diagram Design Code
E51809-51828  DMBC 1 12 1st & 33 2nd  32 tons 30592 564 DQ301
E51829-51848 DMCL 1 12 1st & 54 2nd 31 tons 10 cwt 30593 563 DP313
M52066-52075 DMBC 2 12 1st & 33 2nd 32 tons 30691 564 DQ301
M52076-52085 DMCL 2 12 1st & 54 2nd 31 tons 10 cwt 30692 563 DP313
E59693-59712 TSL 1 72 2nd 24 tons 30594 648 DT207
M59808-59817 TSL 2 72 2nd 24 tons 30693 648 DT207

When TOPS classes were applied in 1973 the DMBC vehicles 110/1, the DMCs 110/2, and the trailers 163. Some years later these were rationalised and all became just Class 110.

Worksplates

Worksplates were carried on the vehicle solebars to identify the builder and lot number. Many of the worksplate images on the website are from the collections of Simeon Gaskell, John Horne and Tony Spencer.

Lot 30592 worksplate Lot 30593 worksplate Lot 30594 worksplate

Driving Instructions

Many earlier DMU types had a booklet from the 33003 series issued specifically for them, none have been found for these vehicles.

This March 1961 editon covered all Blue Square vehicles - BR 33003-92. A companion to this was a "Preparation and Disposal" booklet BR 33003/211.

In 1968 the booklets were replaced by a three part set for Blue Square vehicles Mechanical Transmission):
BR 33003/247 1 - General Data And Equipment
BR 33003/248 2 - Driving Instructions Including Standard Preparation and Disposal Duties
BR 33003/249 3 - Fault Finding Data and Charts

In the early seventies the 33003 series was replaced by the more generic 33056 series of drivers manuals, no longer specific to any coupling code.