52077 Class 110 Driving Motor Composite Lavatory

Home Railway	Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway	Location History	Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway Jun 90-Present
Current Location	Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
Current Status	Operational
Current Livery	BR Green (Speed Whiskers)
TRA Designation	3
Partner Vehicle(s)	52071
Owner	Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway Co Ltd
Website	www.lakesiderailway.co.uk
Record Last Updated	19 April 2025
Preservation Modifications Additional steps fitted to doorways to aid boarding/alighting at the railway's very low platforms. Non of the secondmans side doors on the vehicle operate as there are no public platforms on that side!
Preservation Information Withdrawn from Neville Hill (Leeds) depot in March 1990, this vehicle and partner 52071 was purchased for use on the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, arriving three months later. The railway was offered a full 3-car set for the same price as a 2-car, but space constraints at the time meant that only the two vehicles could be housed. The set appears to have lead a stable life on the line, remaining in service. However as a primarily steam operated tourist railway (with very little booked diesel running) use of the DMU has been modest. As of 2011, the vehicle's annual booked running included two weekends performing as "Daisy" for the Day out with Thomas events and three weekends operating a winter-weekend service during November. Some years later it was found that the set was being used more often, with the last round trip of the day during the main summer holidays often featuring a diesel, the 110 set being available for some of these turns. 2019 was to be the final year of these regular passenger turns for the set. In common with all railways, the Lakeside & Haverthwaite were forced to shut over much of the Covid-19 pandemic and following reopening, the timetable was subject to modifications. As a result, 52077 was not used in service for four years (2019-2022). It would be November 2022 before the set ventured out again, albeit on a private driver experience charter day. It was however stored again afterwards. In March 2025, 52077 received a range of mechanical repairs which had manifested themselves in the six years since it had been in regular use, allowing it (with 52071) to return to service for three days to operate a Branch Line Society charter and star for a pre-season diesel gala being held at the line that year. The runs were sucessful with many enthusiasts travelling to ride on the rarely seen set, boosted by the fact that the railway advertised the weekend as the only time that season that it was booked to run. 52077 remains based at Haverthwaite, operational but with almost no booked running.
Future Plans To maintain in service.

	52077/52071 at Lakeside with the 13:50 Lakeside-Haverthwaite. This was the final trip for the set planned for the 2025 season, 30/3/25. Chris Moxon

	20214 sits prominently in the loop at Haverthwaite whilst 52077/52071 stand in the platform loading up for the 13:35 Haverthwaite-Lakeside, 30/3/25. Chris Moxon

	52077/52071 back out of Haverthwaite station and into the yard following the end of the set's duties at that weeken'd diesel gala, its only planned public running for the year, 30/3/25. Chris Moxon

	52077 stored undercover at Haverthwaite awaiting repairs, 29/7/24. Michael Hughes

	52077 tucked safely in the shed at Haverthwaite, one of the few first generation DMU's in the country to have regular undercover accommodation, 1/9/21. Paul Hughes

	52077 enters Haverthwaite station ready to operate the (summer only) last train of the day, 23/7/19. Shaun Whitehead

	52077 & 52071 stand at Haverthwaite awaiting the 09:40 departure for Lakeside. 99% of trains are locomotive hauled services, the Mk1 coaching set for which can be seen stabled alongside, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	A view of the No1 engine and associated mechanics of 52077. The Rolls Royce engines have reportedly served the set well during over 20 years of preservation use, but are due for some attention during 2012, 13/11/11.

	52077 & 52071 stand at Lakeside awaiting departutre on the 10:15 service to Haverthwaite. This was the first of four round trips which were operating to connect with steamer sailings on Lake Windermere. Currently, this diesel weekend service (which operates only in November) and two Thomas weekends are the only booked workings for the railway's Class 110 set, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	52077 stands at Lakeside awaiting departutre on the 10:15 service to Haverthwaite. Lakeside station offers a cross-platform interchange with Lake Windermere steam boat services, a feature which forms the commercial core of the railway in the tourist rich Lake District, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	52077 & 52071 depart Newby Bridge in dappled sunlight with the 11:00 Haverthwaite-Lakeside. The vehicle's exterior appearance remains smart despite the length of time since a repaint. This is indicative of the railways policy to stable the unit either inside a shed or tunnel, which has saved it from much sun and rain damage, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	52077 & 52071 depart Newby Bridge with the 11:30 Lakeside-Haverthwaite. The vehicle is in original lined green livery with speed whiskers. Although the British Railways crest has been included in the centre of the vehicle, the vehicle numbers have not, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	52077 & 52071 thread their way alongide the southern extremity of Lake Windermere near Lakeside station, working the 12:30 service from Haverthwaite. Although a very tree-lined section of line during the summer season, by November clearer views become available to both passenger and photographer, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	52077 & 52071 approach Newby Bridge in golden evening winter sunlight operating the last train of the day, the 14:55 Lakeside-Haverthwaite, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	52077 in service at Haverthwaite, 11/11/06. David Bellamy

	52077 & 52071 in service at Haverthwaite, 13/11/05. John Carter

	52077 on the Lakeside & Haverthwaite, 29/8/97. Stuart Mackay

Interior

	View of the drivers position, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	View of the secondmans side of the cab, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	The first class saloon, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	The middle saloon, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	A vestibule. The railway have not backdated the interior, therefore the post-refurbishment orange Formica bulkheads survive, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	The rear saloon, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon

	The toilet. Most of the Formica panels survive undamaged, 13/11/11. Chris Moxon