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Vehicle 50846 / 53846


Class 116

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30363
Diagram: 553

Allocations

w/e 01/02/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
19/05/68 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
May 1973Depot code changeSF
26/06/77 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
p/e 29/01/83 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Nov-84 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
3w/e 17/02/86 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
11/05/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
20/02/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
06/12/87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Notes

28th November 1986 - Seen with straight exhaust pipes (no silencers)
28th November 1986 - Seen with Trans-Clyde logos

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50846 - original number
53846 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50846 59354 50899 As delivered to Cathays - w/e 01/02/58
CAT326 50846 59354 50899 Listed at CAT - circa Sep-60
CAT326 50846 50899 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50846 59354 50899 Transfer to 30A - 19/05/68 - from WR
50846 59367 50899 Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot1
50846 59349 50881 Noted 14/10/72 - at Ipswich, 22:25 special to Liverpool Street for an orchestra, power cars blue but trailer still green2
50846 59367 50899 Noted 21/07/74 - at Ipswich3
161 50846 59354 50894 Noted 03/09/77 - at Hamilton3
168 50846 59354 50899 Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set
394 50846 59345 50882 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
116394 50846 59345 50882 Listed at HN - 13/06/82
116394 53846 59345 53892 Noted circa 11/19834
116394 53846 59345 53882 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
116394 53846 59345 53882 Transfer to AY - circa Nov-84 - from ED
116394 53846 59345 53882 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
116394 53846 59345 53882 Transfer to ED - Feb-86 - from AY
116394 53846 59345 53882 Noted circa 02/19864
116394 53846 59345 53882 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
116394 53846 59345 53873 Noted 3rd July 1986
394 53846 59345 53873 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53846 59345 53873 Noted 9th August 1986
394 53846 59330 53873 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
53846 59330 53873 Noted 28th November 1986
116394 53846 59330 53873 Noted circa 12/19864
TS535 53846 59719 53873 Noted 17/06/19874
T535 53846 59719 53873 Listed at TS - Jul-87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Glasgow Central

23rd January 1984

Set number: 116394

DMBS 53846 of set 116394 in Glasgow Central station on 23 January 1984. Andrew Malloy.

Class 116 DMU at Nitshill

9th April 1986

Set number: 116394

Two Class 116 DMUs - 116394 (53846 + 59345 + 59873) and 116387 (53881 + 59330 + 53822) arrive at Nitshill with the 18:15 Glasgow Central - Barrhead on 9 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Irvine

24th September 1986

Set number: 116394

Set 116 394 (presumably SC53846 at the front) is seen in Irvine station on September 24, 1986, working the 13:00 Glasgow - Ayr service. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 116 DMU at Redditch

4th April 1987

Set number: TS535

Tyseley set TS535 at Redditch on 4 April 1987. The closest vehicles, DMBS 53846, had recently arrived from Scotland hence the painted over set number and shed sticker under the driver's cab window. Jonathan Hazan.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: August 1982

Set number: 116394

116 394 is seen departing Paisley Gilmour Street on a wet day in August 1982. It also carries set number 385 inside one of the cab windows on the rear vehicle (closest) which is presumably 50882 with 59345 + 50846. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 23rd February 1984

Set number: 116394

116 394 (presumably 53882 + 59345 + 53846) at East Kilbride on 23-2-84. Spannerman37025.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1985

Set number: 116394

Class 116 DMU, set 116 394 (53882 + 59345 + 53846) departing Glasgow Central, possibly on 12-10-85. Note the clocks on the platform to the left. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: circa late 1986

Set number: 116394

116 394 leaves Glasgow Central, 53873 on the rear, presumably with 59345 + 53846. circa late 1986. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: circa late 1986

Set number: 116394

116 394 rolls into Platform 13 of Glasgow Central Station, led by 53873, presumably with 59345 + 53846. Circa late 1986. Andrew McConnell.