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<- 50860 | 50861 | 50862 ->

Vehicle 50861 / 53861


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

3w/e 19/04/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-61 Transferred to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
3w/e 01/02/64 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
May-73Depot code changeTS
4w/e 04/08/73 Transferred to ME (Marylebone)
w/e 06/03/76 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
16/08/87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50861 - original number
53861 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 30/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50861 59369 50914 As delivered to 86C - 3w/e 19/04/58
CDF402 50861 59034 50914 Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
TY531 50861 59341 50886 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50861 59341 50886 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
TY502 50861 59002 50912 Listed at Tyseley - circa Sep-71
50861 59002 50912 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
50861 59002 50912 Transfer to ME - 4w/e 04/08/73
50861 59652 59762 51872 Noted 29/05/1975 - at Banbury3
50861 59763 51678 Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot4
TS402 50861 50912 Noted circa Apr-76
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted 14/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
50861 50912 Noted 06/10/1977 - Oxford Reading area5
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 01/19786
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 01/19816
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 10/19816
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 05/19826
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 09/19826
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS502 53861 59002 53912 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS502 53861 59597 53912 Noted circa 10/19836
TS502 53861 59597 53912 Noted circa 01/19846
TS502 53861 59597 53912 Noted circa 10/19846
TS502 53861 59634 53912 Noted 14/02/19856
TS502 53861 59634 53912 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
T292 53067 53861 Listed at TS - Jul-87

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Marylebone

July 1975

A three-car DMU departs Marylebone - probably an ECS given the destination blind. Closest is Class 116 DMBS M50861 - there were two three-car sets allocated here at the time - it seems to be working with a 115 TC and 115 DMBS. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 116 DMU at Edgbaston

July 1976

Set number: TS502

Class 116 DMU set TS502 (presumably 50862 + 59002 + 50912) seen at Edgbaston in July 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Cradley Heath

April 1977

Set number: TS502

Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TS502 (50861 and presumably 59002 + 50912) at Cradley Heath in early April 1977. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Derby

Unknown date

A Class 116 DMU with M50861 closest and M50912 at the far end departs from Derby, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New Street

31st July 1982

Set number: TS502

Class 116 DMBS 50861 is seen at New Street, 31.07.1982. Andy Cole.

Class 116 DMU at Alvechurch

circa 1987

Set number: TS502

A suburban DMU at Alvechurch on the Redditch branch, south or Birmingham, circa 1986 / 1987. Carrying set number TS502 in the cab window the Class 116 DMBS is presumably 53861. Ian Docwra.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1977

Set number: TS502

In early 1977 Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TS502 (presumably 50912 + 59002 + 50861) is seen at Aston just after passing under Spaghetti Junction on its way to Four Oaks. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1978

Set number: TS502

A refurbished Class 116 set (TS502, presumably 50912 + 59002 + 50861) between Acocks Green and Tyseley in 1978. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1980

Set number: TS502

A Class 116 in refurbished livery on a Four Oaks working seen near University station in Birmingham during 1980. It appears to be set TS502, and so presumably 50912 + 59002 + 50861. Ian Docwra.