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Vehicle 50862 / 53862


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 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
Sep-66 To Parcels Sector at 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
w/e 15/10/77 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) - returned to passenger stock
02/11/87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
30/10/88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50862 - original number
53862 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-66 - Converted for parcels use
02/11/73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 09/08/75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 06/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50862 59370 50915 As delivered to 88A - 3w/e 19/04/58
CAT345 50862 59370 50915 Listed at CAT - Jul-62
50862 50915 Transfer to 81C - Sep-66
50819 50915 50862 55991 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
50819 50862 Noted 11/08/70 - at Royal Oak2
50862 55992 Noted 22/07/72 - at Reading2
50862 50872 Noted 03/03/73 - at Reading2
50862 55992 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1
L341 50862 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 - DPU
50862 55992 Noted 01/05/1976 - at Reading, operating with through wired GUV 865723
50862 50872 Noted 14/09/1977 - at Gloucester3
TS514 50862 59014 50872 Noted circa 01/19784
50862 59014 50872 Noted 12/01/1978 - Swindon5
TS514 50862 59014 50872 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS514 50862 59014 50872 Noted circa 01/19814
TS514 50862 59014 50872 Noted circa 10/19814
TS514 50862 59014 50872 Noted circa 05/19824
TS514 50862 59014 50872 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS514 53862 59014 53872 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS514 53862 59014 53872 Noted circa 09/19834
TS607 53862 59107 53872 Noted circa 12/19834
TS607 53862 59600 53872 Noted circa 01/19854
TS607 53862 59600 53872 Noted circa 02/19854
TS607 53862 59600 53872 Listed at TS - May-85
TS607 53862 59600 53872 Noted circa 03/19864
TS607 53862 59600 53872 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS607 53862 59600 53872 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich2
53862 59600 53872 Noted 23/05/87 - at Norwich2
T607 53862 59600 53872 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T358 53862 59528 53872 Formed at TS Aug-87
TS607 53862 59600 53872 Noted 01/08/87 - at Norwich2
TS358 53862 59528 53872 Noted circa 10/19874
53862 59528 53872 Noted 05/12/87 - on 13:07 Manchester Victoria - Southport6
53862 59528 53872 Noted 13/12/19874
N362 53862 59528 53872 Listed at NH - May 1988
N362 53862 59528 53872 Noted circa Jul-88
N363 53862 59554 53895 Formed at NH p/e 18/07/88

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Southall depot

Unknown date

Class 116 power car W50862 stabled at Southall depot. At this time - circa late 1960s - it had all the seats removed as was in used as a DMPV. It would be returned to passenger use in 1977. Graham Clark.

Class 116 DMU at Ealing

May 1976

Set number: L341

Parcel formation L341 passing Ealing in May 1976, formed of a Class 116 (or 130 for parcel use) W50862, a GUV, and Class 128 W55991. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 116 DMU at Shrewsbury

13th July 1984

Set number: TS607

09/07/84 TS607 and C801 at Shrewsbury. TS607 is bound for Wolverhampton, and C801 for Swansea Jason Hall.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

Autumn 1985

Set number: TS607

Tyseley Class 116/127 hybrid DMU set TS607 set (presumably 53862 + 59600 + 53872) stabled on the old traverser road at Birmingham Moor Street, Autumn 1985. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New Street

22nd April 1987

Set number: TS607

53862 at Birmingham New Street on 22/04/87. Steve Jones.

Class 116 DMU at Llandudno Junction

27th May 1987

Set number: TS607

A Class 108 and a Class 116 in Llandudno Junction station on Tuesday 27 May 1987. The 116 is working the 0941 Birmingham New St - Llandudno and formed of set TS607 (presumably 53862 visible) and TS614. Colin Brooks.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: October 1965

BR (Derby) Class 116 3-car suburban dmu Nos. W50915 (116/2), W59370 (175) and W50862 (116/2) in BR green with small yellow warning panel at Cardiff (General) on a service to Merthyr Tydfil, 10/65. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: circa 1967

A GRC&W parcel car (55991 or 55992) in early blue livery with only a yellow gangway cover at Oxford circa 1967. It is paired with a Derby suburban DMBS still in green - likely to 50819 or 50862 which had their seats removed for parcel traffic - and there are two vans in tow. Doug Nicholls.

DMU

Date: circa 1968

A fascinating picture of an unidentified Gloucester Class 128 (possibly W55991) carrying what appears to be non-standard blue livery with white cab roofs and seemingly without yellow warning panels, although the reality is the van has a yellow painted corridor connection. The DMPV is working with an unidentified green liveried Derby Class 116 DMBS (probably 50819 or 50862), the pair pulling a BR(SR) green liveried CCT at Twyford and thought to be heading east - c.1968. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

DMU

Date: August 1972

BR (Derby) Class 130 Motor Parcels 2-car dmu No.W50872 & W50862 (converted respectively from a Class 116/1 Motor Second and a Class 116/2 Motor Brake Second from a 3-car suburban set) in Rail Blue with all yellow front ends and "Parcels Service" branding approaching Paddington, 08/72. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: February 1975

Gloucester RC & W Co. Motor Parcels Van (Class 128) No.W55991, with split headcodes and gangways in BR Rail Blue livery and all yellow ends, coupled to a GUV van and BR (Derby) Class 130 parcels railcar No.W50862 passing Ealing, 02/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: May 1976

A parcel formation passes Ealing in May 1976. On the rear (closest) is W55991, then a GUV, W50862 leading carrying set number L341. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: July 1976

Set number: TS502

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

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 345

One of the Western Region hybrid 128/130 sets (number 345) formed of W55992 and either 50819 or 50862, with two 'Fruit D' vans in tow. This appears to be Slough, date unknown. Graham Clark.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1988

Set number: N362

Hybrid 116/101 set N362 contains M53872 + M59528 + M53862 at Manchester Victoria on May 13, 1988. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 14th May 1988

Set number: N362

Still retaining West Midlands PTE branding on the outer end of the driving car, a Class 116/101 three-car hybrid DMU formed of cars M53872, M59528 & M53862 formed as Newton Heath allocated set N362, was awaiting departure from the staggered platform layout at Hoscar in West Lancashire with a Southport to Manchester Victoria service on May 14th 1988. The set was disbanded soon after this image was recorded, 53872 was withdrawn in June 1988, 59528 lasted in service until July 1988 whilst 53862 survived until October 1988. All three cars were subsequently scrapped by Berry's of Leicester. Martyn Hilbert.