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Vehicle 50922 / 53922


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: 30364
Diagram: 554

Allocations

2w/e 12/07/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Dec-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
06/09/87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
08/03/89 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50922 - original number
53922 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 21/05/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50869 50922 As delivered to 88A - 2w/e 12/07/58
CAT354 50869 50922 Listed at CAT - circa Sep-60
CAT354 50869 50922 Listed at CAT - Jul-62
CTN406 50869 59035 50922 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50869 59035 50922 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
C309 50869 59035 50922 Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot2
50869 59035 50922 Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff1
C309 50869 59035 50922 Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff2
C309 50869 59035 50922 Noted 12/07/75 - on 2B60 1715 Cardiff-Highbridge
50869 59528 50922 Noted circa 1976 - at Alston sidings, Cheltenham
C320 50869 59035 50922 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C320 50869 59035 50922 Noted 09/11/1977 - Cardiff Central3
C320 50869 59035 50922 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central3
C320 50869 59035 50922 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C320 50869 59035 50922 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C320 50869 59035 50922 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C320 53869 59035 53922 Noted circa 09/19834
C320 53869 59035 53922 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C320 53869 59035 53922 Noted 26/04/19864
C320 53869 59035 53922 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C320 53869 59035 53922 Noted 05/06/19864
C320 53869 59035 53922 Noted 03/05/87 - in Cardiff Central at 17:00
C320 53869 59035 53922 Listed at CF - Aug-87
53869 59035 53922 Noted October 1987
N361 53839 53922 Listed at NH - May 1988
N359 53869 59035 53922 Listed at NH - May-88
N361 53839 59433 53922 Listed at NH - May-88
N361 53839 59433 53922 Noted 13/05/88 - at Manchester Victoria
N359 53839 53922 Noted circa Jul-88
N359 53839 59114 53922 Noted circa Jul-88 - also marked 361
N359 53869 53922 Noted circa 11/19884

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Treherbert

circa 1975

Set number: C309

Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50922 + 59035 + 50869) in Treherbert station circa 1975. The seats have dark red headrests and the moquette is a vertical stripe pattern, possibly Trojan. Tony Watson.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff

Unknown date

Set number: C320

Two refurbished Class 116 sets seen at Cardiff, date unknown. Closest is set C320 - W50922 and presumably 59035 + 50869. Paul Redmond.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Queen Street

4th March 1982

Set number: C320

Set C320 (50922 + 59035 + 50869) at Cardiff Queen Street, 4th March 1982. Chris Lings.

Class 116 DMU at Severn Tunnel Junction

1984

Set number: C320

A Class 116 DMU (Cardiff-based set formation C320, presumably 53922 + 59035 + 53869) at Severn Tunnel Junction, Gwent in 1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Central

1984

Set number: C320

Class 116 set C320 (53922 and presumably 59035 + 53869) arriving into Cardiff Central in 1984. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Penarth

11th April 1986

Set number: C320

A Class 116 DMU with the "Valley Train" branding at Penarth, on 11th April 1986. Set C320 is presumably formed 53922 + 59035 + 53869. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 116 DMU at Pontypridd

August 1987

Set number: C320

Valleys branded Class 116 set C320 led by W53922 (presumably with 59035 + 53869) is seen north of Pontypridd in August 1987. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Barry Island

6th August 1987

Set number: C320

Class 116 set C320 (W53922 + W59035 + W53869) in Barry Island station after the termination of the 11:06 ex-Ystrad Mynach on August 6th, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 116 DMU at Radyr

19th August 1987

Set number: C320

Class 116 set C320 (presumably 53922 + 59035 + 53869) departs from Radyr with an early afternoon Merthyr - Cardiff Central service on Wednesday 19th August 1987. Colin Brooks.

Class 116 DMU at Preston

4th June 1988

Set number: N359

With an incorrect destination blind and with Western Region 'W' prefixes on its numbers, a two-car Class 116 Suburban DMU formed of cars W53922 & W53839 was stood in platform 2 at Preston with a Preston to Colne service on June 4th 1988. As a three car set, the unit had previously worked from Cardiff Canton Depot, but was transferred to Newton Heath in 1988 to provide cover for the then troublesome new Class 142 fleet. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1975

Set number: C309

Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) in Treherbert station circa 1975. Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: circa 1975

Set number: C309

A Class 116 DMU in Treherbert station circa 1975, probably set C309 (50869 + 59035 + 50922). Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: circa 1975

Set number: C309

Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) in Treherbert station circa 1975. Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: circa 1975

Set number: C309

Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) in Treherbert station circa 1975. Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: circa 1975

Set number: C309

Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) departs from Taffs Well circa 1975. Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: 27th May 1975

Set number: C309

Class 116 unit C309 comprising 50869 + 59035 + 50922 at Merthyr, 27 May 1975. David Clegg.

DMU

Date: circa 1976

Class 101 TCL 59528, pictured at Alston sidings, Cheltenham, was one of the first three Met-Camm vehicles transferred to the Western Region in 1967. It spent ten years at Reading and Cardiff before moving on to the LMR. Date is unknown, but as it is between Canton vehicles 50869 and 50922 it should be dated to 1975 - 1977. 50922 on the left has &#039;Triple&#039; on the vehicle end. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 12th March 1976

Set number: C320

According to my scant notes from this day in 1976 (March 12th), I took a TP photo of DMU C320 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) at Cardiff Central (looking east). Though the details are lacking, It's a captured moment, despite the grainy Kodak plus-X film and my shoddy development of it! Arnie Furniss.

DMU

Date: 11th April 1979

Set number: C320

A Treherbert bound class 116 DMU (set C320, presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) approaches Taffs Well on an inclement 11th April 1979. Stephen Burdett.

DMU

Date: 15th May 1979

Set number: C320

Refurbished Class 116 DMU set C320 stabled in the sidings at Treherbert on 15 May 1979. W50869 is closest, the other two vehicles are presumably 59035 + 50922. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 1984

Set number: C320

Class 116 set C320 (presumably 53869 + 59035 + 53922) at Caerphilly in early 1984. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1984

Set number: C320

Class 116 set C320 (53869 and presumably 59035 + 53922) seen at Ystrad Mynach in 1984. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 11th April 1986

Set number: C320

Class 116 set C320 at Coryton on April 11 1986 presumably formed 53869 + 59035 + 53922. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 11th April 1986

Set number: C320

Class 116 set C320 at Rhymney on April 11 1986 presumably formed 53869 + 59035 + 53922. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: September 1986

Set number: C320

BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu Class 116 Set No.C320 - presumably 53869 + 59035 + 53922 - in BR Rail Blue & Grey and all yellow front ends with Welsh Dragon symbol, with another 3-car unit, at Chepstow on a Gloucester - Cardiff service, 09/86. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1988

Set number: N361

Class 116/119 hybrid set N361, M53839 + M59433 + M53922, at Manchester Victoria on May 13, 1988. John Carter.