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Vehicle 50849 / 53849


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

4w/e 22/02/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
by Oct-60 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
byJul-62 Transferred to 88M (Cardiff Cathays)
Sep-64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
4w/e 04/05/68 Stored
Jun-68 Reinstated 84A (Laira)
3w/e 03/08/68 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73Depot code changeCW
circa mid 1983 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
01/10/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
19/11/89 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
12/05/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
05/06/91 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) PLOX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50849 - original number
53849 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-85 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50849 59357 50902 As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58
SHL200 50849 59357 50902 Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60
CAT330 50849 50902 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50849 59357 50902 Transfer to 84A - Sep-64
50849 59008 50114 Noted 11/11/1972 - Outer Circle Railtour 50849-59008-50114 + 50891-59348-50850
50838 59348 50849 Noted 23/08/75 - at Barking1
50063 59021 50849 50891 Noted 27/11/79 - on 02.05 Cricklewood – Bedford Staff2
50849 59021 50923 Noted 28/05/80 - on 16.45 Kentish Town – Barking, 17.30 Barking – Kentish Town, 18.15 Kentish Town – Barking and 19.00 Barking – Kentish Town2
50075 59011 50849 Noted 13/08/80 - on 19.26 Kentish Town – Barking and 20.10 Barking – Kentish Town2
50849 59640 50903 Noted circa 04/19833
TS548 53849 59352 53919 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS548 53849 59352 53919 Noted circa 09/19833
TS527 53849 59632 53870 Noted circa 10/19833
TS527 53849 59632 53923 Noted circa 02/19843
TS527 53849 59632 53108 Noted circa 04/19843
TS553 53849 59606 53878 Noted circa 10/19843
TS620 53849 59606 53878 Noted circa 01/19853
TS620 53849 59606 53878 Listed at TS - May-85
TS620 53849 59606 53878 Noted circa 11/19853
TS620 53849 59606 53878 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS620 53849 59606 53878 Noted 19/07/86 - at Norwich1
TS625 53849 59616 53106 Noted circa 06/19873
T336 51130 59721 53849 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS336 51130 59721 53849 Noted 05/09/87 - at Norwich1
T336 51130 59721 53849 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T336 51130 59721 53849 Noted circa 05/19883
T336 51130 59721 53849 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
CH336 51130 59721 53849 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
T336 51130 59721 53849 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T033 53849 53269 Noted circa 05/19903
T033 53849 53269 Listed at TS - mid May-90
LO633 53849 53269 Noted circa 05/19913
LO633 53849 53269 Noted 17/05/91 - at Manchester Piccadilly

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Hatton Bank

11th April 1986

Set number: TS620

On 11 April 1986 Tyseley class 116 set T620 (presumably 53849 + 59606 + 53878) was climbing Hatton Bank with an ECS working from Leamington Spa to either Tyseley depot or Birmingham Moor Street. Hundreds of trees were later planted along the fence line by the landowner who was concerned that birds from his pheasant shoots would fly too low when being driven from the adjacent field of cover crops. The result today is a linear wood hiding the line altogether. Peter Tandy.

Class 116 DMU at near Claverdon

16th May 1986

Set number: TS620

In 1986 all but one train each way per day between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon ran along the North Warwickshire Line unlike in later years when an hourly service ran on the route via Hatton North curve and Solihull. On 16 May 1986 a class 116 (set TS620, presumably 53849 + 59606 + 53878) is seen on the single line near Claverdon with the 17.25 from Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford. The photograph was a bonus on the evening that steam locomotive 777 Sir Lamiel was operating a private charter to Stratford. Peter Tandy.

Class 116 DMU at Smethwick West

5th June 1986

Set number: TS620

Tyseley's class 116 T620 (presumably 53849 + 59606 + 53878) was photographed near Smethwick West on 5 June 1986 with a Birmingham to Worcester fast service. The shot nearly didn't make the cut because of the poor framing caused by me pressing the shutter release too late! The redeeming feature was the information board in the central cab window telling the public that this train was an express. Peter Tandy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th May 1985

Set number: TS620

Class 116 3-car DMU set T620 (presumably 53878 + 59606 + 53849) stabled north end of Wolverhampton station, pair of Met Cams in distance, 11-5-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 2nd June 1990

Set number: T033

This picture from 2 June 1990 shows T033, a class 101/116 power twin (presumably 53269 + 53849), one of of Tyseley's sets intended to cope with Sprinter timings, passing Smethwick Rolfe Street station with the 09.30 Birmingham New Street to Hereford service. Judging by the young trees by the lineside I very much if the viewpoint is possible in 2021. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 17th May 1991

Set number: LO633

Class 101/116 hybrid set LO633 53269 + 53849 at Manchester Piccadilly on May 17, 1991. Nicholas Youngman.