Vehicle 50857 / 53857

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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 22/03/58	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-65	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
Jan-68	Transferred to	81D (Reading)
4w/e 04/05/68	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 07/04/76	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
11/10/87	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
08/03/89	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Notes

7th February 1989 - Seen as spare at Newton Heath Dean Lane sidings

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50857 - original number
53857 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Feb-76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 15/09/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50857	59365	50910						As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/03/58
	50857	50910							Noted 30th March 1958
CAT340	50857	50910							Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
	50857	59368	50910						Transfer to 84A - Jan-65
	50857	59368	50910						Transfer to 86A - 4w/e 04/05/68
	50857	59368	50910						Noted circa May-68
	50857	59368	50910						Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
	50857	59368	50910						Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN305	50857	59368	50910						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
305	50857	59368	50910						Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport2
305	50857	59368	50910						Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot3
C305	50857	59368	50910						Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3
C305	50857	59368	50910						Noted 19/10/1974 - Branch Line Society South Wales Wanderer No.2 Railtour
C331	50857	59359	50904						Noted 26/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3
C305	50857	59368	50910						Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3
TS547	50857	59368	50910						Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham3
TS547	50857	59368	50910						Noted circa 01/19784
TS547	50857	59368	50910						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS547	50857	59368	50910						Noted circa 01/19814
TS547	50857	59368	50910						Noted circa 10/19814
TS547	50857	59368	50910						Noted circa 05/19824
TS547	50857	59368	50910						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS547	53857	59368	53910						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS623	53857	59368	53910						Noted circa 12/19834
TS	53857	59130	53910						Noted circa 02/1984 - labelled "Swindon Works - General Overhaul"4
TS600	53857	59130	53910						Noted 14/04/1984 - Lea Valley Railway Club The Ffestiniog Orbital Railtour 53910-59130-53857 + 53323-59129-53307
TS600	53857	59130	53910						Noted circa 05/19844
TS600	53857	59130	53910						Noted 09/06/1984 - BR Ruddington Requiem Railtour 53910-59130-53857 + 53055-59611-53116 + 53318-59114-53328
TS600	53857	59130	53910						Listed at TS - May-85
TS600	53857	59130	53910						Noted 16th May 1985
TS600	53857	59130	53910						Noted circa 06/19854
TS600	53857	59130	53910						Noted 17/08/85 - at Norwich3
TS600	53857	59130	53880						Formation change - TS - circa Sep-85 - 53880 replaced 53910
TS600	53857	59130	53910						Noted circa 03/19864
TS600	53857	59130	53910						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS514	53857	59629	53923						Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53857 replaces 53870
TS356	53857	59433	53839						Noted circa 06/19874
356	53839	59433	53857						Noted 13/06/87 - at Norwich3
T356	53839	59433	53857						Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS337	53838	59751	53857						Noted 15/08/87 - at Norwich3
TS356	53839	59433	53857						Noted 15/08/87 - at Norwich - prefixes SC53839 + W59433 + M538573
	53839	59433	53857						Noted October 1987
TS356	53839	59433	53857						Noted circa 01/19884
N623	53857	54375							Listed at NH - May-88
N623	53857	54375							Noted circa Jul-88
N361	53857	54375							Noted circa Jul-88
	53857	53504							Noted 30th December 1988

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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4th September 1976

Set number: TS547

Class 116 DMU set TS547 with M50857 leading departs from Danzey station on 4 September 1976. Michael Mensing.

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12th April 1983

Set number: TS547

TS547 M53857 (presumably with 59368 + 53910) leans into the curve at Wood End on the 16:20 Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Moor Street while TS542 arrives on a Stratford service, Tuesday 12th April 1983. PJ Evans.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: June 1977

Set number: TS547

With DMS M50910 leading, Tyseley Class 116 set TS547 (presumably with 59368 + 50857) arrives into Vauxhall (Duddeston) station with a Lichfield service on June 1977. Michael Mensing.

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Date: 1979

Set number: TS547

A refurbished Class 116 (set TS547, M50910 closest, presumably with 59368 + 50857) and another set - possibly a Class 120 - form a railtour seen in Derby station in 1979. John Law.

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Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS600

The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake (GCR) on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857 / 53055 + 59611 + 53116 / 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Mel Smith.

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Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS600

The Ruddington Requiem railtour at Lawfield on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857, 53055 + 59611 + 53116, 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Chris Lings.

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Date: 1984

Set number: 107430

A Strathclyde 107/101 hybrid between two suburban sets in Birmingham New Street in 1984. Nearest the camera is Class 116 M53857, followed by Class 107 vehicles SC51990 and SC59802 and Met-Camm Sc51803. Graeme Phillips Collection.