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Vehicle 50919 / 53919


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

3w/e 17/05/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Nov-66 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 22/05/76 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
3w/e 30/10/77 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
22/09/94 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) HGXX
May-95 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50919 - original number
53919 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Mar-76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 17/08/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50866 59374 50919 As delivered to 88A - 3w/e 17/05/58
CAT350 50866 50919 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50866 59374 50919 Transfer to 84A - Nov-64
50866 59374 50919 Transfer to 86A - Nov-66
50866 59374 50919 Noted 30/10/70 - on Cardiff Canton depot1
CTN327 50866 59374 50919 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50866 59374 50919 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
50836 59344 50919 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
327 50866 59374 50919 Noted 02/11/72
50866 59374 50919 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2
50866 59374 50919 Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3
C327 50866 59374 50919 Noted 13/07/75 - on 2C72 (unknown service, included Cardiff-Barry Island section) with C347
C327 50866 59374 50919 Noted 24/04/76 - on 2C75 1030 Treherbert-Cardiff with C331
50866 59374 50919 Noted 16/05/1976 - 18.20 Chester-Man Vic with 50123/59486/500814
50866 59143 50919 Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot3
50866 59374 50919 Noted 16/09/1977 - on 11:02 Dorridge to Birmingham Moor Street 5
50866 59374 50919 Transfer to TS - 3w/e 30/10/77
TS548 50866 59374 50919 Noted circa 01/19786
50866 59374 50919 Noted 04/01/78
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted 09/08/1980 - Barmouth, on return working to the West Midlands area6
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted circa 01/19816
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted circa 10/19816
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted 12/06/82 - at Norwich3
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted circa 01/19836
TS548 53849 59352 53919 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS548 53849 59352 53919 Noted circa 09/19836
TS624 53866 59352 53919 Noted circa 10/19836
TS624 53866 59352 53919 Noted circa 05/19846
TS400 53315 59118 53919 Noted circa 10/19846
TS533 53058 59595 53919 Noted circa 11/19846
TS621 53866 59604 53919 Noted circa 01/19856
TS621 53866 59604 53919 Listed at TS - May-85
53866 59604 53919 Noted 01/09/1985 - 17.10 Chester-Wolverhampton4
TS621 53866 59604 53919 Noted circa 12/19856
TS621 53837 59604 53919 Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86 - 53837 replaced 53866
TS621 53837 59604 53919 Noted circa 02/19866
TS621 53837 59604 53919 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS621 53837 59604 53919 Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich3
TS621 53837 59604 53919 Noted 09/08/86 - at Norwich3
TS621 53837 59604 53919 Noted 16/05/87 - at Norwich3
T621 53837 59604 53919 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T404 51853 59445 59604 53919 Noted circa 01/19886
T404 51853 59604 59445 53919 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T404 51853 59445 59604 53919 Noted circa 05/19886
T404 51853 59604 59445 53919 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T404 51853 59604 59445 53919 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51853 59445 59604 53919 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2
T404 51853 59445 59604 53919 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T404 51853 59445 59604 53919 Noted circa 12/19906
T404 51853 59445 59604 53919 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T404 51853 59445 59607 53919 Listed at TS - Aug-91
spare 53919 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T404 51853 59604 59661 53919 Noted circa 01/19926
T404 51853 59604 59661 53919 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T404 51853 59604 59603 53919 Noted circa 09/19926
T404 51853 59603 59604 53919 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T404 51853 59603 59604 53919 Listed at TS - November 1992
T404 51853 59735 59604 53919 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
T404 51853 59735 59604 53919 Noted 22nd January 1993
51853 53919 Noted 01/05/93 - on 21:06 Birmingham New Street - Redditch7
T354 51853 53124 53919 Noted circa 09/19936
T354 51853 59604 53919 Noted 11/09/93 - at Longbridge
T357 51859 53919 51151 Listed at TS - November 1993

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Chris Moxon
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Eddie Knorn
7: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Five ways

1978

Set number: TS548

Tyseley Class 116 set TS548 (possibly 50919 + 59352 + 50866) at Five Ways in 1978. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Chester

1st September 1985

Suburban 3-car formed 53919, 59604 & 53866 departing Chester working the 17.10 Chester-Wolverhampton, 1/9/85. Anthony Griffiths.

Class 116 DMU at Henley-in-Arden

1986

Set number: TS621

A snowy day in Henley in Arden early in 1986 with a class 116 DMU departing towards Birmingham. Displaying set number TS621 in the cab window the vehicles are presumably 53919 + 59604 + 53837. Bob Belcher.

Class 116 DMU at Sleaford

10th September 1988

Set number: T404

Set T404 (presumably 53919 at the front) and another set on 07XX Nuneaton - Skegness arriving at Sleaford (at 09XX) on Saturday 10th September 1988. Colin Brooks.

Class 116 DMU at Mostyn Docks

11th July 1992

Set number: T404

Tyseley DMU set T404 (presumably 53919 + 59661 + 59604 + 51853) heading back to the West Midlands on a Summer Saturday North Wales train at Mostyn Docks on 11 July 1992. Andrew Bond.

Class 116 DMU at Northfield

9th July 1993

Set number: T404

T404 (53919 + 59604 + 59735 + 51853) calls at Northfield on the 12:25 Longbridge - New St., 9th July 1993. Gazza Prescott.

Class 116 DMU at Nottingham

20th July 1993

Set number: T354

Hybrid DMU set T354 (53919 + 59604 + 51853) at Nottingham on 20/7/93. Sparegang.

Class 116 DMU at Nottingham

20th July 1993

Set number: T354

Hybrid Class 116/127/115 DMU set T354 (53919 + 59604 + 51853) at Nottingham on 20/7/93. Sparegang.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham International

11th September 1993

Set number: T354

T354 (M53919+M59604+M51853) at Birmingham International on the 12:00 to New St. Kevin Dowd.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 16th May 1976

Set number: T306

Class 116 units on Chester depot, 16/5/76, they later formed the 18.20 Chester-Manchester Victoria. The vehicles were 50123 + 59486 (a Class 117 TCL) + 50081 coupled to 50866 + 59374 + 50919, which had just been transferred from Cardiff to Newton Heath, and for some reason the C on the set number has been replaced by a T. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: March 1978

Set number: TS548

Tyseley Class 116 set TS548 (50866 and presumably 59374 + 50919) seen at Chester Road with Birmingham New Street on the destination blind during March 1978. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 29th August 1986

Set number: TS621

This isn't the greatest shot of Smethwick West signal box but I was keen to have a few pictures of trains passing it as even in 1986 there were reports of its closure. This finally happened in 1990 when the line was resignalled. Here is my only picture of a DMU passing the box with T621 (presumably 53837 + 59604 + 53919) passing by on a Birmingham New Street to Great Malvern service on 29 August 1986. I once spoke to a relief signalman who worked the box on occasions and was told that the frame interlocking area had a large population of rats in residence and that the relatively isolated location made it a target for vandals from the surrounding area. Few signalmen mourned its passing. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1986

Class 116 units M53116 + M59611 + M53055 / M53837 + M59604 + M53919 at Tapton Junction, Chesterfield on the 6th September 1986 with a Birmingham New Street-Sheffield football excursion. Kevin Law.

DMU

Date: 22nd July 1987

Set number: TS621

Tyseley DMU set TS621 (53837 + 59604 + 53919) in Blaenau Ffestiniog station on 22 July 1987. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 26th July 1991

Set number: T404

Tyseley's hybrid 4-car suburban set T404 formed class 115 DMBS 51853 (nearest), 59607 (class 127 TSL), 59445 (class 116 TC) & 53919 (class 116 DMS) departs Longbridge under signal Saltley 26, as ECS following working in from Lichfield City on 26/Jul/1991. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. The first of four shots was taken as train slowed for the junction at Stoke Prior before it turned onto the single line to Droitwich and Worcester. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. The second of four shots was taken after a quick drive down to Ashchurch with a couple of minutes to spare. It is interesting to note that the trees on the up side of the line were still quite small in 1993. They subsequently grew very tall and were felled in 2004. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. There was plenty of time to run over to Stoke Edith, on the Worcester - Hereford line, to obtain the third of four shots. The sun still co-operated for this pleasantly rural view. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. This was the final shot of four of the tour - no longer in full sun which infuriated some of the more vocal enthusiasts - but still quite an acceptable shot. It is the classic view at Stoke Edith which I expect is now so overgrown as to be unusable. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1993

Set number: T354

T354 (M51853+M59604+M53919) at Longbridge on the 14:45 to New St. Kevin Dowd.