Class 116 Derby 3-car Suburban DMUs

Drivers Instructions

Unlike some of the other instructions in the 33003 series, the vehicle type to which this edition refers to is pretty vague, and possibly intentional so can cover a multitude of other Derby builds or Derby designed builds.

It should cover the Class 116 vehicles as looking at the technical data the power car weight of 35 1/2 tons is close, a longer wheelbase vehicle is described, there are both Leyland and AEC engines, and WR ATC is mentioned.

BR33003/30

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Replacements

In 1961 a new version was issued covering all Blue Square vehicles - BR 33003-92. A companion to this was a "Preparation and Disposal" booklet BR 33003/211.

In 1968 the booklets were replaced by a three part set for Blue Square vehicles Mechanical Transmission):
BR 33003/247 1 - General Data And Equipment
BR 33003/248 2 - Driving Instructions Including Standard Preparation and Disposal Duties
BR 33003/249 3 - Fault Finding Data and Charts

In the early seventies the 33003 series was replaced by the more generic 33056 series of drivers manuals, no longer specific to any coupling code.