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Set TS543

These formations have been noted:

50090 59352 50132 Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham Moor Street1
50090 59352 50132 Noted circa 01/19782
50842 59350 50895 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
50842 59350 50895 Noted circa 01/19812
50842 59350 50895 Noted circa 10/19812
50842 59350 50895 Noted circa 05/19822
50842 59350 50895 Listed at TS - Jan-83
53842 59350 53895 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
53842 59350 53895 Noted circa 09/19832
55005 59439 53114 Noted circa 10/19832
53870 59439 53114 Noted circa 11/19832
53079 59439 53114 Noted circa 04/19842
53079 59439 53114 Noted circa 10/19842
53079 59636 53114 Noted circa 03/19852

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn

Class 116 DMU at Lye

1977

In early 1977 two Class 116 DMUs arrive into Lye station. M50132 is at the front as part of set TS543. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

Unknown date

Two Tyseley 116 dmus (TS543 in plain blue (with 50053 presumably closest) and a refurbished set) waits their next working from platform 3 at Stratford-upon-Avon. Date unknown. Stephen Burdett.

Class 116 DMU at Whitacre

February 1978

M50921 is at the front of a Class 116 set seen at Whitacre in February 1978. The set number in the window seems to read TS543. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill

Unknown date

Refurbished Class 116 set TS543 with M50842 closest at Worcester Shrub Hill. Date unknown. John Law.

Class 116 DMU at Coalbrookdale

15th July 1979

In 1979 a series of special trains was arranged over the Coalbrookdale branch to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the building of the Ironbridge. A temporary platform was set up at Coalbrookdale (just past mp161) and here is the 11.45 ex-Wolverhampton at that temporary platform on 15 July 1979; it will return to Wolverhampton as the 16.20 from Coalbrookdale. The train is formed of a Tyseley-based Class 116 dmu, set TS543, with coaches 50895/59350/50842. Lewis Bevan.

Class 116 DMU at Leceister London Road

9th May 1981

Class 116 set TS543 (50842 presumably leading) departs from Leicester London Road with a Birmingham New Street service on 9 May 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

11th August 1984

Tyseley based DMU set TS543 (53079 + 59439 + 53114) waits to depart Birmingham Moor Street on 11/08/84 with train 2H57 the 13.30 to Leamington Spa while in the background set TS517 is in charge of train 2H67 the 13.40 to Shirley. When this shot was taken the former carriage sidings and Snow Hill line to the right was just waste land covered in vegetation and Moor Street station consisted of just the three terminus platforms. Adrian Nicholls.

Class 116 DMU at Coedmoor

May 1985

Tyseley 3 car Class 116 DMU, set No 543, on strange territory as it heads south past Coedmoor between Hereford and Tram Inn with a southbound passenger service. May 1985. John Crooks.

Class 116 DMU at Coedmoor

May 1985

A beautiful spring morning at Coedmoor bridge, Tram Inn, sees a Tyseley based DMU (which seems to be set TS543 with presumably 53079 closest) heading for Cardiff in May 1985. John Crooks.


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