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: 30211
Diagram: 553
May-57 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
4w/e 27/05/95 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
50053 - original number
53053 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
9w/e 13/11/76 - WR AWS removed
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
50053 | 59003 | 50095 | As delivered to WR - May 1957 | ||||||
TYS328 | 50053 | 59015 | 50106 | Listed at - circa Oct-60 | |||||
50053 | 59027 | 50119 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
TY527 | 50053 | 59027 | 50119 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
TY527 | 50053 | 59027 | 50119 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 - 50859 (from TY534) noted running in place of 50053 at the time. | |||||
TY534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50914 | Listed at Tyseley - circa Sep-71 | |||||
50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 02/09/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | ||||||
50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station2 | ||||||
TY534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon2 | |||||
TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50914 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
TS534 | 53053 | 59342 | 53886 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
TS534 | 53053 | 59342 | 53886 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
TS534 | 53053 | 59629 | 53886 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||
TS534 | 53053 | 59629 | 53886 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
TS534 | 53053 | 59629 | 53886 | Noted circa 07/19844 | |||||
TS534 | 53053 | 59107 | 53886 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||
TS628 | 53053 | 59614 | 53886 | Noted circa 10/19854 | |||||
TS628 | 53053 | 59614 | 53886 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
TS628 | 53053 | 59614 | 51146 | Noted 16/08/86 - at Norwich2 | |||||
TS628 | 53053 | 59614 | 51146 | Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 51146 (ex-TS602) replaces 53886 (to TS602) | |||||
TS628 | 53053 | 59614 | 51146 | Noted 05/03/19874 | |||||
TS628 | 53053 | 59614 | 51146 | Noted circa 04/19874 | |||||
TS324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Noted circa 06/19874 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich2 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Noted circa 10/19874 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Noted 16/04/1988 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Trelewis Bog Railtour T303+T324 | |||||
T337 | 53053 | 59751 | 53838 | Noted 17/09/88 - at Norwich2 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Noted 24/07/89 - being hauled by 31408 on 2P82 1727 Llandudno-Derby | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Noted 10/12/1989 - Branch Line Society South Midlands Railtour T421+T324 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Noted 03/06/1990 - 14.40 Leicester to Burton-on-Trent via Coalville (Depot Open Day) | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Noted 19/03/91 - at Crewe5 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Noted circa 05/19914 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59609 | 53101 | Noted 12/06/91 - at Doncaster2 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
T324 | 53053 | 59672 | 53101 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
T055 | 53053 | 53181 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||||
T039 | 53053 | 52044 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | ||||||
T039 | 53053 | 52044 | Listed at TS - Nov-92 | ||||||
T039 | 53053 | 52044 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | ||||||
53053 | 51142 | Noted 01/05/93 - On 20:53 Redditch - Birmingham New Street6 | |||||||
T333 | 53053 | 51142 | Listed at TS - Nov-93 | ||||||
117333 | 53053 | 53921 | 53132 | Noted 21/09/94 | |||||
117023 | 53053 | 53132 | Listed at TS - late Nov-94 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
6: David Bellamy
A Derby suburban triple DMU (W50053 closest) is seen at Knowle & Dorridge in mid-August 1961. Honeybourne is displayed on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
A Derby suburban DMU at Knowle & Dorridge with a Birmingham - Lapworth service, 27/04/1963. DMBS W50053 leads. Nigel Walls.
Class 116 DMU set TY534 led by M50053 is seen at Bordesley Junction (Birmingham) in late August 1975. Birmingham New Street is displayed on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
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.
A suburban DMU formed of 53053 + 59629 + 53886 (116/127/116) at Bearley Junction on 9 June 1985. Keith Miller.
Class 116 DMBS 53053 leading set T324, with 59672 and 53101 on the Lickey Incline near Bromsgrove on 4/Mar/1990. The centre trailer is a class 115 TCL. The leading vehicle still retains it's top marker light - originally the earliest batches of class 116s had four marker lights, one above the destination box and three across the cab front. Later the lower centre marker light was removed leaving just the two standard marker lights on the cab front; in most cases the top light was removed at the same time. Robert Chilton.
T324 (53053 + 59672 + 53101) with T027 (53019 + 54006) at Hereford, having arrived as the 17:30 ex-Birmingham New Street on the 2nd January 1992. Gazza Prescott.
An interesting formation (116 DMBS, 116 DMS, 116 DMS, 115 DMBS (smaller brake compartment) and 116 DMS), seen at Small Heath, Birmingham. Emitting a great plume of smoke as it passes... destination blind reads Longbridge, but it's not clear if this is a passenger service or an ECS move. The leading car is M53053, and set T333, which dates it around late 1993. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Class 116 DMU set TS534 (presumably 53886 + 59342 + 53053) in Birmingham Moor Street station on 20 July 1983. Brian Daniels.
Class 116 DMUs in Birmingham Moor Street station on 20 July 1983. On the right is set TS562 (presumably 53893 + 59634 + 53075) and on the left TS534 (presumably 53886 + 59342 + 53053). Brian Daniels.
Class 116 DMS 53101 at the rear of set T324 formed with class 115 TC 59672 and class 116 DMBS 53053 at Sleaford on 13/Sep/1987. Robert Chilton.
The stabling sidings at Leamington on 4 October 1987 contain two dmu sets and Class 31 no. 31127. On the left is T324, presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053. Lewis Bevan.
Class 116 set T324 is caught on the Coalville branch. Presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053, date unknown but possibly on the 1988 open day shuttles? Tom Clift.
A Coalville - Leicester DMU shuttle led by T324 (presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053), run in connection with Coalville Open Day, passes Bagworth and Ellistown. The track looks as if it has been affected by mining subsidence. Lewis Bevan.
Class 116 3-car DMU (with a Class 115 centre car) Tyseley set T324 (53101 + 59672 + 53053) arriving at Rhyl with service for Chester 10-7-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
A Class 116 (which looks like it could be set T324 and thus 53101 + 59672 + 53053) and Class 108 with a Nottingham -Skegness service departs from Nottingham Platform 5 on 2nd June 1990. David Page.
T324 (53101 + 59672 + 53053) leaves Old Hill working the 17:09 Worcester F St-Birmingham New St. on the 11th May 1991. Gazza Prescott.