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Vehicle 50066


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: 30211
Diagram: 553

Allocations

Aug-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
18/07/82 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) - collision damage

Modifications

Dec-77 - AWS fitted
Dec-77 - WR AWS removed

50066 was involved in the following incident:


Image on facebook of the vehicles afterwards.

27/05/82 - Alvechurch

Collision involving Class 116 / Ballast train

Info from Martin Baumann, Bromsgrove Advertiser

The 12.24 Redditch - Barnt Green was hit by a ballast train as it arrived into Alvechurch station. Two of the Class 116 vehicles 50066 + 59024 would be withdrawn.


Disposal

Scrapped by F Berry, Leicester at Redditch

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50066 59016 50108 As delivered to WR - August 1957
TY522 50066 59022 50103 Noted circa Jun-69
TY522 50066 59022 50103 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50066 59022 50103 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Tyseley depot1
50066 59022 50103 Noted 19/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2
TS522 50066 59022 50103 Noted 04/07/1975 - at Solihull3
TY522 50066 59022 50103 Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station4
TS522 50066 59022 50103 Noted 08/09/76 - at Tyseley4
50066 59022 50103 Noted 14/09/1977 - at Solihull3
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Noted circa 01/19785
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Noted circa 01/19815
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Noted circa 10/19815
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Noted circa 05/19825

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Olton

July 1961

A Derby suburban triple DMU at Olton in early July 1961. DMBS W50066 is the only vehicle of the three to be lined. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at west of Hatton

20th September 1961

A Derby suburban triple DMU seen west of Hatton on 20 September 1961. DMBS W50066 is leading, the only one of the three vehicle that carries lining. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Bromsgrove

17th April 1965

A Derby suburban triple set (M50066 leading) seen just south of Bromsgrove on April 17, 1965. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Chester Road

May 1974

Set number: TY522

Class 116 set TY522 (presumably 50066 + 59022 + 50103) at Chester Road station heading for Lichfield City in May 1974. Michael Mensing.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1970

Set number: TY522

Class 116 DMU set TY522 (presumably 50103 + 59022 + 50066) is seen on the North Warwick line at Tyseley sometime in 1970. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1978

Set number: TS524

Tyseley Class 116 set TS524 (50103 and presumably 59024 + 50066) arriving at Four Oaks on 30 May 1978. Michael Mensing.