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) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 18/07/82 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) | - collision damage |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:
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 Two of the Class 116 vehicles 50066 + 59024 would be withdrawn.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 | ||||||
| 304 | 50066 | 59004 | 50115 | Noted Aug-601 | |||||
| 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 depot2 | ||||||
| 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 19/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston3 | ||||||
| TS522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 04/07/1975 - at Solihull4 | |||||
| TY522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station5 | |||||
| TS522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 08/09/76 - at Tyseley5 | |||||
| 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 14/09/1977 - at Solihull4 | ||||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Noted circa 01/19786 | |||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Noted circa 01/19816 | |||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Noted circa 10/19816 | |||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Noted circa 05/19826 |
Formation Sources
1: Andrew Cope
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Gerald Brown
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
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.
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.
17th April 1965
A Derby suburban triple set (M50066 leading) seen just south of Bromsgrove on April 17, 1965. Michael Mensing.
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:
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.
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.
Date: 7th December 1979
Set number: TS524
Then as now Birmingham Moor street station was a fine building. In this 7th December 1979 picture a Tyseley class 116 DMU (set TS524, presumably 50103 + 59024 + 50066) is waiting for 21.00 when it will leave for Leamington Spa. The platform it was taken from still has a terminal road but behind the fence to the right is the new part of the station and that is the through line to Snow Hill station, at the time of photography this was the old carriage sidings. Behind the station the back of the High street Co-op store is dominant, the Rotunda is still there of course but the area of car parking (far left) is now a dual carriageway and Selfridges thoughtful addition to the Birmingham landscape. Geoff Dowling.