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
Sep-57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
10/09/62 | Transferred 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 | |
01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
19/11/89 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
13/04/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RDTS |
50079 - original number
53079 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
50079 | 59029 | 50121 | As delivered to WR - September 1957 | ||||||
CAT300 | 50079 | 50121 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
TY532 | 50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted 01/03/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted 11/09/1975 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
TS532 | 50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham Moor Street4 | |||||
TS532 | 50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
TS532 | 50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
TS532 | 50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
TS532 | 50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
TS532 | 50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
TS532 | 50079 | 59351 | 50121 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
TS532 | 53079 | 59351 | 53121 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
TS543 | 53079 | 59439 | 53114 | Noted circa 04/19845 | |||||
TS543 | 53079 | 59439 | 53114 | Noted circa 10/19845 | |||||
TS543 | 53079 | 59636 | 53114 | Noted circa 03/19855 | |||||
TS629 | 53079 | 59610 | 53114 | Formation change - TS - circa Sep-85 - 59610 replaced 59603 | |||||
TS629 | 53079 | 59610 | 53114 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||
TS629 | 53079 | 59610 | 53114 | Noted 09/12/85 - at Norwich4 | |||||
TS629 | 53079 | 59610 | 53114 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
T629 | 53079 | 59592 | 53114 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
T341 | 53061 | 59753 | 53079 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
T341 | 53061 | 59753 | 53079 | Noted circa 12/19885 | |||||
T341 | 53061 | 59753 | 53079 | Noted circa 03/19895 | |||||
spare | 53079 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||||
CH341 | 53061 | 59753 | 53079 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | |||||
T341 | 53061 | 59753 | 53079 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
T039 | 53079 | 53746 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||||
T039 | 53079 | 53746 | Noted circa 05/19915 | ||||||
T039 | 53079 | 53746 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
T039 | 53079 | 53746 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
T039 | 53079 | 53746 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||||
53079 | 51505 | Noted 06/02/92 - on 12:45 Lincoln - Coventry6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy
A Derby suburban triple DMU, M50079 leading, arriving into Radley station, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Tyseley based Derby suburban set 332 is seen at Knowle & Dorridge in late July 1964. DMBS M50079 leads, the other power car should be 50121. Michael Mensing.
The commuters standing beside TY532 (presumably 50079 closest) in Tyseley station circa 1970 don't look too happy. Has their train been delayed? cancelled? Stuart Mackay Collection.
TY532 (presumably 50079) appears to have just arrived at Birmingham Moor Street circa 1970. Are the passengers awaiting to board? They seem to have questions for the guard. Set TY527 can just be seen on the right to which it shall couple before departure. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Set TY532 (presumably 50079 closest) after arrival into Birmingham Moor Street circa 1970. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 116 DMU set TY532 (50079 and presumably 59351 + 50121) is seen at Chester Road sometime in 1970. Michael Mensing.
Tyseley Class 116 set TY532 (presumably 50079 + 59351 + 50121), circa early 1970s, at Acocks Green station on the Birmingham to Banbury line, looking south east. Graham Clark.
Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TY532 in Leamington Spa station after arriving with what was thought to be the 13:00 from Birmingham Moor Street on 7 May 1977. The power cars are M50079 and M50121, the centre car is presumably M59351. Robert Thomas.
Class 116 Set TY532 M50079 at Birmingham New Street. June 1978. Nicholas Youngman Collection.
Refurbished Class 116 set TY532 at Small Heath Bridge in August 1978. The vehicles should be 50079 + 59351 + 50121. Michael Mensing.
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.
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.
T039 (53079 + 53746) at Manchester Oxford Rd, having arrived as the 14:00 ex-Warrington Central, 13th May 1991. Gazza Prescott.
Hybrid set T039 (presumably 53079 + 53746) calls at Knutsford, Cheshire, on 24 May 1991. Jonathan Watson.
T039 (M53079 (with "341" under the number) + M51505) sits at Llandudno on the 6th June 1991 with the 17:53 to Blaenau. Hamish Stevenson.
Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TY532 departs from Leamington Spa station with an E.C.S. from what was thought to be the 13:00 from Birmingham Moor Street on 7 May 1977. The power cars are M50121 and M50079, the centre car is presumably M59351. Robert Thomas.
Tyseley-allocated Class 116 set TS532 (presumably 50121 + 59351 + 50079) arrives into Four Oaks station with a terminating service during July 1977. Michael Mensing.
A Tyseley 116 unit (TY532, presumably 50121 59351 50079) has just arrived from Four Oaks at the developing station at Longbridge on 27/10/1978. It is running across the main lines to achieve its platform for return. Stephen Burdett.
Hiding behind the smoke from Metropolitan 1 is Class 127 TSL 59610 with Class 116 DMS 53114 on the left. The DMBS is likely 53079, the three vehicles formed set TS629 at the time. Tyseley depot, 7 June 1986. Keith Miller.
A mixed industrial scene between Cradley Heath and Lye stations on the Birmingham to Droitwich line on 4 July 1987 as class 116 T629 presumably formed of 53114 + 59592 + 53079 worked from Birmingham New Street to Stourbridge Junctions where it would have reversed and gone back to the city. Peter Tandy.
DMU set T341 with 53061, 59753 and 53079 in Birmingham New Street station on 12 March 1988. Keith Miller.
Hybrid unit T039 formed of class 101 53746 and class 116 53079 was about to call at Small Heath station in September 1991 when it was photographed while working a Birmingham Moor Street to Dorridge service. Peter Tandy.
T039 (51505 & 53079) at Wolverhampton, having arrived with the 13:51 from Chester, 2nd January 1992. Gazza Prescott.