Vehicle 50082 / 53082

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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	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 01/05/77	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
04/12/90	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50082 - original number
53082 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Feb-76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 05/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50082	59032	50124						As delivered to WR - August 1957
CAT344	50082	50124							Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
CTN344	50082	59340	50124						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50082	59340	50124						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
344	50082	59340	50124						Noted 02/11/72
C344	50082	59340	50124						Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot2
	50082	59492	50916						Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff3
T313	50082	59492	50916						Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central2
TS550	50082	59492	50124						Noted 12/09/77 - at Aberystwyth, showing signs of having been T3442
TS550	50082	59366	50124						Noted circa 01/19784
TS550	50082	59492	50124						Noted 01/07/1978 - Tyseley5
TS550	50082	59366	50124						Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley5
TS550	50082	59366	50124						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS550	50082	59366	50124						Noted circa 01/19814
TS550	50082	59115	50124						Noted 13/06/1981 - on Tyseley depot5
TS550	50082	59115	50124						Noted circa 10/19814
TS550	50082	59115	50124						Noted circa 09/19824
TS550	50082	59115	50124						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS550	53082	59115	53124						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS550	53082	59115	53124						Noted 10/10/1983 - at Birmingham New Street5
TS606	53082	59115	53124						Noted circa 12/19834
TS606	53082	59602	53124						Noted 28/07/84 - at Norwich2
TS606	53082	59602	53124						Noted circa 09/19844
TS606	53082	59602	53124						Noted circa 10/19844
TS606	53082	59602	53124						Listed at TS - May-85
TS606	53082	59602	53124						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS606	53082	59602	53124						Noted 30/08/86 - at Norwich2
T602	53082	59610	53886						Listed at TS - Jul-87
T333	51131	59617	53082						Formed at TS Aug-87
T333	51131	59617	53082						Noted circa 08/19874
	53827	59617	53082						Noted circa 09/1987 - 53827 marked "T335", 53082 marked "T333"4
T333	51131	59617	53082						Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
	51131	59617	53082						Noted 03/08/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
T333	51131	59617	53082						Noted circa 03/19894
T333	51131	59617	53082						Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T333	51131	59617	53082						Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51131	59617	53082						Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot1
T333	51131	59617	53082						Listed at TS - mid May-90

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

Images:

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June 1978

M50082 at Birmingham New Street in June 1978. Nicholas Youngman Collection.

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circa 1981

Set number: TS550

Class 116 set TS550 in Spring Road station, undated. Closest is presumably 50082 which was painted into blue/grey in September 1980. The centre car, the the white/blue stripe refurbished livery, is probably 59366. It was replaced in the set sometime in 1981 by Class 101 59115. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

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7th March 1987

Class 116 DMBS 53082 is seen in the snow at Tyseley on 07.03.1987 between a brake van and a Class 08. Andy Cole.

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6th May 1987

Set number: TS602

53082/59610/53886 running 25 minutes late on the 12.59 Reading to Birmingham New Street at Leamington Spa on 06/05/87. Steve Jones.

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12th March 1988

Set number: T333

A DMU formed of 53082, 59617 and 51131 (Class 116 power cars and a 127 centre car) arriving at Birmingham New Street station on 12 March 1988. Keith Miller.