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Vehicle 50101 / 53101

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: 30213
Diagram: 554

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
w/e 03/08/68	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CW
18/08/83	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
25/10/93	Sector Change to	TS (Tyseley) RDXX
17/01/94	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/01/94	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50101 - original number
53101 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-85 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50059	59009	50101		As delivered to WR - August 1957
TYS301	50065	59028	50101		Listed at Tyseley - circa Oct-60
TY509	50071	59009	50101		Noted 20/07/74 - on 1707 Lichfield City-Kidderminster
	50100	59021	50075	50101	Noted 23/08/75 - at Kentish Town as a 4-car with 50870 + 59017 + 50073 + 50902¹
	50075	59008	50100	50101	Noted 26/02/79 - on 06.05 St. Pancras – Luton²
	50101	59021	50840	50870	Noted 01/05/79 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Luton²
	50060	59011	50101	50106	Noted 20/09/79 - on 05.35 St. Pancras – Bedford²
	50060	59017	50101	50106	Noted 05/10/79 - on 07.32 St. Albans – St. Pancras²
	50060	59621	50101		Noted 10/09/80 - on 16.10 Kentish Town – Barking and 16.51 Barking – Kentish Town (hybrid 116/127)²
	50060	59621	50101		Noted 11/09/80 - on 18.43 Kentish Town – Barking and 19.34 Barking – Kentish Town (hybrid 116/127)²
	50071	59646	50101		Noted 20/06/81 - on 10.55 Gospel Oak – Barking, 11.40 Barking – Gospel Oak, 12.25 Gospel Oak – Barking and 13.10 Barking – Gospel Oak (all 2J96, 116/127 hybrid)²
TS563	53071	59616	53101		Noted circa 09/1983³
TS563	53071	59616	53101		Noted circa 11/1983³
TS563	53071	59616	53101		Noted circa 06/1984³
TS520	53071	59616	53101		Noted circa 09/1984³
TS520	53071	59616	53101		Noted 21/09/84 - at Norwich¹
TS622	53071	59616	53101		Noted circa 02/1985³
TS622	53071	59616	53101		Listed at TS - May-85
TS622	53071	59616	53101		Noted 07/09/85 - at Norwich¹
TS610	53101	59054	53890		Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86
TS610	53101	59054	53890		Noted circa 02/1986³
	53101	59054	53890		Noted 30/05/86 - on 20.30 Birmingham NS - Cambridge²
TS610	53101	59054	53890		Noted circa 06/1986³
TS610	53101	59054	53890		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
	53101	59054	53890		Noted 15/06/86 - on a Ealing Broadway (20.08) – Aylesbury (21.10) (Via Greenford Loop and Princes Risborough) and Aylesbury (21.15) – Princes Risborough (21.30) moves with 51308 + 59475 + 51323 and 53071 + 59616 + 538²
TS610	53101	59054	53890		Noted 21/06/86 - on a Birmingham - Norwich service with 53206 + 54058 and 51200 + 54359 attached, which were being transferred CH to NC¹
TS610	53101	59054	53890		Noted 28/06/86 - on a Birmingham - Norwich service with B431 attached¹
TS324	53865	59533	53101		Noted circa 03/1987³
TS324	53053	59672	53101		Noted circa 06/1987³
T324	53053	59672	53101		Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich¹
T324	53053	59672	53101		Listed at TS - Jul-87
T324	53053	59672	53101		Noted circa 10/1987³
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
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 Crewe⁴
T324	53053	59672	53101		Noted circa 05/1991³
T324	53053	59609	53101		Noted 12/06/91 - at Doncaster¹
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
spare	53101				Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T320	51138	59611	53101		Noted circa 08/1992³
T320	51138	59611	53101		Listed at - 24/09/92
T405	53101	59611	51138	53897	Listed at TS - November 1992
T405	51138	59611	53897	53101	Noted 02/11/1992³
T405	53101	59611	51138	53897	Listed at TS - 10/12/92
	53055	59603	53101		Noted 10/12/92 - on 17:18 Longbridge - Blake Street⁵
Spare	53101				Listed at TS - November 1993

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Aaron Calder
5: David Bellamy

Images:

30th November 1986

Class 116 DMS M53101 is ex-works at Doncaster, 30th November 1986. Jerry Glover.

13th September 1987

Set number: T324

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.

4th October 1987

Set number: T324

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.

Unknown date

Set number: T324

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.

5th June 1988

Set number: T324

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.

10th July 1988

Set number: T324

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.

11th May 1991

Set number: T324

T324 (53101 + 59672 + 53053) leaves Old Hill working the 17:09 Worcester F St-Birmingham New St. on the 11th May 1991. Gazza Prescott.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 7th June 1986

A Class 116/101/116 DMU (53890 + 59054 + 53101) at Tyseley on 7 June 1986. Keith Miller.

Date: 4th March 1990

Set number: T324

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.

Date: 2nd June 1990

Set number: T324

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.

Date: 2nd January 1992

Set number: T324

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.

Date: 6th August 1992

Set number: T320

Set T320 (51138 + 59611 + 53101) at Five Ways with the 16:14 New St. - Longbridge on the 6th August 1992. Gazza Prescott.

Date: 26th March 1993

Set number: T324

First generation DMUs were far from from common on the Birmingham to Derby line by 1993 so it was a surprise when T324 formed of 53055 (class 116) + 59603 (class 115) + 53101 (class 116) appeared at Lea Marston working a Nottingham service, if the headcode panel is to be believed, on 26 March. I can only assume that it was a replacement for an unavailable sprinter and was definitely not an ECS train as there were many passengers visible on board. Peter Tandy.

Date: 7th April 1993

Set number: T324

T324 M53055 + M59603 + M53101 on the approaches of New Street 7-4-93. Kevin Dowd.

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