Vehicle 50102 / 53102

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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: 30213
Diagram: 554

Allocations

May-57	New to	84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63	Boundary change	84E	transferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63	Depot code change	2A
2w/e 08/11/69	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CW
4w/e 28/07/79	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
10/05/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/05/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50102 - original number
53102 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 05/12/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50060	59010	50102						As delivered to WR - May 1957
TYS319	50071	59019	50102						Listed at - circa Oct-60
	50065	59005	50102						Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
	50870	59008	50102						Noted 02/09/71 - at Barking1
TS558	50102	59020	50850						Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - in works, en-route CW to TS
	50060	59365	50102	50106	50111				Noted 02/01/80 - on 05.35 St. Pancras – Bedford2
TS558	50850	59020	50102						Noted circa 01/19813
TS521	50060	59021	50102						Noted circa 10/19813
TS558	50850	59020	50102						Noted circa 05/19823
TS558	50850	59020	50102						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS558	53850	59020	53102						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS558	53850	59594	53102						Noted circa 09/19833
TS558	53850	59594	53102						Noted circa 12/19833
TS615	53850	59591	53102						Noted circa 09/19843
TS615	53850	59591	53102						Listed at TS - May-85
TS615	53850	59591	53102						Noted circa 11/19853
	53850	59591	53102						Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:30 Leamington - Birmingham Moor Street service4
TS615	53850	59591	53102						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS615	53850	59591	53102						Noted 01/06/1986 - Coalville Depot open day shuttles to and from Leicester TS611+TS615
TS615	53850	59591	53102						Noted circa 02/19873
TS615	53102	59591							Noted 25/02/1987 - at Old Oak Common5
TS615	53850	59591	53102						Noted circa 06/19873
T615	53850	59591	53102						Listed at TS - Jul-87
	53850	59591	53102						Noted 02/09/87 - on 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli
T412	51867	59446	59591	53102					Noted circa 01/19883
T412	51867	59446	59591	53102					Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T412	51867	59446	59591	53102					Listed at TS - 01/09/89
spare	53102								Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	53102	59598	53865						Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6
T327	53865	59598	53102						Listed at TS - mid May-90
T406	51877	59344	59598	53102					Noted circa 10/19903
T406	51877	59344	59598	53102					Listed at TS - Jul-91
T406	51877	59344	59598	53102					Listed at TS - Aug-91
T406	51877	59344	59598	53102					Listed at TS - Dec-91
	51877	59344	59598	53102					Noted 14/12/917
	51877	53102							Noted 15/04/92 - on 16:28 Longbridge - Lichfield TV8
T406	51877	59598	59344	53102					Listed at TS - 02/07/92
spare	53102								Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T401	51331	59483	51316	53102					Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T401	51331	59483	51316	53102					Listed at TS - November 1992
T401	51316	59483	53102						Listed at TS - 10/12/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Robert Chilton
6: Jeremy Goodyear
7: Graeme Phillips
8: David Bellamy

Images:

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25th March 1961

W50102 leads a Derby suburban triple DMU through The Hawthorns Halt with the 1.30pm Bewdley - Birmingham Snow Hill service on 25 March 1961. Michael Mensing.

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22nd April 1969

A driver waits to take M50102 out of Birmingham Moor Street on the 22nd April 1969. The vehicle is an blue livery with just a small yellow panel and white roof dome. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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22nd August 1987

Set number: TS615

On 22 August 1987 Class 116 set TS615 (presumably 53102) and Class 108 set TS213 (presumably 51934) are seen stabled on Machynlleth Shed. Jason Hall.

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2nd September 1987

By September 1987 nearly all passenger trains on the Cambrian Coast were worked by Class 150 Sprinters, but this is a "heritage dmu" (formed 53102/59591/53850) crossing Barmouth Bridge on the 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli on 2 September 1987. Taken while I was waiting for "Manor" 7819 on a Barmouth - Machynllech working. Lewis Bevan.

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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.

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14th December 1991

Set number: T406

The 13.48 Lichfield Trent Valley-Redditch departs from Birmingham New Street on 14 December 1991 formed of Tyseley suburban set T406 with 53102 at the front. On the right 47 814 is on the 11:41 York-Swansea. Robert Thomas.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 5th June 1986

Set number: TS615

Tyseley's class 116 T615 (presumably 53850 + 59591 + 53102) working a Birmingham New Street to Hereford service approaches the stop at Langley Green station on a dull and misty 5 June 1986 as 31 142 takes chlorine tanks from Allbright and Wilson's through the yard at Rood End to Bescot and eventually ICI Wilton. Peter Tandy.

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Date: 3rd March 1990

Set number: T406

Tyseley's set T406 51856 - 59606 - 59344 - 53102 at Barnt Green heading for Lichfield City (formed 115DMBS - 127TSL - 116TC - 116DMS), while 53056 looks on, 3/Mar/1990. Robert Chilton.

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Date: 17th November 1990

Set number: T412

Tyseley's set T412 at Small Heath station, which should have been headed by 53102 but had been reformed with 53116, followed by 59591, 59668 and 51867, on 17/Nov/1990. The formation was a mixture of class 116, 127 and 115 which was normal for most of the four-car sets at Tyseley at the time. Robert Chilton.

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Date: 28th November 1992

Set number: T401

Taken from T401 (53102 + 51316 + 59483 + 51331) near University on the 09:48 Lichfield TV - Redditch, 28/11/92. Gazza Prescott.