Vehicle 50103 / 53103
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 | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 15/11/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50103 - original number
53103 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Dec-77 - AWS fitted
Dec-77 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50061 | 59011 | 50103 | As delivered to WR - May 1957 | ||||||
| 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 depot1 | ||||||
| 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 19/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| TS522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 04/07/1975 - at Solihull3 | |||||
| TY522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station4 | |||||
| TS522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 08/09/76 - at Tyseley4 | |||||
| 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 14/09/1977 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS524 | 50066 | 59024 | 50103 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS524 | 50068 | 59009 | 50103 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| TS524 | 50068 | 59005 | 50103 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS524 | 53068 | 59005 | 53103 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS524 | 53068 | 59607 | 53103 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS524 | 53068 | 59607 | 53103 | Noted circa 12/19835 | |||||
| TS515 | 53067 | 59615 | 53103 | Noted circa 06/19845 | |||||
| TS515 | 53067 | 59615 | 53103 | Noted circa 11/19845 | |||||
| TS515 | 53067 | 59627 | 53103 | Noted circa 09/19855 | |||||
| TS515 | 53067 | 59627 | 53103 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS500 | 53860 | 59757 | 53103 | Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53103 (ex-TS515) replaces 53913 (to TS515) | |||||
| TS598 | 53090 | 59629 | 53103 | Noted circa 04/19875 | |||||
| TS598 | 53090 | 59629 | 53103 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with TS5206 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53103 | Noted 27/06/19875 | |||||
| T528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53103 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
Images:
26th April 1964
Set number: 315
M50103 leads set 315 east of Priestfield with the 10.0am Wellington - Leamington Spa service on Sunday April 26, 1964. Michael Mensing.
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.
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.
7th July 1984
M53103 at Five Ways, Birmingham on 07/07/84. Steve Jones.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 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.
Date: July 1978
A blue livery Class 116 at Bordesley Junction in July 1978. The DMS partially in frame is M50103. Michael Mensing.
Date: 30th June 1982
Set number: TS524
Tyseley set TS524 comprising Gloucester Class 100, M51119, Class 116 TCL M59009 and Cl 116 DMS, probably M50103, arrive in platform 1 at Birmingham New St, 30th June 1982. Paul James.