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Vehicle 50106 / 53106

Class 116

BR Diagram 554

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

Jun-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
w/e 03/08/68 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73Depot code changeCW
circa Feb-82 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21/01/94 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX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:

50106 - original number
53106 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa May-85 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50064 59014 50106 As delivered to WR - June 1957
324 50055 59024 50106 Noted Aug-601
TYS328 50053 59015 50106 Listed at - circa Oct-60
50071 59008 50106 Noted 03/07/64
50068 50114 50106 Noted 28/09/74 - on 1527 Barking-Kentish Town
50840 59008 50106 Noted 23/04/77 - on 14.02 Barking – Kentish Town and 14.44 Kentish Town – Barking2
50063 59348 50106 Noted 15/03/79 - on 07.47 Luton – Moorgate LT2
50063 59348 50106 50902 Noted 20/07/79 - on 17.58 Moorgate LT - St. Albans2
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 59365 50102 50106 50111 Noted 02/01/80 - on 05.35 St. Pancras – Bedford2
50068 59608 50106 50903 Noted 17/09/80 - on 18.07 St. Pancras – Cricklewood (116/127 hybrid)2
TS511 50054 59011 50106 Noted circa 10/19813
TS511 50054 59011 50106 Noted circa 09/19823
TS511 50054 59011 50106 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS511 53054 59626 53106 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS511 53054 59626 53106 Noted circa 09/19833
TS511 53054 59626 53106 Noted circa 02/19843
TS511 53054 59626 53106 Noted circa 08/19843
TS522 53078 59613 53106 Noted circa 02/19853
53054 59626 53106 Noted 24/03/85
TS625 53056 59114 53106 Listed at TS - May-85
53056 59114 53106 Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich4
TS625 53056 59114 53106 Noted circa 11/19853
53056 59114 53106 Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:25 Birmingham Moor Street - Leamington service5
TS625 53056 59114 53106 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS625 53056 59114 53106 Noted circa 06/19863
TS625 53056 59616 53106 Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 59616 (ex-TS622) replaces 59114 (to TS622)
TS625 53056 59616 53106 Noted circa 01/19873
TS625 53056 59616 53106 Noted 07/02/1987 - Branch Line Society Edwalton Researcher Railtour TS624+TS625
TS625 53849 59616 53106 Noted circa 06/19873
T491 51866 59724 59616 53106 Listed at TS - Jul-87 - 51866 on loan from ME
TS491 51866 59724 59616 53106 Noted 17/07/19873
T403 51852 59641 59616 53106 Noted 24/07/19873
51852 59641 59616 53106 Noted 04/10/87 - on 15:23 Barnt Green - Four Oaks5
51852 59641 59616 53106 Noted 04/10/87 - on 16:22 Four Oaks - Barnt Green5
T403 51852 59641 59616 53106 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T403 51852 59641 59616 53106 Noted circa 05/19883
T403 51852 59641 59616 53106 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T403 51852 59641 59616 53106 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51852 59641 59616 53106 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6
T403 51852 59641 59616 53106 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T403 51852 59674 59641 53106 Noted circa 10/19903
T403 51852 59641 59589 53106 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T403 51852 59641 53106 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T403 51852 59641 59674 53106 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T403 51852 59607 59445 53106 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T403 51852 59607 59445 53106 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T403 51852 59607 59445 53106 Noted circa 08/19923
T403 51852 59607 59445 53106 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T403 51852 59607 53106 Listed at TS - November 1992
T403 51852 59607 59335 53106 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
51852 53106 Noted 10/12/92 - on 16:14 Birmingham New Street - Longbridge7
Spare 53106 Listed at TS - November 1993

Formation Sources
1: Andrew Cope
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Baumann
6: Jeremy Goodyear
7: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Swindon

circa 1959

A Derby suburban triple DMU at Swindon circa 1959. It is Tyseley allocated set with W50106 closest displaying Worcester Shrub Hill on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

autumn 1986

M53106 leads a class 116 set waiting to leave Birmingham Moor St with an evening service in Autumn 1986. Murray Liston.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

autumn 1986

Set number: TS625

A common sight for many years were Derby class 116 suburban DMUs at Birmingham Moor St. Here M53106 heads a set waiting to form a service to Leamington Spa in the autumn of 1986. Murray Liston.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

February 1987

Set number: TS625

Class 116 Derby suburban 3-car DMU set TS625 {presumably 53106 + 59616 + 53056) in Birmingham Moor Street late Feburary 1987. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 116 DMU at Whitchurch (Shropshire)

3rd April 1987

Set number: TS625

Friday 03/04/1987, 1520 hours at Whitchurch (Shropshire). Set TS625 has just arrived with the 1450 service from Shrewsbury which terminates at Whitchurch. The driver enters 53106 before commencing a reversing move to transfer the set to the Shrewsbury bound platform. The set will then work the 1525 service to Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. Note that the date shown on the cab board is wrong - this photo was taken on 03/04/1987! In 1987 this was the only service on the Shrewsbury to Crewe line to terminate and reverse at Whitchurch. The crossover which allowed this reversal was removed many years ago so it is no longer possible. Robert Hope.

Class 116 DMU at Whitchurch (Shropshire)

3rd April 1987

Set number: TS625

Friday 03/04/1987, 1520 hours at Whitchurch (Shropshire). Set TS625 has just arrived with the 1450 service from Shrewsbury which terminates at Whitchurch. The driver has reversed TS625 to the crossover and is now moving to the southbound platform ready to form the 1525 service to Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. 53106 leads the set. The view looks north to Crewe. Robert Hope.

Class 116 DMU at Skegness

1988

Set number: T403

Two of Tyseley's four-car suburban DMU sets in Skegness station circa mid-1988. Closest is set T403 (presumably 53106 (Class 116 DMS) + 59616 (Class 127 TSL) + 59641 (Class 127 TS) + 51852 (Class 115 DMBS) with set T411 on the rear. Brian Ward.

Class 116 DMU at Ramsgate

16th April 1988

Set number: T403

Network South East’s “Network Day” on 16th April 1988 turned out to be dull and damp but armed with a ticket giving me the freedom of the network, I headed for Kent. A surprise sight at Ramsgate was this 4 car Tyseley DMU. No idea where it came from, it doesn’t feature on Six Bells Junction. Must have been a relief for passengers to alight here on what must have been a long journey (wonder what route it took) from the Midlands. Set T403 was a bit of a hybrid, the front car here is class 116 53106, the centre cars were class 127 vehicles displaced from Cricklewood by the Bed-Pan electrification, and the rear car was class 115 51852. A real mystery… Murray Liston.

Class 116 DMU at Boston

8th June 1988

Set number: T403

Class 116 DMS 53106 at the rear of set T403 formed with class 127 TSL 59616, class 127 TS 59641 and class 115 DMBS 51852 seen curving away towards Skegness in the summer sun near Boston on 8/Jun/1988. Robert Chilton.

Class 116 DMU at Ely

19th September 1988

Set number: T403

53106 leads T403 into Ely with a Birmingham bound train, 19/9/88. In the left cab window is a sign which reads "?????? Express from Birmingham" (I can't make out the first line). Mac Winfield.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New Street

6th March 1993

Set number: T403

T403 (53106 + 59607 + 51852) have arrived ECS at Birmingham New St ready to a rush hour service, 6/3/93. Gazza Prescott.

Class 116 DMU at University station

10th April 1993

Set number: T403

53106 at the rear of set T403 (51852/59607/59499/53106 on this day) departing from University station, Birmingham, on the 13.36 New St - Redditch on 10/4/93. Leonard Rogers.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: early June 1962

Set number: 308

A Derby suburban triple set at Acocks Green during early June 1962. The DMBS W50071 is carrying set number 308 in the cab window so the other vehicles are presumably 59008 and 50106. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: September 1983

Set number: TS511

A Class 116 DMU at Duffield in September 1983. It looks to be set TS511 (presumably 53054 + 59626 + 53106). Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: 1985

Set number: TS522

Class 116 DMS 53106 sits beside 151 001 in Derby station in 1985. David Faircloth.

DMU

Date: Summer 1990

Set number: T403

Tyseley based DMU set T403 (presumably cars 51852 + 59641 + 59616 + 53106) seen at Wootton Wawen in the summer of 1990. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 10th April 1993

Set number: T403

51852 at the head of set T403 (51852/59607/59499/53106 on this day) arrives at University station, Birmingham, on the 13.36 New St - Redditch on 10/4/93. Leonard Rogers.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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