Vehicle 50117 / 53117
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 | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 28/06/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 06/11/88 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Notes
Dec-87 - Appeared on lists as W, then W cancelled.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50117 - original number
53117 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Oct-77 - AWS fitted
Oct-77 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 21/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50075 | 59025 | 50117 | As delivered to WR - August 1957 | ||||||
| 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY520 | 50061 | 59020 | 50117 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY528 | 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Kidderminster1 | ||||||
| 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted 19/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston1 | ||||||
| 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted 24/12/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50069 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted 31/05/1975 - at Tysley3 | ||||||
| 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted 30/04/77 - on 2F76 1236 Birmingham New Street-Leicester with 50448 + 59280 + 50709 | ||||||
| TS528 | 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS528 | 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS528 | 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS528 | 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS528 | 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS528 | 50062 | 59028 | 50117 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street5 | |||||
| 53059 | 53117 | Noted 05/12/87 - on 13:24 Southport - Manchester Victoria via Westhoughton Bolton6 | |||||||
| 53059 | 50117 | Noted 12th December 1987 | |||||||
| 53059 | 50117 | Noted 14th February 1988 | |||||||
| N650 | 53059 | 50117 | Listed at NH - March 1988 | ||||||
| N650 | 53059 | 50117 | Listed at NH - May 1988 | ||||||
| N650 | 53059 | 53117 | Noted circa Jul-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
October 1958
W50117 leads a Class 116 set at Stratford-upon-Avon in October 1958. Michael Mensing.
May 1976
Set number: TY528
Class 116 DMU set TY528 (presumably 50117 + 59028 + 50062) seen at Saltley in May 1976. Tamworth is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
19th August 1978
Set number: TS528
Class 116 set TS528 (the power cars are presumably 50117 + 50062) working with a hybrid set containing a Class 100 DMBS and possibly a 104 DMBS, at Longbridge on 19/08/78. Michael Mensing.
20th December 1986
Set number: TS528
A portrait view of Tyseley set TS528 (53117 + 59715 + 53062) about to leave the Birmingham to Gloucester main line at Barnt Green with a Birmingham Cross City service to Redditch. This picture was taken from the site of the cattle dock in the long-gone goods yard on 20 December 1986. Peter Tandy.
15th August 1987
A Class 116 twin led by M53117 departs from Manchester Victoria on August 15, 1987. M53492 is on the left. John Carter.
3rd December 1988
Set number: N650
Class 116 53117, set number N650, is seen at Tyseley while condemned on 03.12.1988. This power car had been transferred in from Newton Heath, hence the 'N' set number and 'Bolton' in the blinds. Andy Cole.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1975
Set number: TY528
Set TY528 at Earlswood in 1975, led by 50062, possibly with 59028 + 50117. Michael Mensing.
Date: 21st August 1976
Set number: TY528
As the driver opens up a cloud of thick exhaust smoke blots out the background. The leading set comprises 50062, 59028 & 50117 The train will be on the way to New Street to work a Birmingham to Kidderminster service, it has just left Tyseley Carriage sidings. The houses on the left were on Byron Road they were sturdy Victorian tunnel back houses but they fell victim to Small Heath Highway which was built to relieve traffic through Small Heath on the Coventry Road (it didn't) The houses on the right are off Armoury Road, they were owned by BSA Motorcycles and the houses could be rented by employees, sadly by this time BSA had closed and the houses would soon follow the factory into oblivion, it is now an industrial estate. The station platform may not have anywhere to sit or shelter but it certainly was well lit, the wonky gradient post remains! Image by Peter Shoesmith 21 August 1976. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
Date: 20th July 1988
Manchester Victoria on the afternoon of 20/7/88, with 53059/53117 waiting to depart on the 16.40 to Kirkby via Bolton and Wigan. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 18th December 1988
Set number: N652
M53870, M53059, M53923 and M50117 awaiting their fate at Vic Berrys, Leicester 18-12-88. Kevin Dowd.