Vehicle 50118 / 53118
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 | |
| 15/11/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50118 - original number
53118 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
p/e 27/01/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 13/05/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50076 | 59026 | 50118 | As delivered to WR - August 1957 | ||||||
| 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 14/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 19/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston1 | ||||||
| 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Worcester depot3 | ||||||
| TY503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 20/07/74 - on 1700 Birmingham NS-Lichfield City with TY504 50059 + 59004 + 50104 and TY527 50116 + 59027 + 50061 | |||||
| TS503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 04/07/1975 - at Solihull4 | |||||
| TS503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 07/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads3 | |||||
| TS503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| TS503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS503 | 50076 | 59003 | 50118 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59003 | 53118 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59003 | 53118 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59598 | 53118 | Noted circa 12/19835 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59598 | 53118 | Noted circa 06/19845 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Noted circa 09/19845 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Noted circa 12/19845 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Noted circa 05/19855 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59448 | 53118 | Formation change - TS - Jul-85 - 59448 replaced 59631 (now spare) | |||||
| 53076 | 59448 | 53118 | Noted 30/07/85 - on Birmingham New Street - Kidderminster services6 | ||||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59448 | 53118 | Noted circa 09/19855 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86 - 59631 replaced 59448 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Noted circa 03/19865 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - 59631 in plain rail blue7 | |||||
| 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Noted 16/05/87 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Noted circa 06/19875 | |||||
| T503 | 53076 | 59631 | 53118 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
7: Robert Chilton
Images:
late August 1975
A Class 116 seen at St Andrews Junction, Birmingham, in late August 1975. The text on the inner end of DMS M50118 includes the word 'Triple' noting it is part of a three-car set. Michael Mensing.
November 1975
Set number: TY503
Two Class 116 DMUs at Langley Green with a Lichfield City service in November 1975. With broken glass in the top marker lamp M50118 leads in set TY503, presumably with 59003 + 50076. Michael Mensing.
17th February 1982
Set number: TS503
This seems to be set TS503 on the left (and so 50118) and 50912 (TS502) on the right. At Birmingham Moor Street on 17-2-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
25th July 1987
Set number: TS503
The 14.13 Longbridge – Lichfield City sets off from Longbridge on its cross-Birmingham journey on 25 July 1987 formed of a class 116 unit comprising vehicles 53076, 59631 and 53118 (closest). The centre vehicle, a class 127 trailer, was one of only a handful of suburban DMUs still to retain its blue livery at this time. Robert28194.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 21st July 1962
Set number: 303
The 1.10pm Birmingham Snow Hill - Henley-in-Arden arriving at Small Heath on 21 July 1962. The Derby suburban triple set, numbered 303, has DMBS W50076 at the front, the other two vehicles are presumably trailer composite 59003 and DMS 50118. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1977
Set number: TS503
Refurbished Class 116 set TS503 (DMBS 50076 and presumably TC 59003 and DMS 50118) heading away from Wylde Green station in 1977. Michael Mensing.
Date: 26th September 1979
Set number: TS503
Class 116 set TS503 (DMBS M50076 closest, presumably with M59003 + M50118) at Nuneaton on September 26, 1979. Steve Jones.
Date: 1986
Set number: T503
Most of the suburban passenger trains on the Birmingham Cross City Line were class 116 units but odds and ends turned up from time to time. On this occasion a BR blue centre coach (Class 127 TS 59631), probably one of the few remaining at this time in 1986, made a contrast with the standard blue and grey colour scheme (of presumably 53076 + 53118). I took this slide at Longbridge where most of the trains from either Lichfield or Four Oaks terminated and then crossed over and reversed for the return journey. The British Leyland car factory dominated the background. Following the collapse of BL the whole site was closed and is now a retail park while the railway infrastructure has changed with the advent of OHL electrification going to Redditch and Bromsgrove. Peter Tandy.