Vehicle 50122 / 53122
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
| w/e 05/10/57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 21/09/89 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50122 - original number
53122 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
19/01/74 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 22/05/76 - WR AWS removed
Sep-87 - Headlamp fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 21/01/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | As delivered to WR - w/e 05/10/57 | ||||||
| CAT303 | 50080 | 50122 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 303 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Listed at 86A - mid-Nov-68 | |||||
| 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN303 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 25/07/73 - on 2C65 2115 Penarth-Rhymney | |||||
| 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C303 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot3 | |||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 07/08/1976 - On 13:28 Cardiff Central to Rhymney with set C4524 | |||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 26/03/1977 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Dowlais / Coed Ely Railtour 50122-59030-50080 + 50855-59363-50908 | ||||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 09/11/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Noted 04/02/1980 - At Barry5 | |||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C300 | 50080 | 59030 | 50122 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C300 | 53080 | 59030 | 53122 | Noted circa 09/19836 | |||||
| C300 | 53080 | 59030 | 53122 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C300 | 53080 | 59030 | 53122 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C300 | 53080 | 59030 | 53122 | Noted 05/06/19866 | |||||
| 53080 | 59030 | 53122 | Noted 09/06/87 | ||||||
| C300 | 53080 | 59030 | 53122 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| C300 | 53080 | 53122 | Formation change - CF - circa 10/87 - 59030 removed (W) | ||||||
| C360 | 53080 | 53122 | Listed at CF - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
6th March 1977
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU set C300 (50122 + 59030 and presumably 50080) is seen in Cardiff Central with the what was thought to be the 12:40 (SuO) to Bristol Temple Meads on 6 March 1977. Robert Thomas.
Unknown date
Set number: C300
Refurbished set C300 (presumably 50122 + 59030 + 50080) at Cardiff Canton. Undated. John Law.
2nd May 1979
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU C300 (50122 + 59030 + 50080) at Cardiff Bute Road on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.
July 1981
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU set C300 (presumably W50122 W59030 W50080) head into Cardiff Central in July 1981. Ian Charles.
24th April 1984
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU set C300 (presumably 53122 + 59030 + 53080) stands at Coryton while the driver changes ends having arrived with train 2C79 the 12.37 from Cardiff Bute Road on 24/04/84. The DMU will form the return working also as train no. 2C79 at 13.02 back to Cardiff Bute Road calling at all stations. This short branch into the northern outer suburbs of Cardiff was once a through route into the Taff Valley and on looking at a map it seems odd that the section to Taffs Well just over two miles away was removed. Adrian Nicholls.
24th April 1984
Set number: C300
On an warm late spring lunchtime (24/04/84) Class 116 DMU set no.C300 (presumably 53122 + 59030 + 53080) stands at the desolate Cardiff Bute Road terminus. Back in 1984 the branch from Queen Street South Junction into Cardiff Docks had an irregular timetable with large gaps in the service particularly off peak. This DMU set is waiting to work train 2C79 the 12.37 to Coryton, back then most trains ran through to Coryton with just a couple of shuttle workings to Queen Street. The large building on the right is the one time Taff Vale Railway Headquarters building built in 1841. It is a listed building but to this day stands derelict, the station is no longer called Bute Road and has been revamped with trains now using the north end of the other platform face seen to the right here. The station is also now called Cardiff Bay. Apologies for grainy picture quality, reason = telephoto lens while using Perutz CT100 film. Adrian Nicholls.
24th June 1984
Set number: C300
Displaying the Branch Line Society headboard Class 116 set C300 (presumably 53122 + 59030 + 53080) is seen at Treherbert on 24 June 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
24th June 1984
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU set C300 - 53122 presumably closest - at Treherbert on 24 June 1984. This seems to be a Branch Line Society tour. Another set can be seen in the distance. Stuart Mackay Collection.
29th July 1984
Set number: C300
53122 is at the head of C300 (presumably with 59030 + 53080) and C330 approaching Cadoxton station with an ECS for Cardiff on 29 July 1984. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.
30th September 1985
Set number: C300
W53122 + W59030 + W53080 form set C300 at Coryton after arrival with the 12:22 from Penarth on September 30, 1985. Hamish Stevenson.
circa 1986
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU set C300 (53122 + 53080) at Caerphilly after arriving with the 1150 from Bute Road circa 1986. Keith Long.
23rd July 1986
Set number: C300
53122 leads C300 (presumably with 59090 + 53080) approaching Radyr station with an ECS for Cardiff on 23 July 1986. Image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.
8th May 1987
Set number: C300
C300 (53122 + 59030 + 50080) at Cardiff Central on the 8th May 1987. Shayne Lewis.
late 1980s
Set number: C300
C300 (presumably 53122 + 59030 + 53080)arrives into Barry station in the late 1980s. Steve Davies Collection.
19th August 1987
Set number: C300
C300 (53122 + 59030 + 53080) departing from Radyr on Wednesday 19th August 1987. Colin Brooks.
12th November 1988
Set number: C360
Class 116 DMS 53122 from set C360 at Aberdare station with the 12:05 SO to Penarth on 12 November 1988. Robert Thomas.
28th February 1989
Set number: C360
Class 116 DMU set C360 (53122 and presumably 53080) at Caerphilly on 28 February 1989 with the 11:15 (SX) to Cardiff Bute Road. Robert Thomas.
22nd April 1989
Set number: C360
On the 22nd April 1989 C360 (53122 + 53080) and C362 (53128 + 53086) are seen at Treherbert, having arrived on the 19:55 ex-Penarth. Gazza Prescott.
22nd April 1989
Set number: C360
C360 (53122 + 53080) and C362 (53128 + 53086) arrive at Radyr on the 18:42 Treherbert-Penarth, 22nd April 1989. Gazza Prescott.
21st August 1989
Set number: C360
C360 (53122 + 53080) At Abercynon on a return trip to Barry Island from Merthyr Tydfil 21/8/89. Mac Winfield.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd May 1979
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU C300 (50080 + 59030 + 50122) at Cardiff Bute Road on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.
Date: 2nd May 1979
Set number: C300
Class 116 Coryton 2 May 1979. I was doing the valley lines on a one week Western Region Rover ticket but starting in the Cardiff suburbs. Note the nice warm day - less than an hour later I was at Rhymney wading through snow! C300 - W50080 59030 50122. Alistair Ness.
Date: 6th August 1979
Set number: C300
A three car Class 116 suburban dmu built in 1957, Cardiff set C300, is formed of W50080, W59030 & W50122. It is departing as the 10.32 Treherbert to Barry Island service on Monday August 6th 1979. Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 12th April 1980
Set number: C300
On 12 April 1980 Class 116 DMU set C300 (W50080 and presumably W59030 and W50122) is seen in Penarth station with the 17:42 to Rhymney. Robert Thomas.
Date: 22nd May 1980
Set number: C300
With Cardiff Central showing on the destination blind, C300 (presumably 50080 + 59030 + 50122) has a well deserved rest after grinding its way up the Rhymney Valley into Rhymney station on 22/5/80. Stephen Burdett.
Date: February 1981
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU set C300 (50080 + 59030 + 50122) at Rhymney in February 1981. Rob Paterson.
Date: unknown
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU set C300 (53080 and presumably 59030 + 50122) in Cardiff Central station, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
Date: 24th June 1984
Set number: C303
Two Class 116 DMUs - C303 (presumably 53129 + 59037 + 53087) and probably C300 (53122 + 59030 + 53080) at Rhymney on 24 June 1984. This is thought to be a Branch Line Society railtour. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 12th August 1984
Set number: C300
Class 116 set C300 (presumably 53080 + 59030 + 53122) stabled at Treherbert on 12 August 1984. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 25th May 1986
Set number: C300
Class 116 DMU set C300 (presumably 53080 + 59030 + 53122) waits to depart from Barry Island station with a service to the valleys on 25 May 1986. Robert Thomas.
Date: January 1987
Set number: C300
Last weeks of the valleys DMUs - Class 116 set C300 (presumably 53080 + 59030 + 53122) - Ton Pentre Rhondda, January 1987. Peter Brabham.
Date: Late 1980s
Set number: C300
C300 (presumably 53080 + 59030 + 53122) in Barry station. Late 1980s. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 19th April 1989
Set number: C360
C360 (53080 + 53122) at Merthyr Tydfil on the 18:04 to Penarth, 19/4/89. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 21st August 1989
Set number: C360
W53080 heads C360 (with 53122) into Abercynon with a Cardiff to Merthyr train, on the 21st August 1989. Mac Winfield.