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Vehicle 50123 / 53123


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-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 22/05/76 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
w/e 10/12/77 Transferred to CW (Cricklewood)
4w/e 09/04/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
Sep-87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath) - Did this move happen?
18/10/87 Transferred to CH (Chester)
12/06/88 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

Notes

22nd March 1988 - Condemned cars 51308, 51324, 51309, 59171, 53123, 53819, 53108, 59119, 54177, 53456, 59541, 59568, 59374, 59560, 59552 & 59524 hauled from Newton Heath to Vic Berry's yard by Class 31

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50123 - original number
53123 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 24/10/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50081 59031 50123 As delivered to WR - w/e 05/10/57
CAT306 50081 50123 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50081 59031 50123 Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
50081 59031 50123 Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN306 50081 59031 50123 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50081 59031 50123 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
50081 59350 50123 Noted 16/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3
50081 59031 50123 Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central 3
C306 50081 59031 50123 Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport4
T306 50081 59486 50123 Noted 16/05/1976 - 18.20 Chester-Man Vic with 50866/59374/509195
50081 59486 50123 Noted 06/08/1976 - Seen at Southport6
T306 50081 59486 50123 Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot4
50081 59486 50123 Transfer to CW - w/e 10/12/77
50081 59486 50123 Transfer to TS - 4w/e 09/04/78
TS552 50081 59543 50123 Noted 24/03/79
TS552 50081 59543 50123 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS552 50081 59623 50123 Noted circa 01/19816
TS552 50081 59623 50123 Noted circa 10/19816
TS552 50081 59617 50123 Noted circa 05/19826
TS552 50081 59543 50123 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS552 53081 59543 53123 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS601 53081 59543 53123 Noted circa 10/19836
TS601 53081 59543 53123 Noted circa 10/19846
TS601 53081 59543 53123 Noted circa 01/19856
TS601 53081 59543 53123 Listed at TS - May-85
53081 59543 53123 Noted 07/12/85
TS601 53081 59543 53123 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS601 53081 59543 53123 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich4
TS601 53081 59120 53123 Formation change - TS - circa Nov-86 - 59120 replaced 59543
TS353 53081 59120 53123 Noted circa 02/19876
T353 53081 59120 53123 Listed at TS - Jul-87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Chris Moxon
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Barry

11th August 1968

Derby suburban triple sets at Barry on 11 August 1968. The middle vehicle is recorded as W50123, it and its centre car are gangwayed. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Chester depot

16th May 1976

Set number: T306

Class 116 units on Chester depot, 16/5/76, they later formed the 18.20 Chester-Manchester Victoria. The vehicles were 50123 + 59486 (a Class 117 TCL) + 50081 coupled to 50866 + 59374 + 50919, which had just been transferred from Cardiff to Newton Heath, and for some reason the C on the set number has been replaced by a T. Anthony Griffiths.

Class 116 DMU at Reddish North

circa 1977

A 3-car Class 116 set having just left Reddish North for Brinnington. Date unknown, probably mid-1970s and possibly 50123 leading, which was allocated to Newton Heath between 5/76 and 12/77. Peter Heppenstall.

Class 116 DMU at Erdington

10th August 1978

Set number: TS552

On August 10, 1978, hybrid Class 116/101 set TS552 (presumably 50123 + 59543 + 50081) leads another Class 116 set south of Erdington Station with the 5.59pm Longbridge - Lichfield City service. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Small Heath

5th March 1986

Set number: TS601

The original subject of this image was 56 048 arriving at Small Heath on 5 March 1986 to collect a train of scrap metal but the 2 DMU sets made the picture in retrospect. The train receding from the camera and going towards Birmingham Moor Street was a hybrid set of classes 116 and 101 (thought to be TS601, 53123 + 59543 + 53081) with a 122 attached and the furthest away a class 116 on its way to either Dorridge or Leamington Spa. Peter Tandy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: September 1984

A 116/101/116 hybrid set, 53081/59543 and presumably 53123, at Chester circa September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 27th June 1985

Set number: TS601

A Class 116/101/116 hybrid at Chinley on 27 June 1985. It seems to be set TS601, 53081 leads presumably with 59543 + 53123. Chris Thorp.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: TS601

Class 116 / 101 DMU vehicles 53081 59543 53123 are unusual visitors to Doncaster station in 1986... an arrival from the Midlands would have been more likely to be a Class 114. Graeme Phillips Collection.