Vehicle 50126 / 53126
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 | 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 | |
| 16/12/86 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50126 - original number
53126 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Nov-77 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated circa 11/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50084 | 59034 | 50126 | As delivered to WR - August 1957 | ||||||
| CAT347 | 50084 | 50126 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| CTN347 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C347 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff2 | |||||
| C347 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Noted 13/07/75 - on 2C72 (unknown service, included Cardiff-Barry Island section) with C327 | |||||
| C347 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot2 | |||||
| 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Noted 25th February 1976 | ||||||
| C301 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 301 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Noted 06/08/1976 - at Cardiff Central. There appear to be 2 Cardiff sets numbered 301 at this time - see 511363 | |||||
| 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff4 | ||||||
| C301 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Noted 19/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C301 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C301 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C301 | 50084 | 59373 | 50126 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C301 | 53084 | 59373 | 53126 | Noted circa 09/19836 | |||||
| C301 | 53084 | 59373 | 53126 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| 53084 | 59035 | 53126 | Noted 24/02/86 - on 15:17 Caerphilly - Barry Island with 51313 + 59478 + 513287 | ||||||
| 53084 | 59035 | 53126 | Noted 24/02/86 - on 16:25 Barry Island - Bargoed with 51313 + 59478 + 513287 | ||||||
| C301 | 53084 | 59373 | 53126 | Noted 26/04/19866 | |||||
| C301 | 53084 | 59373 | 53126 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Martin Baumann
Images:
circa July 1972
Set number: C347
Two Class 116 DMUs in Pontypridd station. Closest is set C347, 50126 and presumably 59373 + 50084. The slide process date was July 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.
August 1981
Set number: C301
A Class 116 DMU (C301, 50126 and presumably 59373 + 50084) at Merthyr Tydfil station in August 1981. Photograph by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.
24th July 1984
Set number: C301
C301 (presumably 53126 + 59373 + 53084) departs from Llanishen with the 11:55 Rhymney - Barry Island service on 24 July 1984. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
22nd August 1984
Set number: C301
C301 (presumably 53126 + 59373 + 53084) runs through the countryside at Llandaff on the 22nd August 1984. Steve Davies Collection.
16th February 1985
Set number: C301
Class 116 DMU set C301 (53126 + 59373 + 53084) at Aberdare on 16 February 1985. Rob Paterson.
16th February 1985
Set number: C301
Class 116 DMS W53126 of set C301 in Aberdare station on 16 February 1985. Rob Paterson.
16th September 1987
Class 116 DMS 53126 off it's bogies, at Vic Berrys on 16/9/87. Class 122 55009 is behind. Malcolm Clements.
16th September 1987
116 DMS 53126 at Vic Berrys on 16/9/87, with 55009 behind. Malcolm Clements.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th April 1972
Set number: C347
An arriving DMU and Canton's D6885 at Radyr Station on the 15th of April 1972. The set number seems to be C347, and so the vehicles are presumably 50084 + 59373 + 50126. A comment added to the image on flickr by 'br2975' notes: "The DMU is taking the Radyr Jct to Radyr Quarry Jct line through the yard, then the former Penarth Harbour & Dock Railway route to Penarth Curve North Jct. This was normally freight only, except for diversions, and specials such as Mystery Trips from Rhondda (Treherbert), Cynon (Aberdare HL) and rarely, Taff (Merthyr) valleys. My notes suggest the DMU was a footex en-route to Ninian Park Halt in connection with Cardiff City v Carlisle Utd. (City won 3-1). Sometimes the ECS would run from Ninian Park and stable in Radyr Yard during the matches." The KDH Archive.
Date: 22nd August 1978
Set number: C301
Refurbished set C301 (presumably 50084 + 59373 + 50126) at Treherbert on the 22nd August 1978. Peter Heppenstall.
Date: unknown
Set number: C301
Refurbished Class 116 set C301 (presumably 50084 + 59373 + 50126) ready to leave Treherbert, date unknown. John Law.
Date: 9th April 1979
Set number: C301
W50084 leads refurbished Cardiff set C301 (presumably with 59373 + 50126) out of Taffs Well station, deep in the Valleys. It is heading for Cardiff then onto Barry Island, 9/4/79. Stephen Burdett.
Date: September 1982
Set number: C301
Class 116 set C301 at Stapleton Road in September 1982, comprising W50084, W59373 & W50126. Robert Tarling.
Date: 13th October 1984
Set number: C301
Derby-built Class 116 DMU set C301 (W53084 and presumably 59373 + 53126) arrives into Cardiff Central with the 10:49 Merthyr Tydfil-Penarth service on 13 October 1984. Robert Thomas.
Date: 1985
Set number: C301
This appears to be a four-car formation, seen departing from Taff's Well in 1985. The DMBS closest should be 53084, working with 59373 + 53126. Michael Mensing.
Date: 16th February 1985
Set number: C301
Class 116 DMU set C301 (53084 + 59373 + 53126) at Aberdare on 16 February 1985. Rob Paterson.
Date: 16th February 1985
Set number: C301
Class 116 DMU set C301 (53084 + 59373 + 53126) at Mountain Ash on 16 February 1985. Rob Paterson.