Vehicle 50129 / 53129
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
| Sep-57 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| by Jun-61 | Transferred to | 88B (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 83D (Laira) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
| Jan-65 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 3w/e 08/07/78 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 07/10/78 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/09/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 19/06/88 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50129 - original number
53129 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 04/06/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | As delivered to WR - September 1957 | ||||||
| CDF405 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Listed at - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Transfer to 86A - Jan-65 | ||||||
| 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Noted circa May-68 - in blue with full yellow ends | ||||||
| CTN411 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C303 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Noted 31/07/73 - at Cardiff | |||||
| 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central2 | ||||||
| C303 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Noted 12/09/74 - on 2B46 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B468 + B553 | |||||
| C317 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Radyr3 | |||||
| C303 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C303 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff4 | ||||||
| C303 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Noted 16/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C303 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Transfer to CF - w/e 07/10/78 | ||||||
| C303 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C303 | 50087 | 59037 | 50129 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C303 | 53087 | 59037 | 53129 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C303 | 53087 | 59037 | 53129 | Noted 26/04/19866 | |||||
| C303 | 53087 | 59037 | 53129 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C303 | 53087 | 59037 | 53129 | Noted 30/04/87 - on 09:17 Treherbert to Barry Island5 | |||||
| C303 | 53087 | 59037 | 53129 | Noted 05/05/87 - on 13:27 Cardiff to Ystrad Mynach | |||||
| C303 | 53087 | 59037 | 53129 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| C303 | 53087 | 59037 | 53129 | Noted October 1987 | |||||
| 53087 | 59037 | 53129 | Noted circa 10/19876 | ||||||
| N360 | 53832 | 59554 | 53129 | Listed at NH - May-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
25th September 1979
Set number: C303
47195 & W50129 at Cardiff Central on 25/09/79. Steve Jones.
4th March 1982
Set number: C303
Class 116 set C303 (50129 + 59037 + 50087) at Merthyr on the 4th March 1982. Chris Lings.
2nd April 1982
Set number: C303
Class 116 DMS W50129 seen on its way out of Cogan station on April 2nd 1982. Michael Mensing.
2nd April 1982
Set number: C303
Class 116 set C303 (presumably 50129 + 59037 + 50087) departing from Cogan station on April 2nd 1982. Michael Mensing.
29th December 1983
Set number: C303
Class 116 DMU set C303 (W53129 + W59037 + W53087) arrives into Pontypridd station with a service to Merthyr on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.
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.
14th December 1985
Set number: C303
Class 116 set number C303 with 53129 closest (presumably with 59037 + 53087) is seen at Tyseley on 14.12.1985. It was based at Cardiff at the time, hence the Valley Train branding and the red dragon on the front. Andy Cole.
1986
Set number: C303
Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53129 + 59037 + 53087) at Bargoed in 1986. Michael Mensing.
1987
Set number: C303
Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53129 + 59037 + 53087) departs from Porth station in early 1987. Michael Mensing.
1987
Set number: C303
Class 116 DMU set C303 (presumably 53129 + 59037 + 53087) seen in Severn Beach station circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
March 1987
Set number: C303
Class 116 set C303 (53129 closest, presumably with 59037 + 53087) south of Abercynon in March 1987. Michael Mensing.
12th July 1987
Set number: C303
Class 116 DMU set C303 (53129 closest) departs from Cardiff Queen Street with a northbound passenger service (15:30 ex-Central) on 12 July 1987. Robert Thomas.
1987
Manchester Victoria in 1987, and Class 116 W 53129 meets Sprinter set 150 253. Shayne Lewis.
17th October 1987
Still carrying its "W" prefixes class 116 W53129+W59037+W53087 approaches Woodley, Manchester on the 17th October 1987. Kevin Law.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th April 1973
Set number: C303
Sitting in Treorchy station is Class 116 DMU set C303 (presumably 50087 + 59037 + 50129) with a Treherbert-Barry Island service on 15 April 1973. Robert Thomas.
Date: 6th September 1978
Set number: P126
'Pressed Steel' Single railcar 55025 waits at St Erth with sevice for St Ives on 6th September 1978. It is coupled to a refurbished Class 116 set, W50129 visible. David Scott.
Date: unknown
Set number: C303
Refurbished Class 116 set C303 (50087 closest, presumably with 59037 + 50129) on the rear of a formation at Cardiff Central in the late 1970s. John Law.
Date: unknown
Class 116 DMU set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) in Caerphilly station on 8 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 29th December 1983
Set number: C303
Class 116 DMU set C303 - W53087 + W59037 + W53129 in Merthyr station with a Penarth service on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.
Date: 8th March 1985
Set number: C303
The 2.19pm Treherbert - Cardiff Central is seen south of Treforest on March 8, 1985. It is formed of Class 116 set C303, W53087 leads presumably with 59037 + 53129. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1986
Set number: C303
Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) in Bargoed station in 1986. Michael Mensing.
Date: 11th April 1986
Set number: C303
Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) at Cardiff Central on 11 April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 11th October 1986
Set number: C303
Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) takes the Penarth branch at Cogan on 11 October 1986. Image by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.
Date: 1987
Set number: C303
Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) enters Porth station in early 1987. Michael Mensing.
Date: 24th October 1987
Still carrying its Western Region W prefix to its number, Class 116 Suburban Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) W53087 was passing Bamber Bridge with a Preston to Clitheroe special working on October 24th 1987 with W59037 and W53129. Through the offside cab window, someone with a Mayorial chain can be seen sitting in the front saloon behind the cab. The unit had previously been allocated to Cardiff Canton and had been transferred to Newton Heath in September 1987, at a time when there was much flux in the surviving members of the first generation DMU fleet to provide cover for errant class 142's, the better examples appearing in parts of the country that they had never previously worked, the situation being eased as the new BREL York Class 150/2 Sprinter fleet came into service. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 14th October 1988
53832 (front), 53051 (rear, top, with red star branding) and 53129 (rear, bottom) at Vic Berry's on 14/10/88. Ian Francis.