Vehicle 50818 / 53818
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: 30363
Diagram: 553
Allocations
| w/e 02/11/57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Oct-64 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Oct-66 | On loan to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 2w/e 12/11/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 2w/e 29/04/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 25/10/93 | Sector Change to | TS (Tyseley) RDXX | |
| 04/02/94 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| circa Nov-94 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 4w/e 27/05/95 | Withdrawn |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50818 - original number
53818 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Dec-86 - Gangway(s) fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 12/01/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | As delivered to WR - w/e 02/11/57 | ||||||
| CAT304 | 50818 | 50871 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Transfer to 84A - Oct-64 | ||||||
| 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/11/66 - from WR | ||||||
| 143 | 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69 | |||||
| 143 | 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Listed at HN - Jul-70 | |||||
| 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Noted 15/08/70 - passing Polmadie1 | ||||||
| 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 143 | 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 150 | 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central3 | |||||
| 150 | 50818 | Noted 25/08/75 - on Hamilton depot, partners not recorded3 | |||||||
| 50818 | 59326 | 50871 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| TS553 | 50818 | 59326 | 50878 | Noted 04/05/1978 - Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| TS553 | 50818 | 59326 | 50878 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Tyseley4 | |||||
| TS553 | 50818 | 59326 | 50878 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS553 | 50818 | 59326 | 50878 | Noted 12/09/1980 - at Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| TS553 | 50818 | 59326 | 50878 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS553 | 50818 | 59326 | 50878 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS553 | 50818 | 89326 | 50878 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS553 | 50818 | 59326 | 50878 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS553 | 53818 | 59326 | 53878 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS553 | 53818 | 59326 | 53878 | Noted circa 10/19835 | |||||
| TS553 | 53818 | 59326 | 53878 | Noted 21/11/1983 - at Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| TS553 | 53818 | 59606 | 53878 | Noted circa 03/19845 | |||||
| TS553 | 53818 | 59606 | 53878 | Noted 17/04/19845 | |||||
| TS532 | 53818 | 59757 | 53121 | Noted circa 05/19845 | |||||
| TS624 | 53818 | 59615 | 51143 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| 53093 | 59115 | 53818 | Noted 29/06/85 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| TS626 | 53818 | 59115 | 53093 | Noted circa 09/19855 | |||||
| 53818 | 59115 | 53093 | Noted 07/12/85 - on 17:28 Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury service6 | ||||||
| 53818 | 59115 | 53093 | Noted 08/01/86 - on 16:00 Leamington - Birmingham Moor Street service6 | ||||||
| TS626 | 53818 | 59115 | 53093 | Noted circa 04/19865 | |||||
| TS626 | 53818 | 59115 | 53093 | Noted circa 05/19865 | |||||
| TS626 | 53818 | 59115 | 53093 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS626 | 53818 | 59115 | 53093 | Noted 22/04/1987 - at Crewe7 | |||||
| 53818 | 59115 | 53093 | Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59115 | 53093 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59724 | 53093 | Formation change - TS - Aug-87 - 59724 replaced 59115 | |||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59724 | 53093 | Noted 03/10/87 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59724 | 53093 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59724 | 53093 | Noted 04/01/1989 - Sheffield with Birmingham New Street holiday relief, running in advance of scheduled 15.10 departure (13.10 Newcastle-Plymouth HST)8 | |||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59724 | 53093 | Noted circa 05/19895 | |||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59724 | 53093 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T323 | 53818 | 53093 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | ||||||
| 53818 | 59670 | 53093 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2 | ||||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59670 | 53093 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59670 | 53093 | Noted circa 05/19915 | |||||
| spare | 53818 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||||
| spare | 53818 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59670 | 53093 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| T053 | 53818 | 51508 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| T054 | 53818 | 53267 | Noted 30/08/1992 - on Tyseley depot4 | ||||||
| T054 | 53818 | 53267 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| T054 | 53818 | 53267 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | ||||||
| T054 | 53818 | 53267 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | ||||||
| T325 | 53818 | 59611 | 53132 | Noted circa 04/19935 | |||||
| T325 | 53818 | 59611 | 53132 | Noted 01/05/93 | |||||
| Spare | 53818 | Listed at TS - November 1993 | |||||||
| L223 | 51151 | 53818 | Formed at TS circa Nov-94 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
7: Robert Chilton
8: Alan N Walker
Images:
circa 1965
DMUs in Okehampton station. W50818 in the Bude platform was a Laira vehicle from October 1964 to October 1966 which dates this to be circa 1965. Stuart Mackay Collection.
31st May 1972
Set number: 143
Class 116 DMU set 143 in East Kilbride station on 31 May 1972. Preparations are under way for its return to Glasgow Central: the driver seems to be coming out of the far cab, the guard stops by his van as he moves the tail lamp from one end to the other, and someone carries the token towards the nearest cab. SC50818 was recorded as the closest vehicle, the others are presumably 59326 + 50871. Stuart Mackay Collection.
30th May 1978
A Class 116 at Four Oaks on May 30 1978 with DMBS M50818 visible. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
A Class 116 DMU with DMBS M50818 closest passing Nottingham Goods Yard, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
26th October 1985
After a warm drink in the signalbox at Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 October 1985 I went out into the cold and took this shot of the contrasting front coaches of class 116 coach M53818 and class 108's M52058 in platforms 2 and the Cold Store Siding respectively. The training tower of the nearby fire station is still extant in 2021 albeit updated to have some uPVC window frames installed to bring this up to date. Peter Tandy.
April 1991
Set number: T323
Class 116 - 115 hybrid set T323 (53818 + 59670 + 53093) in BR blue & grey livery in Hednesford station in April 1991. Doug Pritchard Collection.
15th April 1993
Set number: T325
T325 (53818 + 59611 + 53132 ) leaves Lichfield TV with the 14:35 Coventry-Stoke on Trent, 15/4/93. Gazza Prescott.
1st May 1993
Set number: T325
T325 (53818 + 59611 + 53132) at Coventry on the 14:35 to Stoke on Trent, 1/5/93. Gazza Prescott.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st June 1985
Set number: 626
Tyseley class 116 set TS626 (53093 and presumably 59115 + 53818) wasn't in the best position for a shot at Stratford-upon-Avon with the shadow of the station footbridge falling over the cab end. The unit was standing alongside 55003 stabled in the long-gone Cold Store siding while the 3 car unit was waiting to form the 08.12 to Leamington Spa on 1 June 1985. Peter Tandy.
Date: July 1985
Set number: TS626
Hybrid 116/101/116 3-car dmu set TS626 (53093 and presumably 59115 + 53818) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends, with another pair of 3-car units (9 cars altogether!) at Newport on a Cardiff - Leicester service, 07/85. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 18th August 1989
Set number: T323
53093 at Derby on the front of set T323 (presumably with 59724 + 53818) and with set T325 on the rear at Derby with the 09:00 Birmingham New Street - Skegness on Friday 18th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
Date: 10th March 1990
Set number: T323
Tyseley's set T323 53093 - 59670 - 53818 at Longbridge on 10/Mar/1990 heading for Redditch (formed 116DMS, 115TCL, 116DMBS). Robert Chilton.
Date: April 1991
Set number: T323
Class 116 - 115 hybrid set T323 (presumably 53093 + 59670 + 53818) in BR blue & grey livery in Hednesford station in April 1991. Doug Pritchard Collection.
Date: 13th April 1991
Set number: T323
Class 116/115 hybrid set T323 (53093 + 59670 + 53818) about to call at a gloomy-looking Wilmcote with a Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham service on 13 April 1991. A solitary passenger was waiting for the next train to Stratford. Peter Tandy.
Date: circa April 1992
Set number: T323
Hybrid Class 116/115/116 DMU T323 (presumably 53093 + 59670 + 53818) seen heading for Birmingham New Street. This is thought to be taken where Fenny Compton Road crosses the Oxford - Birmingham line near Wormleighton. The slide has a process date of April 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: June 1992
Set number: T054
Class 101/116 hybrid 53267 + 53818 at Brocklesby in June 1992. Nicholas Youngman Collection.
Date: 16th September 1992
Set number: T054
Still looking in good condition, DMU set T054 (53267 + 53818) passes Washwood Heath about 13.30 on the 16th September 1992 working from Birmingham New Street to Lincoln. Dave Gommersall.