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Vehicle 50819 / 53819

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
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
Sep-66	Transferred to	81C (Southall)	- As parcels vehicle
Apr-68	Transferred to	81D (Reading)
May 1973	Depot code change	RG
2w/e 05/11/77	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)	- Re-converted for passenger use
28/06/87	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
17/01/88	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

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:

50819 - original number
53819 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-66 - Converted for parcels use
p/e 09/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 06/09/75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 27/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50819	59327	50872		As delivered to WR - w/e 02/11/57
	50819	59327	50872		Noted 25th November 1957 - at Liverpool Street for official inspection
CAT311	50819	59327	50872		Listed at CAT - Jul-62
	50819	50872			Transfer to 81C - Sep-66
	50819	50915	50862	55991	Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington¹
	50819	55992			Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak²
	50819	50862			Noted 11/08/70 - at Royal Oak²
	50819	50915			Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading³
L340	50083	50819			Noted 13/12/73 - at Royal Oak, set number only on 50819, 86572 attached²
L340	50819				Listed at RG - 01/05/76 - as a DPU
	50819	50915			Noted 03/09/76 - in Paddington²
TS511	50819	59346	50915		Noted 10/02/1979 - at Birmingham New Street⁴
TS511	50819	59346	50915		Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS511	50819	59346	50915		Noted circa 01/1981⁵
TS545	50819	59346	50915		Noted circa 10/1981⁵
TS545	50819	59346	50915		Noted circa 05/1982⁵
TS545	50819	59346	50915		Noted 14/09/1982 - Noted on 17.45 Manchester Piccadilly to Stafford service.⁵
TS545	50819	59346	50915		Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS545	50819	59346	50915		Noted circa 01/1983⁵
TS545	53819	59346	53915		Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS545	53819	59346	53915		Noted circa 09/1983⁵
TS545	53819	59647	53915		Noted circa 12/1983⁵
TS545	53819	59647	53915		Noted circa 08/1984⁵
TS545	53819	59647	53915		Noted circa 12/1984⁵
TS545	53819	59647	53915		Noted circa 02/1986⁵
TS545	53819	59647	53915		Noted circa 03/1986⁵
TS532	53819	59647	53915		Noted circa 05/1986⁵
TS532	53819	59647	53915		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS532	53819	59647	53915		Noted 12/07/86 - at Norwich²
	53819	59647	53915		Noted 31/10/86 - on 14:01 Blake Street - Longbridge⁶
TS532	53819	59647	53915		Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street⁷
	53819	53108			Noted 10th October 1987
	53819	53108			Noted 10/10/1987⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
7: Robert Chilton

Images:

December 1975

Set number: L340

BR (Derby) Class 130 Motor Parcels 3-car dmu No.L340 consisting of conversions from a Class 116/1 Motor Second and a Class 116/2 Motor Brake Second (closest, presumably W50819) from a 3-car suburban set with, marshalled in between, an ex-loco-hauled GUV parcels van with multiple unit fittings. The set is in Rail Blue with all yellow front ends and "Parcels Service" branding. It is seen departing Paddington, 12/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

1st July 1976

Leading a parcels train past West Ealing class 116 50819 on 1st July 1976. Ian Buck.

June 1978

Set number: TS545

Class 116 set TS545 (presumably 50819 + 59346 + 50915, the power cars converted back to passenger use after being in parcel service on the Western Region) seen at Washwood Heath in June 1978. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

Set number: TS545

Tyseley Class 116 set TS545, led by DMBS M50819 (and presumably with 59346 + 50915) is seen heading for Kidderminster in Refurbished Livery of white with blue band, late 1970s / early 1980s. At the time BR ran some through services over the SVR from New Street on bank holidays. Graeme Phillips Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa 1967

A GRC&W parcel car (55991 or 55992) in early blue livery with only a yellow gangway cover at Oxford circa 1967. It is paired with a Derby suburban DMBS still in green - likely to 50819 or 50862 which had their seats removed for parcel traffic - and there are two vans in tow. Doug Nicholls.

Date: circa 1968

A fascinating picture of an unidentified Gloucester Class 128 (possibly W55991) carrying what appears to be non-standard blue livery with white cab roofs and seemingly without yellow warning panels, although the reality is the van has a yellow painted corridor connection. The DMPV is working with an unidentified green liveried Derby Class 116 DMBS (probably 50819 or 50862), the pair pulling a BR(SR) green liveried CCT at Twyford and thought to be heading east - c.1968. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Date: 1974

Set number: L343

Parcel DMU set L343 at Hanwell station sometime in 1974. The Class 130 (ex-116) power cars are presumably 50915 and 50819 - they had a GUV between them, presumably W86174 or W86572 which were once in the Railair set. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: unknown

Set number: 345

One of the Western Region hybrid 128/130 sets (number 345) formed of W55992 and either 50819 or 50862, with two 'Fruit D' vans in tow. This appears to be Slough, date unknown. Graham Clark.

Date: 7th July 1978

Set number: TS511

M50915 leads set TS511 on Hatton Bank, July 7th 1978. The DMBS should be M50819, the vehicles had recently been converted back to passenger use after a decade carrying parcels. Michael Mensing.

Date: 8th March 1986

Set number: TS545

A few miles to the south-west of Langley Green is the station at Rowley Regis. By the time this photograph was taken on 8 March 1986, freight traffic to the various industrial termini hereabouts had finished, but the trackwork and and signalling were still pretty much intact. This picture shows the inevitable class 116 DMU (TS545, presumably 50915 + 59346 + 50819) on a Birmingham New Street to Stourbridge Junction stopping train approaching the station. Peter Tandy.

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