Vehicle 50834 / 53834
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
| 4w/e 25/01/58 | 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 | |
| 2w/e 15/10/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 14/10/85 | Stored U. | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 16/08/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) | - cut by this date, W also noted as early 1986. |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50834 - original number
53834 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated circa 04/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50834 | 59342 | 50887 | As delivered to WR - 4w/e 25/01/58 | ||||||
| CAT332 | 50834 | 50887 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 51140 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN413 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff Canton2 | ||||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 08/08/1976 - at Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 09/11/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 21/05/1978 - at Barry Docks Station5 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted circa 01/19816 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted circa 10/19816 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted circa 05/19826 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS527 | 53834 | 59038 | 53887 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS527 | 53834 | 59441 | 53887 | Noted circa 09/19836 | |||||
| TS620 | 53834 | 59366 | 53887 | Noted circa 09/19836 | |||||
| TS620 | 53834 | 59366 | 53887 | Noted circa 04/19846 | |||||
| TS616 | 53834 | 59607 | 53887 | Noted circa 10/19846 | |||||
| TS616 | 53834 | 59607 | 53887 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| 53831 | 59713 | 53834 | Noted 07/09/1985 - 53063-59717-53119 + 53831-59713-53834 Doncaster-Finningley and return airshow special |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
23rd May 1984
Set number: TS620
Class 116 set TS620 in Birmingham New Street on 23 May 1984. M53834 is presumably closest. Stuart Mackay Collection.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS620
M53834 at Wolverhampton on 09/06/84. Steve Jones.
27th July 1985
Set number: TS616
DMU set TS616 (presumably 53834 + 59607 + 53887, a 116/127/116) is seen at Newport waiting to depart with the 14:15 local to Chepstow on 27 July 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
7th June 1986
Class 116 DMBS W53834 at Tyseley depot on 7 June 1986. It had been 'in store' since the previous October and would not work again. Behind is 25 154, a condemned 116 DMS with removed underframe components, window and two doors, and at the end of the row a Class 101 centre car. Keith Miller.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th May 1984
Kemble station on 28th May 1984. The Class 116 DMU is 53887/59366/53834 working the 16.30 Gloucester-Swindon. The set number is displayed in the drivers window and may be TS616. The track leading away to the right of the picture is the former branch line from Kemble to Cirencester, closed to passengers on 6 April 1964 and to goods from 4 October 1965. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 27th July 1985
Set number: TS616
DMU set TS616 (presumably 53887 + 59607 + 53834, a 116/127/116) leaving Severn Tunnel Junction with the 14.45 Chepstow - Newport. Thought to be taken on 27th July 1985, see image 30022 for the outbound working. Stuart Mackay Collection.