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
4w/e 22/02/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
Oct-66 | On loan to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
2w/e 12/11/66 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
14/10/85 | Stored U. | TS (Tyseley) | |
by Feb-86 | Reinstated | TS (Tyseley) | |
01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
19/11/89 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
09/01/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX |
50837 - original number
53837 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
50837 | 59345 | 50890 | As delivered to 88A - February 1958 | ||||||
CAT327 | 50837 | 50890 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
TY542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
50837 | 59013 | 50890 | Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
TY542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot2 | |||||
50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted 22/03/1976 - 16:02 Birmingham New Street to Stourbridge Junction3 | ||||||
TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
TS542 | 50837 | 59735 | 50890 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
TS542 | 50837 | 59735 | 50890 | Noted circa 01/19834 | |||||
spare | 53837 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||||
TS542 | 53837 | 59735 | 53890 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
TS610 | 53837 | 59603 | 53890 | Noted circa 04/19844 | |||||
TS610 | 53837 | 59603 | 53890 | Noted circa 10/19844 | |||||
TS610 | 53837 | 59603 | 53890 | Noted 14/02/19854 | |||||
TS610 | 53837 | 59603 | 53890 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
TS610 | 53837 | 59129 | 53890 | Noted circa 10/19854 | |||||
TS621 | 53837 | 59604 | 53919 | Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86 - 53837 replaced 53866 | |||||
TS621 | 53837 | 59604 | 53919 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||
TS621 | 53837 | 59604 | 53919 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
TS621 | 53837 | 59604 | 53919 | Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich2 | |||||
TS621 | 53837 | 59604 | 53919 | Noted 09/08/86 - at Norwich2 | |||||
TS621 | 53837 | 59604 | 53919 | Noted 16/05/87 - at Norwich2 | |||||
T621 | 53837 | 59604 | 53919 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
T340 | 53826 | 59719 | 53837 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
TS340 | 53837 | 59719 | 53826 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
53826 | 59719 | 53837 | Noted 23/07/88 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
T340 | 53826 | 59719 | 53837 | Noted circa 05/19894 | |||||
T340 | 53826 | 59719 | 53837 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
CH340 | 53826 | 59719 | 53837 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | |||||
T340 | 53826 | 59719 | 53837 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
53826 | 59719 | 53837 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot5 | ||||||
T044 | 53837 | 51513 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||||
T044 | 53837 | 53636 | Noted circa 12/19904 | ||||||
T044 | 53837 | 53636 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
T044 | 53837 | 53636 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
T044 | 53837 | 53636 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||||
T044 | 53837 | 53636 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||||
T044 | 53837 | 53636 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Jeremy Goodyear
This isn't the greatest shot of Smethwick West signal box but I was keen to have a few pictures of trains passing it as even in 1986 there were reports of its closure. This finally happened in 1990 when the line was resignalled. Here is my only picture of a DMU passing the box with T621 (presumably 53837 + 59604 + 53919) passing by on a Birmingham New Street to Great Malvern service on 29 August 1986. I once spoke to a relief signalman who worked the box on occasions and was told that the frame interlocking area had a large population of rats in residence and that the relatively isolated location made it a target for vandals from the surrounding area. Few signalmen mourned its passing. Peter Tandy.
Tyseley DMU set TS621 (53837 + 59604 + 53919) in Blaenau Ffestiniog station on 22 July 1987. Keith Miller.
Tyseley hybrid power-twin DMU T044 with class 116 DMBS 53837 and class 108 DMS 53636 leaves snow covered Shirley on a Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon service in February 1991 Chris Morrison.
A lengthy class 116 dmu passes High Wycombe on 15 July 1984, returning empty to Tyseley. It is believed to have worked to Welshpool the previous day. Leading is set TS610, presumably 53890 + 59603 + 53837. Robert28194.
The 12.20 to Birmingham Moor Street awaits departure from Stratford-upon-Avon on 6 September 1985. It is formed of a Class 116/101/116 hybrid, M53890 is closest presumably with 59129 and 53837. Robert28194.
A snowy day in Henley in Arden early in 1986 with a class 116 DMU departing towards Birmingham. Displaying set number TS621 in the cab window the vehicles are presumably 53919 + 59604 + 53837. Bob Belcher.
Class 116 units M53116 + M59611 + M53055 / M53837 + M59604 + M53919 at Tapton Junction, Chesterfield on the 6th September 1986 with a Birmingham New Street-Sheffield football excursion. Kevin Law.
Seen at Tyseley on 15 April 1987 are 53111 (withdrawn a few weeks later) + 593?? + 59604 + 53837 and 51661. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Tyseley based Class 116 DMU, unit T340 pulls into Henley in Arden from the Stratford direction in the summer of 1988. It is presumably formed 53826 + 59719 + 53837. Bob Belcher.