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<- 50849 | 50850 | 50851 ->

Vehicle 50850 / 53850

Class 116

BR Diagram 553

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 01/03/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
Jul-66 On loan to SR
4w/e 04/05/68 Stored
Jun-68 Reinstated 86A (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 03/08/68 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73Depot code changeCW
4w/e 28/07/79 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
01/10/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
19/11/89 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
09/03/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PTSX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50850 - original number
53850 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 05/12/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50850 59358 50903 As delivered to 88A - w/e 01/03/58
CAT335 50850 59365 50903 Listed at CAT - circa Sep-60
CAT335 50850 50903 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50850 59365 50903 Transfer to SR - Jul-66 - on loan
50891 59348 50850 Noted 11/11/1972 - Outer Circle Railtour 50849-59008-50114 + 50891-59348-50850
50850 50923 50114 Noted 23/08/75 - at Kentish Town1
50073 59365 50850 Noted 19/01/79 - on 13.03 Luton – St. Pancras2
50054 59365 50850 50891 Noted 09/02/79 - on 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras2
TS558 50102 59020 50850 Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - in works, en-route CW to TS
TS558 50850 59020 50102 Noted circa 01/19813
TS558 50850 59020 50102 Noted circa 05/19823
TS558 50850 59020 50102 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS558 53850 59020 53102 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS558 53850 59594 53102 Noted circa 09/19833
TS558 53850 59594 53102 Noted circa 12/19833
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted circa 09/19843
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Listed at TS - May-85
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted circa 11/19853
53850 59591 53102 Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:30 Leamington - Birmingham Moor Street service4
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted 01/06/1986 - Coalville Depot open day shuttles to and from Leicester TS611+TS615
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted circa 02/19873
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted circa 06/19873
T615 53850 59591 53102 Listed at TS - Jul-87
53850 59591 53102 Noted 02/09/87 - on 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli
53850 59670 53863 Noted 11/12/87 - on 16:32 Birmingham New Street - Hereford4
T339 53850 59597 53863 Noted circa 01/19883
T339 53850 59670 53863 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T339 53850 59670 53863 Noted 10/09/88 - at Norwich1
T339 53850 59670 53863 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
CH334 53054 59596 53850 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
T334 53054 59596 53850 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
53054 59596 53850 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot5
T035 53850 51533 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T035 53850 51533 Noted circa 05/19913
T035 53850 51533 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T035 53850 51533 Listed at TS - Aug-91
53850 51533 Noted 27/08/1991 - 2030 Crewe - Nottingham. Travelled throughout.6
T035 53850 51533 Listed at TS - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Jeremy Goodyear
6: MidlandDeltic

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Coalville

1st June 1986

Set number: TS615

M53850 leads TS615 on a Coalville depot open day shuttle at Coalville on 1 June 1986. The Six Bells Junction website lists the other vehicles as 59591 + 53102 with the set on the rear being TS611 (53116 + 59611 + 53055). Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Langley Green

5th June 1986

Set number: TS615

Tyseley's class 116 T615 (presumably 53850 + 59591 + 53102) working a Birmingham New Street to Hereford service approaches the stop at Langley Green station on a dull and misty 5 June 1986 as 31 142 takes chlorine tanks from Allbright and Wilson's through the yard at Rood End to Bescot and eventually ICI Wilton. Peter Tandy.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New Street

15th April 1988

Set number: T339

Suburban set T339 (53850 + 59670 closest, presumably with 53863) at Birmingham New Street on 15/4/88. Sparegang.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Snow Hill

6th May 1988

Set number: T339

Class 116 DMU W53850 stabled at Birmingham Snow Hill on 6 May 1988. Keith Long.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd September 1987

By September 1987 nearly all passenger trains on the Cambrian Coast were worked by Class 150 Sprinters, but this is a "heritage dmu" (formed 53102/59591/53850) crossing Barmouth Bridge on the 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli on 2 September 1987. Taken while I was waiting for "Manor" 7819 on a Barmouth - Machynllech working. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 27th March 1989

Set number: T339

Two suburban sets - the first Class 116 T339 (presumably 53863 + 59670 + 53850) - at Prestatyn on 27/03/1989 with a service heading for Llandudno. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 10th May 1990

Set number: T334

T334 (presumably 53054 59596 53850) at Derby on 10/5/90. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: circa 1991

Set number: T035

Class 101/116 hybrid T035 (presumably 51533 + 53850) in Nottingham platform 3. Date unknown, taken when the goods bridge was being demolished, circa 1991. David Page.

DMU

Date: 10th July 1991

Set number: T035

A Met-Camm DMU carrying set number T035 (presumably 51533 with Class 116 DMBS 53850) in Matlock station on 10 July 1991. Alan Grange.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1991

Set number: T035

51533 leads 53850 as set T035 waiting to leave Hereford with a Birmingham service on 19 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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