Vehicle 50852 / 53852
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 22/03/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| w/e 18/02/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 31/05/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50852 - original number
53852 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 26/05/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/03/58 | ||||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 56292 | 55009 | Noted mid-1958 | |||||
| CAT358 | 50852 | 50905 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 31/05/69 - from WR, ex-set 338 | ||||||
| 150A | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69 | |||||
| 150A | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Listed at HN - Jul-70 | |||||
| 150A | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 80905 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Hamilton depot3 | ||||||
| 162 | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot4 | |||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 13/12/75 - on 10.30 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh diverted over the 'Sub' from Slateford to Portobello because of engineering works.1 | ||||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 162 | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 508524 | |||||
| 50852 | 59328 | 50871 | Transfer to TS - w/e 18/02/78 | ||||||
| TS551 | 50852 | 59328 | 50871 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 50852 | 59328 | 50871 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| TS551 | 50852 | 59328 | 50871 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS551 | 50852 | 59328 | 50871 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS551 | 50852 | 59328 | 50871 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS551 | 50852 | 59328 | 50871 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS551 | 53852 | 59328 | 53871 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS551 | 53852 | 59614 | 53871 | Noted circa 10/19835 | |||||
| TS508 | 53852 | 59741 | 53871 | Noted circa 05/19845 | |||||
| TS508 | 53852 | 59741 | 53871 | Noted circa 06/19845 | |||||
| TS508 | 53852 | 59741 | 53871 | Noted circa 10/19845 | |||||
| TS508 | 53852 | 59741 | 53871 | Noted circa 03/19865 | |||||
| TS508 | 53852 | 59741 | 53871 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1979
Set number: TS551
Class 116 set TS551 (power cars are 50852 + 50871, presumably with 59328) enters Barnt Green station in early 1979. Michael Mensing.
1979
Set number: TS551
Two Class 116 sets, led by TS551 / M50852 (and presumably with 59328 + 50871), enters King's Norton in the Spring of 1979. Michael Mensing.
27th May 1979
Set number: TS551
Class 116 DMU set TS551 (presumably 50852 + 59328 + 50871) in Birmingham New Street on Sunday 27 May 1979. David Russon.
26th May 1980
A Tyseley depot Class 116 three-car suburban DMU in refurbished white with blue stripe livery and complete with West Midlands PTE branding just behind the cab door, was coupled to a three-car BRCW Class 104 DMU, stood at Manchester Victoria with a 'Rocket 150' shuttle service to Rainhill on May 26th 1980. The leading car was Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50852. The DMU was stood in platform 11 which once connected Victoria and Exchange stations and was the longest platform in the UK at 2,238ft (682m). The frequent Rocket 150 shuttles to and from Manchester Victoria that ran before and after the cavalcade at Rainhill, utilised both local and 'borrowed' DMU sets to move the crowds. Martyn Hilbert.
11th April 1987
Set number: TS08
Class 116 set TS508 At Droitwich on 11 April 1987. Closest is 53852, the far power car is presumably 53871. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: January 1979
Set number: TS551
On a snowy day in January 1979 Class 116 set TS551 (presumably 50871 + 59328 + 50852) arrives into Hatton station with a service for Birmingham Moor Street. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1979
Set number: TS551
Refurbished Class 116 set TS551 (50871 + 50852, closest, presumably with 59328) in Redditch station in the Spring of 1979. Michael Mensing.