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Vehicle 50866 / 53866

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

3w/e 17/05/58	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
Nov-66	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Nov-66	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 22/05/76	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
3w/e 30/10/77	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
02/10/88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
08/03/89	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50866 - original number
53866 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Mar-76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 17/08/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50866	59374	50919	As delivered to 88A - 3w/e 17/05/58
CAT350	50866	50919		Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
	50866	59374	50919	Transfer to 84A - Nov-64
	50866	59374	50919	Transfer to 86A - Nov-66
	50866	59374	50919	Noted 30/10/70 - on Cardiff Canton depot¹
CTN327	50866	59374	50919	Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50866	59374	50919	Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff²
327	50866	59374	50919	Noted 02/11/72
	50866	59374	50919	Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff²
	50866	59374	50919	Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff³
C327	50866	59374	50919	Noted 13/07/75 - on 2C72 (unknown service, included Cardiff-Barry Island section) with C347
C327	50866	59374	50919	Noted 24/04/76 - on 2C75 1030 Treherbert-Cardiff with C331
	50866	59374	50919	Noted 16/05/1976 - 18.20 Chester-Man Vic with 50123/59486/50081⁴
	50866	59143	50919	Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot³
	50866	59374	50919	Noted 16/09/1977 - on 11:02 Dorridge to Birmingham Moor Street ⁵
	50866	59374	50919	Transfer to TS - 3w/e 30/10/77
TS548	50866	59374	50919	Noted circa 01/1978⁶
	50866	59374	50919	Noted 04/01/78
TS548	50866	59352	50919	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS548	50866	59352	50919	Noted 09/08/1980 - Barmouth, on return working to the West Midlands area⁶
TS548	50866	59352	50919	Noted circa 01/1981⁶
TS548	50866	59352	50919	Noted circa 10/1981⁶
TS548	50866	59352	50919	Noted 12/06/82 - at Norwich³
TS548	50866	59352	50919	Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS548	50866	59352	50919	Noted circa 01/1983⁶
spare	53866			Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS624	53866	59352	53919	Noted circa 10/1983⁶
TS624	53866	59352	53919	Noted circa 05/1984⁶
TS527	53866	59632	53108	Noted circa 09/1984⁶
TS527	53866	59632	53108	Noted circa 10/1984⁶
TS621	53866	59604	53919	Noted circa 01/1985⁶
TS621	53866	59604	53919	Listed at TS - May-85
	53866	59604	53919	Noted 01/09/1985 - 17.10 Chester-Wolverhampton⁴
TS621	53866	59604	53919	Noted circa 12/1985⁶
Spare	53866			Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86
TS511	53866	59608	53105	Formation change - TS - circa Mar-86 - All from spare.
TS511	53866	59608	53105	Noted 22/03/1986⁶
TS511	53866	59608	53105	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS511	53866	59608	53105	Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with TS623⁷
TS600	53866	59130	51142	Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53866 & 51142 replaces 53857 & 53910
TS612	53866	59593	53902	Noted 18/06/1987⁶
T612	53866	59593	53902	Listed at TS - Jul-87
	53866	59593	53902	Noted 16/08/87 - at Norwich³
T349	53866	59114	53887	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T212	53866	54401		Formed at TS circa May-88

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Chris Moxon
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton

Images:

March 1978

Set number: TS548

Tyseley Class 116 set TS548 (50866 and presumably 59374 + 50919) seen at Chester Road with Birmingham New Street on the destination blind during March 1978. Michael Mensing.

8th May 1987

Set number: TS612

53866/59593/53902 at Worcester Shrub Hill on 08/05/87. Steve Jones.

July 1987

Set number: TS612

Class 116/127 hybrid set TS612 (53866 + 59593 + 53902) arriving into Porthmadoc in July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

July 1987

Set number: TS612

DMU set TS612 (53866 leads with 59593 and presumably 53902) in Porthmadoc station in July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

7th April 1988

M53866 at Birmingham Snow Hill 7th April 1988. Keith Long.

7th April 1988

Stabled at Birmingham Snow Hill waiting it's next working is West Midlands Class 116 No 53866 on 7 April 1988. Keith Long.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 16th May 1976

Set number: T306

Class 116 units on Chester depot, 16/5/76, they later formed the 18.20 Chester-Manchester Victoria. The vehicles were 50123 + 59486 (a Class 117 TCL) + 50081 coupled to 50866 + 59374 + 50919, which had just been transferred from Cardiff to Newton Heath, and for some reason the C on the set number has been replaced by a T. Anthony Griffiths.

Date: 1978

Set number: TS548

Tyseley Class 116 set TS548 (possibly 50919 + 59352 + 50866) at Five Ways in 1978. Michael Mensing.

Date: 1st September 1985

Suburban 3-car formed 53919, 59604 & 53866 departing Chester working the 17.10 Chester-Wolverhampton, 1/9/85. Anthony Griffiths.

Date: July 1987

Class 127 TS 59593 in between Class 116 power cars 53866 and 53902 as set TS612 at Porthmadoc in July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: July 1987

Set number: TS612

Set TS612 is a Class 116 / 127 hybrid set formed of 53902 + 59593 + 53866 when seen at Porthmadoc in July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 7th April 1988

Set number: TS349

M53887 M59114 M53866 (set TS349) at Birmingham Snow Hill 7th April 1988. Keith Long.

Date: 17th September 1988

Set number: T230

T230 (54011 + 53030) on the 09:53 Skegness - Grantham taken from T212 (M53866 + 54401) at Sleaford, 17th September 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

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