Vehicle 50874
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: 30364
Diagram: 554
Allocations
| Nov-57 | 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 | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 2w/e 12/11/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| Jul-74 | Stored U. | HN (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 18/01/75 | Reinstated | HN (Hamilton) | - still accident damaged |
| 16/02/76 | Withdrawn |
50874 was involved in the following incident:
11/6/74 - Pollokshields East Jct, ScR
Collision involving Class 116 / EMU
Info from Bill Read and Peter Mullen
A Class 116 bound for Glasgow was in a sidelong collision on crossover with a Class 311 EMU. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by J McWilliam, Shettleston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | As delivered to WR - November 1957 | ||||||
| CAT312 | 50821 | 50874 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/11/66 - from WR | ||||||
| 145 | 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69 | |||||
| 145 | 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Listed at HN - Jul-70 | |||||
| 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1 | ||||||
| 145 | 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 50874 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 08/09/76 - at Leamington Spa3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
circa February 1976
Class 116 DMS SC50874 from a slide with a process date of February 1976. The vehicle was in a sidelong collision with a Class 311 EMU on a crossover at Pollokshields East Junction on 11 June 1974. The vehicle would spend several years at Hamilton depot where this was possibly taken as it faces the rear of a Class 101 DMBS. Stuart Mackay Collection.
26th November 1977
Class 116 SC50874 Hamilton Depot 26 November 1977. It had been damaged in a collision with a Class 311 at Pollokshaws East in June 1974. Alistair Ness.
26th November 1977
Derby class 116 Suburban car SC50874 was withdrawn following a sidelong collision with a Class 303. It is seen at Hamilton Depot following stripping of reusable parts on 26th November 1977. On the left is a partly cut-up Mark 1 coach and a Class 116 centre car. John Horne Collection.