Vehicle 50879 / 53879
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
| Dec-57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Jul-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 2w/e 12/11/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Dec-66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| Dec-66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Nov-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 05/11/85 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
5th July 1985 - Seen with straight exhaust pipes (no silencers) and non-gangwayed
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50879 - original number
53879 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50826 | 59334 | 50879 | As delivered to WR - December 1957 | ||||||
| 50826 | 50879 | Noted 30th March 1958 | |||||||
| CAT309 | 50826 | 50879 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 149 | 50826 | 59345 | 50879 | Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69 | |||||
| 149 | 50826 | 59345 | 50879 | Listed at 66C - Jul-70 | |||||
| 149 | 50826 | 59345 | 50879 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 50826 | 59345 | 50879 | Noted 29/06/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 50826 | 59345 | 50879 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 50826 | 59345 | 50879 | Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 55002 | 59326 | 50879 | Noted August 1975 | ||||||
| 158 | 55002 | 59326 | 50879 | Noted 25/08/75 - in Glasgow Central3 | |||||
| 50826 | 59329 | 50879 | Noted 13/08/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 162 | 50823 | 59331 | 50879 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 390 | 50829 | 59337 | 50879 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 116390 | 50829 | 59337 | 50879 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 116393 | 53841 | 59337 | 53879 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 116390 | 53829 | 59337 | 53879 | Transfer to AY - circa Nov-84 - from ED | |||||
| 116390 | 53829 | 59337 | 53879 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 53829 | 59337 | 53879 | Noted 5th July 1985 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
30th March 1982
Entering Glasgow Central on the 30th March 1982 is a Class 116 set led by 50879. Chris Lings.