Vehicle 50880 / 53880
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) | |
| Dec-66 | On loan to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| Dec-66 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 14/07/68 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 06/02/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 04/12/90 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PXXZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50880 - original number
53880 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 20/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50827 | 59335 | 50880 | As delivered to WR - November 1957 | ||||||
| CAT314 | 50827 | 50880 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50828 | 59332 | 50880 | Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50880 | Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50380 | 59343 | 50880 | Noted 13/12/73 - in Kings Cross1 | ||||||
| 50828 | 59336 | 50880 | Noted 04/08/74 - at Peterborough1 | ||||||
| 50828 | 59336 | 50880 | Noted 06/09/74 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50828 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted 02/05/75 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50880 | Noted 27/07/75 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50880 | Noted 03/06/76 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59343 | 50880 | Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50880 | Noted 03/03/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1 | ||||||||
| 50828 | 59336 | 50880 | Noted 10/03/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted 26/08/77 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59020 | 50880 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS520 | 53827 | 59361 | 53880 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS609 | 53827 | 59533 | 53880 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| TS609 | 53827 | 59533 | 53880 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53880 | Formation change - TS - circa Sep-85 - 53880 replaced 53910 | |||||
| TS609 | 53054 | 59533 | 53880 | Noted circa 10/19854 | |||||
| TS622 | 53071 | 59616 | 53880 | Formation change - TS - Jan-86 - 53880 from TS609 replaced 53101 now in TS609. | |||||
| TS622 | 53071 | 59616 | 53880 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||
| TS622 | 53071 | 59616 | 53880 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS622 | 53071 | 59616 | 53880 | Noted 12/07/86 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| TS622 | 53071 | 59114 | 53880 | Formation change - TS - circa Aug-86 - 59114 (ex-TS625) replaces 59616 (to TS625) | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59114 | 53880 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street5 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59114 | 53880 | Noted circa 06/19874 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59114 | 53880 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 13/12/87 - on 12:26 Lichfield City - Barnt Green6 | ||||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 07/05/19884 | |||||
| 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 02/08/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness | ||||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 13/08/1989 - Special Train Birmingham New Street-Ironbridge and return | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 28/12/89 - in Nottingham Midland1 | |||||
| 53071 | 59611 | 53880 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot7 | ||||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59611 | 53880 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
7: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
20th April 1985
Set number: TS609
An excursion from Walsall - Barmouth is seen at Tywyn on the 20th April 1985. It was a six-can formation, a 116/Met-Camm/116 hybrid (presumably 53880 + 59533 + 53827) and three-car Class 116. Hamish Stevenson.
circa 1987
Set number: T322
Hybrid set T322, led by a Class 116 DMS (presumably 53880) is seen at Stafford. circa 1987. Andrew McConnell.
8th May 1987
Set number: T322
Class 116 set T322 (53880 + 59114 + 53071) about to enter Worcester Shrub Hill on May 8th, 1987. Steve Jones.
23rd December 1987
Set number: T322
Tyseley set T322 (M53880/M59760/M53071) leaves Sutton Coldfield with a cross-city service to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street on 23/12/87. This is a Class 116 set with a Class 115 TS(L) in the middle. Steve Jones.
23rd December 1987
Set number: T322
Class 116 DMS M53880 at Sutton Coldfield on 23/12/87. Steve Jones.
23rd April 1988
Set number: T322
Class 116 set T322 (53880 + 59760 + 53071) passes through Bingley station with a return excursion from the Severn Valley to the Worth Valley on April 23rd, 1988. Rex Holt.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th August 1986
Set number: TS622
This was for many years one of my favourite locations for northbound trains on the GWR line between Leamington Spa and Birmingham. It was somewhere around half way up Hatton Bank and was a very pleasant and quiet location for an afternoon's photography. There was plenty of freight traffic interspersed with regular DMMUs between Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham along with ECS moves such as this one formed of a class 116 (TS622 with a Met-Camm centre car, presumably 53071 + 59114 + 53880) coupled to a class 108 Derby Lightweight which I took on 28 August 1986. Around 10 or 12 years after this view young trees were planted along the fenceline and have now completely obscured the line so much so that one can walk along the permissive footpath and not know that there is railway line alongside. Peter Tandy.
Date: 26th November 1987
Set number: T322
Birmingham Snow Hill was reopened as a terminus station on 5 October 1987. On 26 November of that year I took this picture of class 116 T322 (53071 + presumably 59760 + 53880) standing in the platform that was later taken over by the tram system. I don't know why it was at the buffers so far along the platform nor why there is a tail-lamp on it; the engines were clearly working but there may have been a problem with the transmission which caused a failure. Peter Tandy.
Date: 23rd December 1987
Set number: T322
Tyseley set T322 (M53071/M59760/M53880) at Sutton Coldfield with a cross-city service to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street on 23/12/87. This is a Class 116 set with a Class 115 TS(L) in the middle. Steve Jones.
Date: 23rd April 1988
Set number: T322
Class 116 DMU set T322 (53071 + 59760 + 53880) lays over at Keighley prior to working a return excursion to the Severn Valley Railway on April 23rd, 1988. Rex Holt.
Date: 2nd July 1988
Set number: T322
Class 116 3-car DMU with set number T322 at Selly Oak on 2 July 1988, presumably formed of 53071 + 59760 + 53880. Lewis Bevan.