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<- 50890 | 50891 | 50892 ->

Vehicle 50891 / 53891

Class 116

BR Diagram 554

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

4w/e 25/01/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-65 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Nov-66 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
31/08/68 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73Depot code changeCW
21/05/80 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
11/06/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RDTS
28/07/92 Reinstated TS (Tyseley) RDTS
06/01/93 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RDTS

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50891 - original number
53891 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 03/12/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50838 59346 50891 As delivered to WR - 4w/e 25/01/58
CAT322 50838 50891 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50838 59346 50891 Transfer to 84A - Jan-65
50838 59376 50891 Noted 01/04/67 - on Monmouthshire Railway Society 'The Afon Llwyd' railtour in blue with small yellow panels
50838 59376 50891 Noted circa May-68 - in blue with small yellow panel
50891 59348 50850 Noted 11/11/1972 - Outer Circle Railtour 50849-59008-50114 + 50891-59348-50850
50891 50108 51130 Noted 23/08/75 - at Barking1
50054 59365 50850 50891 Noted 09/02/79 - on 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras2
50838 59021 50891 50893 Noted 04/07/79 - on 17.58 Moorgate LT - St. Albans2
50075 59021 50891 50902 Noted 03/10/79 - on 12.03 Luton – St. Pancras2
50075 59021 50891 50902 Noted 22/10/79 - on 13.03 Luton – Cricklewood2
50063 59021 50849 50891 Noted 27/11/79 - on 02.05 Cricklewood – Bedford Staff2
50870 50111 59614 50891 Noted 02/05/80 - on 18.35 Bedford – Cricklewood2
TS559 50073 59017 50891 Formed at TS 21/05/80
TS559 50073 59017 50891 Noted circa 01/19813
TS559 50073 59714 50891 Noted circa 10/19813
TS559 50073 59714 50891 Noted circa 05/19823
TS559 50075 59714 50891 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS559 53073 59757 53891 Noted 31/05/1983 - on 13:42 Leicester to Birmingham4
TS559 53073 59757 53891 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS559 53073 59757 53891 Noted circa 09/19833
TS559 53073 59674 53891 Noted circa 12/19833
TS559 53073 59674 53891 Noted circa 06/19843
TS618 53073 59592 53891 Noted circa 10/19843
TS618 53073 59598 53891 Noted 16/04/85 - at Norwich1
TS618 53073 59598 53891 Listed at TS - May-85
TS618 53073 59598 53891 Noted circa 06/19853
TS618 53073 59598 53891 Noted circa 10/19853
TS618 53073 59598 53891 Noted circa 05/19863
TS618 53073 59598 53891 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS618 53073 59598 53891 Noted circa 04/19873
TS612 53073 59598 53891 Noted 02/05/87 - in Cardiff Central platform 2 circa 14:16
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted circa 06/19873
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 04/07/87 - at Norwich1
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 24/07/19873
51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 04/10/87 - on 12:00 Snow Hill - Dorridge with 51862 / 59602 / 59713 / 531245
51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 04/10/87 - on 14:30 Dorridge - Birmingham Snow Hill with 51862 / 59602 / 59713 / 531245
51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 04/10/87 - on 15:00 Birmingham Snow Hill - Dorridge with 51862 / 59602 / 59713 / 531245
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted circa 01/19883
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted circa 12/19883
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T416 51876 59648 59609 53891 Noted circa 12/19903
T416 51876 59603 59648 53891 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T416 51876 59648 59609 53891 Noted 20/07/91 - at Birmingham6
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51876 59648 59609 53891 Noted 14/12/917
T416 51876 59648 59609 53891 Noted circa 01/19923
T326 51131 59609 53891 Noted circa 08/19923
T406 51131 59609 53891 55032 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T406 55032 51131 59609 53891 Listed at TS - November 1992
T326 51131 59609 53891 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
51131 59609 53891 Noted 10/12/92 - On 17:51 Birmingham New Street - Longbridge8

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Martin Baumann
6: Aaron Calder
7: Graeme Phillips
8: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

circa October 1987

Set number: T416

Class 116 DMS 53891 on the end of hybrid set T416 in Birmingham Moor Street, date unknown. Mike Bunker.

Class 116 DMU at Watford Junction

28th May 1989

Set number: T416

On Sunday 28th May 1989 the overhead power lines were switched off for maintenance etc, therefore the first few up locals from Birmingham / Rugby and Northampton were DMUs. My train to work that Sunday morning was a 4-car DMU Set from Tyseley depot, seen here in the Up Main Platform at Watford Junction, no doubt the Up Slow Line was also out for track maintenance! The back coach as seen here is a Class 116 53891 departing Watford Junction for Euston. AndrewHA.

Class 116 DMU at Barnt Green

26th August 1991

Set number: T416

Barnt Green station is at the junction where the Redditch branch leaves the Birmingham to Gloucester main line. On 26 August 1991 Tyseley set T416 was formed of 53891 + 59609 + 59648 + 51876 from classes 116, 127 and 115 as it joined the branch with a Cross City service from Four Oaks. This formation was the usual for Tyseley's four-car sets at the time but class 150s were not far off mass introduction so scenes like this were well worth recording and in 2021 OHLE masts have changed everything with electric units working both the branch and Bromsgrove terminating trains. Peter Tandy.

Class 116 DMU at Bournville

1st December 1992

Set number: T326

DMU set T326 - presumably Class 116 DMS 53891 + Class 127 TSL 59609 + Class 116 DMBS 51131 - arriving Bournville for Birmingham New Street 1-12-92. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 116 DMU at Nottingham

May 1993

Set number: T326

Class 116/127 combination T326 (presumably 53891 + 59609 + 51131) is seen forming a Lincoln service at Nottingham in May 1993. Note the first two vehicles are missing their numbers (possibly due to dust removal software). Andrew Walker.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1st April 1967

The Monmouthshire Railway Society Afon Llwyd railtour next to Furnace Sidings signal box, Blaenavon, on 1 April 1967 formed of a Derby suburban DMU, vehicles W50838 (nearest), W59376 and W50891. Photograph by Norman Thomas. Monmouthshire Railway Society.

DMU

Date: 1st April 1967

W50838 + W59376 + W50891 are seen at in Abersychan and Talywain station with the Monmouthshire Railway Society 'The Afon Llwyd' railtour on 1 April 1967. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 1st April 1967

BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (later Class 116) Nos.W50838 (116/2), W59376 (175), W50891 (116/1) in BR green with small yellow warning panel at Hafodyrynys Colliery on the "Afon Llwyd" railtour around the Eastern Valleys, South Wales, 01/04/67. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 1st April 1967

Abersychan & Talywain Station showing BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (later Class 116) Nos.W50838 (116/2), W59376 (175), W50891 (116/1) on the "Afon Llwyd" railtour, 01/04/67. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 5th May 1986

Set number: TS618

On Monday 5 May 1986 I dropped into Stratford-upon-Avon station while walking home from work and took this picture of class 116 TS618 (vehicles 53073 + 59592 + 53891) moving between platforms 1 and 2. It would head to Birmingham Moor Street as the 17.26 service from Stratford. The background is very different in 2021 although the units used by small local businesses in Western Road are still fully occupied and busy. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1989

Set number: T416

Tyseley allocated dmu set T416 made up of M51876 (class 115), M59648, M59609, (class 127s), M53891 (class 116) pulls out of Ravenglass bound for Sellafield, having worked up from the Midlands via Stockport. Andrew J Crowther.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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