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Vehicle 50893 / 53893


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

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)
31/08/68 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73Depot code changeCW
circa 1983 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
12/09/90 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50893 - original number
53893 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-85 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50840 59348 50893 As delivered to WR - 4w/e 25/01/58
CAT320 50840 50893 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50840 59348 50893 Transfer to 14A - 5w/e 05/10/68 - from WR
50063 59011 50893 Noted 22/03/76 - at Moorgate1
50075 59504 50893 Noted 05/04/78 - on 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras (116/117 hybrid)2
50838 59021 50891 50893 Noted 04/07/79 - on 17.58 Moorgate LT - St. Albans2
50063 59365 50893 Noted 08/09/80 - on 15.00 Cricklewood – Kentish Town ECS, 16.10 Kentish Town – Barking and 16.51 Barking – Kentish Town2
50063 59365 50893 Noted 09/09/80 - on 15.00 Cricklewood – Kentish Town ECS, 15.40 Kentish Town – Barking. 16.30 Barking – Kentish Town, 17.15 Kentish Town – Barking and 17.58 Barking – Kentish Town2
50063 59365 50893 Noted 10/09/80 - on 18.43 Kentish Town – Barking and 19.34 Barking – Kentish Town2
50063 59365 50893 Noted 12/09/80 - on 16.00 Kentish Town – Cricklewood ECS and 17.00 Cricklewood – Kentish Town ECS2
50063 59365 50893 50923 Noted 29/11/80 - on 21.45 Luton – Cricklewood2
50060 59365 50893 Noted 19/01/81 - on 15.25 Gospel Oak – Barking and 16.10 Barking – Gospel Oak2
50838 59646 50893 Noted 10/09/81 - on 18.55 Gospel Oak – Barking, 19.40 Barking – Gospel Oak, 20.25 Gospel Oak – Barking and 21.10 Barking – Gospel Oak, all 2J96 (116/127 hybrid)2
50075 59008 50893 50923 Noted 06/10/81 - on 08.39 Cricklewood – St Pancras ECS2
50838 59365 50893 Noted 25/01/82 - on 12.25 Gospel Oak – Barking, 13.10 Barking – Gospel Oak, 13.55 Gospel Oak – Barking and 14.40 Barking – Gospel Oak2
50838 59365 50893 Noted 26/01/82 - on 12.25 Gospel Oak – Barking, 13.10 Barking – Gospel Oak, 13.55 Gospel Oak – Barking and 14.40 Barking – Gospel Oak2
50838 50893 59008 50903 Noted circa 04/19823
TS562 53075 59634 53893 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS562 53075 59634 53893 Noted circa 09/19833
TS562 53075 59634 53893 Noted circa 01/19843
TS521 53838 59634 53893 Noted circa 06/19843
TS623 53838 59597 53893 Listed at TS - May-85
TS623 53838 59597 53893 Noted circa 06/19853
TS623 53838 59597 53893 Noted circa 10/19853
TS623 53838 59597 53893 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS623 53838 59597 53893 Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with TS5114
T417 51877 59734 59603 53893 Noted circa 07/19873
T623 53838 59603 53893 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T417 51877 59734 59603 53893 Formed at TS Jul-87
T417 51877 59734 59603 53893 Noted 13/09/87 - at Norwich5
T417 51877 59603 59444 53893 Noted circa 01/19883
T402 51851 59658 59614 53893 Formation change - TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 53893 (ex-T417) replaced 51146 (to T417)
T417 51877 59444 59603 53893 Formation change - TS - circa early Apr-88 - 51146 (to T402) replaced by 53893 (ex-T402)
T417 51877 59603 59444 53893 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T417 51877 59603 59444 53893 Noted circa 05/19883
T406 51856 59606 59344 53893 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T406 51856 59606 59344 53893 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T406 51856 59344 59606 53893 Listed at TS - mid May-90

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
5: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Cricklewood depot

Unknown date

Class 116 vehicles, M50893 closest at the north end of Cricklewood depot, date unknown. It was allocated there from 1968 - 1983. Walter Burt.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

20th July 1983

Set number: TS562

Class 116 DMUs in Birmingham Moor Street station on 20 July 1983. On the right is set TS562 (presumably 53893 + 59634 + 53075) and on the left TS534 (presumably 53886 + 59342 + 53053). Brian Daniels.

Class 116 DMU at Leamington Spa

April 1985

Set number: TS623

No room in the bays. This was the scene one Saturday morning in April 1985 with every bay road on the down side at Leamington Spa occupied. The train on the left has a window board reading T619 but it appears to be a single unit as was the practice at the time, preparing to head off to Stratford-upon-Avon within the next few minutes. Next in line is 58 016 which was also getting ready to move out onto the main line. This was a weekly occurrence at the time and I seem to recall that the locomotive involved may have taken over a northbound freightliner with the other engine coming off the train but I didn't make any notes and can't remember exactly what happened. To the right of 58 016 is T623, probably formed of 53893 + 59603 + 53838, and then a second class 116 with no set number visible. The latter 2 units were stabled ready to work trains to Birmingham Moor Street later in the day. Peter Tandy.

Class 116 DMU at Doncaster Works

Unknown date

53893 at Doncaster Works, circa late '80s - 1990. It is sitting on accommodation bogies, missing its doors, and seems to be undergoing repairs to the drivers side of the cab. Ross Aitken.