Vehicle 50894 / 53894
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
| w/e 31/01/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 04/08/68 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 26/06/77 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| p/e 28/11/81 | Transferred to | SF (Stratford) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 10/11/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RDTS |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50894 - original number
53894 - from 12/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Dec-86 - Gangway(s) fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 14/05/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50841 | 59349 | 50894 | As delivered to 88A - w/e 31/01/58 | ||||||
| CAT325 | 50841 | 50894 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50853 | 59367 | 50894 | Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50841 | 59367 | 50894 | Noted 20/07/75 - at Manningtree2 | ||||||
| 161 | 50846 | 59354 | 50894 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Hamilton2 | |||||
| 167 | 50841 | 59349 | 50894 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 395 | 50853 | 59367 | 50894 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 53853 | 59367 | 53894 | Noted circa 07/1983 - based at Stratford, formerly 116 3953 | ||||||
| 53853 | 59367 | 53894 | Noted 21/09/1985 - at Wickford - on Southminster service.4 | ||||||
| 53853 | 59367 | 53894 | Noted 22/03/1986 - in Stratford Works4 | ||||||
| TS5xx | 53853 | 59367 | 53894 | Formation change - TS - 2w/e 15/05/86 | |||||
| TS609 | 53853 | 59603 | 53894 | Noted circa 06/19863 | |||||
| TS609 | 53853 | 59603 | 53894 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS609 | 53853 | 59603 | 53894 | Noted 06/09/86 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| TS691 | 53853 | 59375 | 53894 | Noted 17/06/19873 | |||||
| T691 | 53853 | 59375 | 53894 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| 51860 | 59600 | 59375 | 53894 | Noted 13/12/87 - on 16:45 Birmingham New Street - Birmingham New Street relief train5 | |||||
| TS409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59375 | 53894 | Noted 09/01/19883 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59375 | 53894 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59375 | 53894 | Noted circa 05/19883 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Formation change - TS - p/e 18/07/88 - 59367 replaced 59735 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Noted circa 10/19883 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | ||||
| 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6 | |||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Noted circa 12/19903 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Noted circa 05/19913 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||
| T409 | 51860 | 59600 | 59367 | 53894 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
5: Martin Baumann
6: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
circa January 1958
Brand new Derby suburban motor second W50894, it seems to be at Swindon Works, date unknown. Its first allocation was Cardiff Cathays in January 1958. Stuart Mackay Collection.
10th May 1981
50894 at Haymarket mpd on 10th May 1981 Graham Johnston.
4th June 1986
Set number: TS609
Early in the morning of 4 June 1986, while waiting for the weedkiller with 47 013 to arrive I took this shot of a class 116 (TS609, presumably 53894 + 59603 (a 127) + 53853) leaving the siding to form the 06.30 to Birmingham with the driver Oliver, whose surname I forget, standing in the cab. At this time, Stratford was a signing-on and stabling point and if one was lucky a unit would have been put in this siding on the previous night. This piece of track was not regularly used and I was pleased to get this shot with the lower quadrant signal in the "off" position, even though the sun was not yet properly on the track. Peter Tandy.
29th August 1986
Set number: TS609
An interesting train on the North Warwickshire line to Birmingham in 1986 was the daily train booked to start at 08.13 from Henley-in-Arden which had arrived earlier and was routed into the bay platform; the only service so to do. This gave the rare opportunity to photograph a unit in the otherwise unused platform 3 and to take a picture with the signal in the clear position. I should like to have had a picture of the DMU nearer the signal but wanted to catch it for the onward journey. The train, formed of the usual class 116 3 car set on this occasions TS609 (presumably 53894 + 59603 (a 127) + 53853), is seen here on 29 August 1986 with the guard returning to his van in order to give the right of way to the driver. Peter Tandy.
26th July 1991
Set number: T409
The often-smokey atmosphere of Birmingham New Street is shown to good effect in this rather gloomy shot, with Tyseley's hybrid 4-car suburban set T409 formed class 116 DMS 53894 (nearest) with out of sight 59367 (class 116 TC), 59600 (class 127 TSL) & 51860 (class 115 DMBS) adding it's contribution on 26/Jul/1991. Many of the Tyseley suburban sets contained class 127 centre trailers which were gangwayed, refurbished and painted blue/grey for the first time in their lives when the St.Pancras - Bedford line was electrified. This saw the class 127 power cars withdrawn, with some being converted for parcels use, and the trailers sent north to the West Midlands for another 10 years' use and becoming the longest-lived class 127 vehicles other than those which were preserved. Robert Chilton.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa early 1977
A Class 104 TBSL set (the DMSL is thought to be 50570) and an oval-buffered Class 116 (thought to be 50894) - both with Wickford on their destination blinds - on Stratford depot circa early 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: 116395
With traces of old set number 167 showing through, set 116 395 (50853 59367 50894) is seen at Doncaster Works with GG Trans-Clyde branding. Class 101 car 50230 is on the left. Undated, possibly in 1981 when the set was transferred from Hamilton to Stratford. Jerry Glover.
Date: 8th August 1987
A Scarborough - Leicester service is seen at Clay Cross on 8 August 1987. The vehicles are noted as 51860 + 59724 + ? + 53894. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa August 1989
Set number: T410
Two Tyseley based hybrid four car DMUs T410 (51862 visible) and T409 (53894 visible) seen side by side at Leamington Spa one evening in July or August 1989. Bob Belcher.
Date: November 1991
Set number: T409
Last days of dmus on the Cross City line. A November 1991 view of unit T409 (presumably 51860 59600 59367 53894) leaving Sutton Coldfield on a Four Oaks to Longbridge service. Services were electrified Feb 1992. This was the scene of an accident when a York - Bristol train derailed at speed killing 14, on 23/1/1955. Stephen Burdett.