Vehicle 50898 / 53898
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 01/02/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Sep-64 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Dec-66 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 06/05/72 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| 18/06/72 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 23/04/77 | Transferred to | SF (Stratford) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 25/02/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Notes
5th September 1986 - Still with 'E' prefix
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50898 - original number
53898 - from 14/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | As delivered to WR - w/e 01/02/58 | ||||||
| CAT324 | 50845 | 50898 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | Transfer to 84A - Sep-64 | ||||||
| 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN315 | 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | Transfer to 81D - w/e 06/05/72 | ||||||
| 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 50845 | 59353 | 50898 | Transfer to SF - 23/04/77 | ||||||
| 50844 | 59353 | 50898 | Noted 09/09/77 | ||||||
| 50845 | 59335 | 50898 | Noted 02/06/1979 - R.C.T.S London and Thames Haven Railtour | ||||||
| 53845 | 59375 | 53898 | Noted circa 01/19843 | ||||||
| 53845 | 59375 | 53898 | Noted 29th May 1986 | ||||||
| 116397 | 53845 | 59375 | 53898 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 397 | 53845 | 59375 | 53898 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53845 | 59375 | 53898 | Noted 28th August 1986 | ||||||
| 53845 | 59375 | 53898 | Noted 5th September 1986 | ||||||
| 53845 | 59375 | 53898 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 53093 | 59115 | 53898 | Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
Images:
Unknown date
Class 116 DMS E50898 on Stratford depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
3rd December 1978
Class 116 50898 is seen at Doncaster on 3/12/78. Malcolm Clements.
10th April 1979
A Class 116 at Southminster on 10 April 1979. E50898 closest waiting to depart back to Wickford. Alistair Ness.
10th April 1979
Class 116 E50898 at Southminster on 10 April 1979 - the branch before electrification. Alistair Ness.
2nd June 1979
A Class 116 DMU on the RCTS London and Thames Haven Railtour at Stratford Low Level on 2 June 1979. Closest is E50898, the centre car is E59335 and the rear car is noted on the Six Bells Junction website as being E50845. Alistair Ness.
2nd June 1979
The RCTS London and Thames Haven railtour at North Woolwich on 2 June 1979. 50898 is visible. Alistair Ness.
2nd June 1979
The RCTS London and Thames Haven railtour at Thames Haven on 2 June 1979 with 50898 visible. Alistair Ness.
circa September 1980
Class 116 DMS E50898 leads a DMU formation into Ilford. The slide process date was November 1980, but the trees suggest this was a few months before. The next two vehicles are Class 104s, the TBLS being E59225 transferred from Norwich to Stratford in early August that year. On the rear is a Cravens set. Stuart Mackay Collection.