Vehicle 50899 / 53899
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 | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 19/05/68 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 23/04/77 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| p/e 29/01/83 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Nov-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 18/03/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50899 - original number
53899 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50846 | 59354 | 50899 | As delivered to Cathays - w/e 01/02/58 | ||||||
| CAT326 | 50846 | 59354 | 50899 | Listed at CAT - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| CAT326 | 50846 | 50899 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50846 | 59354 | 50899 | Transfer to 30A - 19/05/68 - from WR | ||||||
| 50846 | 59367 | 50899 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50853 | 59354 | 50899 | Noted 04/08/73 - at Ipswich2 | ||||||
| 50846 | 59367 | 50899 | Noted 21/07/74 - at Ipswich3 | ||||||
| 50899 | 50543 | 59214 | 50553 | Noted 30/04/75 - in Liverpool St around 4am3 | |||||
| 50841 | 59367 | 50899 | Noted 11/07/76 - on Colchester depot3 | ||||||
| 50841 | 59354 | 50899 | Transfer to HN - 23/04/77 | ||||||
| 168 | 50846 | 59354 | 50899 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 396 | 50859 | 59349 | 50899 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 50859 | 59349 | 50899 | Noted 29th May 1981 | ||||||
| 116396 | 50859 | 59349 | 50899 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 53859 | 59349 | 53899 | Noted circa 11/19834 | ||||||
| 116396 | 53859 | 59349 | 53899 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 116396 | 53859 | 59349 | 53899 | Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED | |||||
| 116396 | 53859 | 59349 | 53899 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 53090 | 59349 | 53899 | Noted circa 10/19854 | ||||||
| 116396 | 53859 | 59349 | 53899 | Noted circa 05/1987 - Withdrawn, stored in Glasgow Works.4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
17th August 1971
A Class 116 DMU with E50899 closest in North Woolwich station. It had arrived with the 12:25 from Tottenham Hale on 17 August 1971. Robert Thomas.
December 1976
Blue Class 116 dmu (closest seems to be E50899), semaphore signal, tail lamp and blue enamel signs - Braintree in December 1976 looked like a branch terminus in decline. Tony Watson.
December 1976
Blue Class 116 dmu (closest seems to be E50899), semaphore signal, tail lamp and blue enamel signs - Braintree in December 1976 looked like a branch terminus in decline. Tony Watson.
27th August 1977
Set number: 162
Largs station on 27 August 1977 contains a Class 116 (right - set 162, SC50899) and a Class 107 (left, set 146, SC52000). Tom Burnham.
21st July 1983
Set number: 116396
116 396 (presumably 50899 + 59349 + 50859) waits at Dunblane on 21/7/83. David Christie.
1984
Set number: 116396
Derby suburban Set 116396 (presumably 53859 + 59349 + 53899) stabled on Haymarket depot in 1984. S Saunders.
1984
Set number: 116396
Derby suburban Set 116396 (presumably 53899 + 59349 + 53859) stabled on Haymarket depot in 1984. S Saunders.