Vehicle 50906 / 53906
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 22/03/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 4w/e 03/12/66 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 14/07/68 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 06/02/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 20/11/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 12/06/88 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) | - possibly in April? |
Notes
early Dec-87 - Chester driver training set 53824 + 53906 was noted as being occasionally used for parcel work (RO 2/88 p54)
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50906 - original number
53906 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 18/12/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50853 | 59361 | 50906 | As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/03/58 | ||||||
| CAT341 | 50853 | 50906 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted circa May-68 - in blue livery | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50906 | Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge2 | ||||||
| 50828 | 59332 | 50906 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Peterborough2 | ||||||
| 50828 | 59332 | 50906 | Noted 01/09/69 - at Hornsey2 | ||||||
| 50828 | 59332 | 50906 | Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50828 | 59361 | 50906 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50906 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59361 | 50906 | Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50906 | Noted 03/1975 - at Kings Cross 3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50906 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Kings Cross1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50906 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 51256 | 59361 | 50906 | Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50906 | Noted 27/01/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50906 | Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59343 | 50906 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59716 | 50906 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59741 | 50906 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59741 | 50906 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59741 | 53906 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59741 | 53906 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 12/19844 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 03/19864 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street5 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted 18/06/19874 | |||||
| T517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
Images:
Unknown date
E50906 at the front of two Class 116 sets in Kings Cross in the late 1960s. Steve Davies Collection.
1978
Set number: TS517
Class 116s at Hatton in the summer of 1978, TS517 on the left, presumably 50906 closest. It had recently arrived on the LMR from the Eastern Region (Finsbury Park), before that it had been on the NER (South Gosforth) and was originally a WR vehicle at Cardiff. Michael Mensing.
1st October 1979
M50906 leads a Class 116 DMU entering Stourbridge Junction with a Kidderminster service on October 1, 1979. Steve Jones.
28th April 1987
A Class 116 formed of 53906 + 59640 + 53824 arrives into Birmingham New Street on April 28, 1987, past 86 241 'Glenfiddich'. Steve Jones.
4th February 1989
The striped out shell of 1957 Derby built suburban Class 116 DMS M53906, seen in Vic Berrys scrapyard which was located in the old goods yard at Braunston Gate, Leicester, built by the Great Central Railway in the 1890's. The buffet car behind is S69322 out of class 420/2 Southern Region 4-Big emu, unit 7051. 4th February 1989. Andrew J Crowther.