Vehicle 50910 / 53910
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) | |
| Jan-65 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Jan-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| 4w/e 04/05/68 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 07/04/76 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 18/10/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 06/11/88 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50910 - original number
53910 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Feb-76 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 15/09/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50857 | 59365 | 50910 | As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/03/58 | ||||||
| 50857 | 50910 | Noted 30th March 1958 | |||||||
| CAT340 | 50857 | 50910 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Transfer to 84A - Jan-65 | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Transfer to 86A - 4w/e 04/05/68 | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa May-68 | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport2 | |||||
| 305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot3 | |||||
| C305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3 | |||||
| C305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 19/10/1974 - Branch Line Society South Wales Wanderer No.2 Railtour | |||||
| C305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham3 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS547 | 53857 | 59368 | 53910 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS547 | 55005 | 59368 | 53910 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS623 | 53857 | 59368 | 53910 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| TS | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Noted circa 02/1984 - labelled "Swindon Works - General Overhaul"4 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Noted 14/04/1984 - Lea Valley Railway Club The Ffestiniog Orbital Railtour 53910-59130-53857 + 53323-59129-53307 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Noted circa 05/19844 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Noted 09/06/1984 - BR Ruddington Requiem Railtour 53910-59130-53857 + 53055-59611-53116 + 53318-59114-53328 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Noted 16th May 1985 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Noted circa 06/19854 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Noted 17/08/85 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Noted circa 03/19864 | |||||
| TS600 | 53857 | 59130 | 53910 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS610 | 53890 | 59054 | 53910 | Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53910 (ex-TS600) replaces 53101 | |||||
| TS354 | 53890 | 59054 | 53910 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 9 car set with TS524 and TS4005 | |||||
| TS354 | 53890 | 59054 | 53910 | Noted circa 06/19874 | |||||
| T354 | 53890 | 59054 | 53910 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| T354 | 53904 | 59054 | 53910 | Formation change - TS - Aug-87 - 53904 (ex-T320) replaced 53890 (to T320) | |||||
| CH298 | 53847 | 53910 | Listed at CH - May 1988 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
Images:
June 1977
Set number: TS547
With DMS M50910 leading, Tyseley Class 116 set TS547 (presumably with 59368 + 50857) arrives into Vauxhall (Duddeston) station with a Lichfield service on June 1977. Michael Mensing.
1979
Set number: TS547
A refurbished Class 116 (set TS547, M50910 closest, presumably with 59368 + 50857) and another set - possibly a Class 120 - form a railtour seen in Derby station in 1979. John Law.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS600
The Ruddington Requiem railtour at Lawfield on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857, 53055 + 59611 + 53116, 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Chris Lings.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS600
53910 has plenty of admirers at Ruddington when working The Ruddington Requiem railtour on 9/6/84. Chris Lings.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS600
The Ruddington Requiem railtour at Ruddington on 9/6/84 53910 closest. Chris Lings.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS600
53910 at the stops at Ruddington with the Ruddington Requiem railtour on 9/6/84. Phil Deane Collection.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS600
The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake (GCR) on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857 / 53055 + 59611 + 53116 / 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Mel Smith.
Unknown date
Set number: TS600
Class 116 DMU set TS600 - probably with 53910 closest - in London Euston station, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
13th August 1988
Set number: CH298
Class 116 set CH298 (53910 + 53847) is seen at Hooton, Merseyside on 13/08/1988. Graeme Phillips Collection.
23rd August 1988
Set number: CH298
Class 116 2-car DMU 53910+ 53847 (DMS+DMBS) running as set CH298 at Chester with the Hooton shuttle, 23-8-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th April 1983
Set number: TS547
TS547 M53857 (presumably with 59368 + 53910) leans into the curve at Wood End on the 16:20 Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Moor Street while TS542 arrives on a Stratford service, Tuesday 12th April 1983. PJ Evans.
Date: 23rd April 1987
Set number: TS524
Emerging from the gloom of Birmingham New Street station on 23/Apr/1987 is Class 115 DMBS no. 51884 at the head of non-gangwayed three-car set TS524 formed with 59622 (cl.127) and 53112 (cl.116). This was a nine-car consist, the other sets recorded as being TS400 formed 51862-59602-53124 (classes 115-127-116) and TS354 formed 53890-59054-53910 (two class 116 DMSs with a class 101 trailer brake). Unusually at this late date and for a unit in Blue/Grey livery, two white marker dots are displayed in the former headcode panel of the leading 115 and as I recall, they were actually stuck on the outside purely for effect. It looked really good compared with the usual plain painted treatment. 51884 had a more varied allocation history than many 115s, being new to Chaddesden thence to Trafford Pk, Allerton, Toton, Allerton again, Marylebone, back to Allerton before a return to Marylebone and a final transfer to Tyseley in 1986. It received gangways for the first time only in September 87. Robert Chilton.
Date: 25th April 1987
Set number: TS354
Showing the flexibility of this era of DMUs is Tyseley set T354 two Class 116 DMSs are working with a Class 101 TBSL (presumably 53890 + 59054 + 53910). The train was photographed at Longbridge 25 April 1987 while it was working a Worcester to Birmingham New Street via Bromsgrove service. Peter Tandy.