Vehicle 50911 / 53911
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 19/04/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 30/12/78 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 21/09/89 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50911 - original number
53911 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa mid-79 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 31/12/1975 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | As delivered to 88A - 3w/e 19/04/58 | ||||||
| CAT346 | 50858 | 50911 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN346 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C346 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot3 | |||||
| 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C346 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 13/08/75 - on 2C15 1850 Barry Island-Newport with C353 | |||||
| C346 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 26/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C317 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C317 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C317 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| P317 | 50858 | 59492 | 50911 | Noted 22/06/79 - at Par | |||||
| P317 | 50858 | 59492 | 50911 | Noted 20/07/79 - at Exmouth | |||||
| P317 | 50858 | 59492 | 50911 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C317 | 50858 | 59446 | 50911 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C317 | 53858 | 59034 | 53911 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| C317 | 53858 | 59446 | 53911 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C317 | 53858 | 59034 | 53911 | Noted 26/04/19865 | |||||
| C317 | 53858 | 59034 | 53911 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C317 | 53858 | 59034 | 53911 | Noted 05/06/19865 | |||||
| C317 | 53858 | 59034 | 53911 | Noted 30/04/87 - on 15:40 Cardiff Central to Crewe with C583 51069 + 59428 + 51097 | |||||
| C317 | 53858 | 59034 | 53911 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| C317 | 53858 | 59539 | 53911 | Formation change - CF - Sep-87 | |||||
| C317 | 53858 | 59539 | 53911 | Listed at CF - Oct-87 | |||||
| 53858 | 59539 | 53911 | Noted 04/02/88 | ||||||
| C377 | 53858 | 59539 | 53911 | Noted 26/02/88 - dragged by 47351 on 1155 Cardiff-Chepstow | |||||
| C377 | 53858 | 53911 | Listed at CF - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
27th April 1974
Set number: C346
Class 116 DMU set C346 (presumably 50911 + 59366 + 50858) on the 10.47 from Cardiff at Penarth on 27 April 1974. Tom Burnham.
circa January 1976
An official image (1 of 13) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype'. It shows freshly refurbished Class 116 DMS W50911, circa January 1976. British Rail.
circa January 1976
An official image (6 of 13, negative D3054/3) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype'. It shows the interior of freshly refurbished Class 116 DMS W50911 circa January 1976. British Rail.
circa January 1976
An official image (7 of 13, negative D3054/5) from a internal BR photo album titled "Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype". It shows the interior of freshly refurbished Class 116 power car, thought to be DMS W50911, circa January 1976. British Rail.
circa January 1976
An official image (8 of 13, negative D3054/7) from a internal BR photo album titled "Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype". It shows the door to the gangway, thought to be in power car W50911, circa January 1976. British Rail.
Unknown date
Set number: P317
Class 116 DMS W50911 seen on Laira depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
circa 1979
Set number: P317
Class 116 set P317 seen in Plymouth Laira depot, circa 1979. Presumed to be 50911 + 59492 + 50858. Malcolm Clements.
22nd July 1979
Set number: P317
Set P317 - A 3-Car Class 116 DMU with W50911 leading, presumably with 59492 + 50858, awaits departure from the single remaining operational platform at Exmouth with a service to Exeter St Davids on the 22nd July 1979. The unit was in the short-lived refurbished white with a blue stripe livery. The station had recently been rationalised, the redundant island platform with its Southern Railway canopy is on the left of this scene. A far cry from the busy Summer Saturdays of old, when trains to and from London Waterloo and the North served the East Devon seaside town. Martyn Hilbert.
16th April 1981
Set number: P317
50911 heads P317 presumably with 59492 + 50858 when seen at Scorrier on the 16th April 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
1986
Set number: C317
Class 116 set C317 (presumably 53911 + 59034 + 53858) with a two-car set at Pontypridd in 1986. John Law.
1987
Set number: C317
Class 116 DMU set C317 (presumably 53911 + 59034 + 53858) in Penarth station in 1987, with red Welsh dragon on the cab front. Graeme Phillips Collection.
26th September 1987
Set number: C317
Class 116 set C317 (53911 closest) is seen at Pontypridd heading to Treherbert on 26 September 1987. Robert Thomas.
1988
Set number: C377
Set C377 arrives into Chippenham station early in 1988. The Class 116 power cars are presumably 53911 and 53858, and the Class 101 centre car is probably 59539. Michael Mensing.
31st August 1988
Set number: C377
C377 (W53911 + W53858) arrives at Cardiff Bute Road where it will terminate with the 15:45 from Caerphilly on August 31st, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
19th April 1989
Set number: C377
C377 (53911 + 53858) leaves Treforest working the 12:42 Treherbert - Barry Island on the 19th April 1989. Gazza Prescott.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa January 1976
An official image (2 of 13) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype'. It shows the number one Leyland 680 engine on a freshly refurbished Class 116 power car (either 50858 or 50911) circa January 1976. British Rail.
Date: circa January 1976
An official image (3 of 13) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype'. It shows number two side underframe components including the heater, electrical control box (B.I.S.) and Leyland 680 engine on a freshly refurbished Class 116 power car (either 50858 or 50911) circa January 1976. British Rail.
Date: circa January 1976
An official image (4 of 13) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype'. It shows the cab floor on a power car (either 50858 or 50911) circa January 1976, probably to show the grille for the heater outlet. The apparatus (green with yellow stripe) with the bell is part of the WR ATC gear. British Rail.
Date: circa January 1976
An official image (5 of 13) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype'. It shows the drivers compartment on a freshly refurbished Class 116 power car (either 50858 or 50911) circa January 1976. British Rail.
Date: 1979
Set number: P317
Refurbished Class 116 set P317 (presumably 50858 + 59492 + 50911) in Barnstaple station in 1979. John Law.
Date: 22nd July 1979
Set number: P317
Under blue skies, redundant railway land and a boarded-up signalbox greet a refurbished Class 116 three-car DMU (P317 - 50858, 59492, 50911), as it was arriving at the East Devon seaside resort of Exmouth with a service from Exeter St Davids on July 22nd 1979. A far-cry from the days when on a Summer Saturday the terminus here handled through services to London Waterloo and the North. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: unknown
Set number: C317
C317 (power cars presumably 50858 + 50911) makes a typically smoky exit as it departs Radyr station bound for 'the valleys' on a Glorious early 80's summer day. fgrsimon.
Date: circa 1986
Set number: C317
Class 116 set C317 (53858 + presumably 59034 + 53911) at Barry Island circa 1986. David Faircloth.
Date: 8th April 1986
Set number: C317
Class 116 DMU set C317 (presumably 53858 + 59034 + 53911) in Barry Island stationon 8 April 1986. Ystrad Mynach is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th March 1987
Set number: C317
Class 116 set C317 (presumably 53858 + 59034 + 53911) is seen at Tonypandy station on March 30th, 1987. Michael Mensing.
Date: 16th May 1987
Set number: C317
C317 at Cardiff on 16th May 1987 working the 12:04 to Treherbert, W53858 closest, with 59034 + 53911. Shayne Lewis.
Date: 6th August 1987
Set number: C317
Class 116 set C317 (W53858 + W59034 + W53911) approaches Barry Island station where it will terminate with the 14:13 ex-Treherbert on August 6th, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.