Vehicle 50917 / 53917
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
| 2w/e 31/05/58 | 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 | |
| 05/07/87 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50917 - original number
53917 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
late-1979 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 18/02/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50864 | 59372 | 50917 | As delivered to 88A - 2w/e 31/05/58 | ||||||
| CAT351 | 50864 | 50917 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN351 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol2 | ||||||
| 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central3 | ||||||
| C351 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 16/04/74 - on 1745 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093 | |||||
| 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C352 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff4 | |||||
| C351 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Cardiff working with C328 | |||||
| C351 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C351 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 27/08/75 - at Cardiff working with C310 | |||||
| C318 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C318 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50917 | 56262 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot4 | |||||||
| C318 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C318 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C318 | 50864 | 59369 | 50917 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C318 | 53864 | 59369 | 53917 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| C318 | 53864 | 59369 | 53917 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C318 | 53864 | 59369 | 53917 | Noted 26/04/19865 | |||||
| C318 | 53864 | 59369 | 53917 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C318 | 53864 | 59369 | 53917 | Noted 05/06/19865 | |||||
| C318 | 53864 | 59369 | 53917 | Noted 02/05/87 - on 13:47 Cardiff Central to Coryton |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
January 1975
Set number: C351
Penarth Station, 01/75, with a BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C351 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) plus another set on a Rhymney service. Hugh Llewelyn.
January 1975
Set number: C351
Penarth Station, 01/75, with a BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C351 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) plus another set on a Rhymney service Hugh Llewelyn.
1st July 1978
Set number: C318
Refurbished livery C318 (presumably 50917) awaiting departure from Barry Island on the 1st July 1978. Ian Francis.
1st July 1978
Set number: C318
C318 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) and C302 (presumably 50128 + 59036 + 50086) at Barry Island on the 1st July 1978. Ian Francis.
9th April 1979
Set number: C318
Murky day at Taffs Well. Bound for Cardiff Central from Merthyr on 9/4/1979, this class 116 DMU (set C318, presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) is seen passing the huge Walnut Tree Junction signalbox opened in 1915 and closed 27th January 1997. Stephen Burdett.
1982
Set number: C318
In Taffs Well station sits Class 116 set C318, 50917 and presumably 59369 + 50864, in early 1982. Michael Mensing.
29th December 1983
Set number: C318
Class 116 DMU set C318 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) seen in Pontypridd station with a Treherbert service on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.
4th September 1988
Class 116 DMS W53917 at Snailwell on 4 September 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st July 1978
Set number: C302
Class 116 sets C302 (50086 + 59036 + 50128) and C318 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) at Barry Island on the 1st July 1978. Ian Francis.
Date: 1982
Set number: C318
Class 116 set C318 departs from Taffs Well in early 1982. The DMS is 50917, the centre car presumably 59369. Michael Mensing.
Date: 29th December 1983
Set number: C318
Seen at Bargoed on 29 December 1983 is Class 116 DMU set C318 (W53864 + W59369 + W53917). Brian Daniels.
Date: 8th November 1986
Set number: C318
Valley Train Class 116 DMU set No. C318 (Nos. 53864, 59369 and 53917) approaches Cardiff Queen Street on 8 November 1986. Brian Creasey.