Vehicle 51130
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: 30446
Diagram: 553
Allocations
| Jul-58 | New to | WR Stock | |
| Nov-58 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 29/10/59 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Jan-60 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| 31/03/60 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 15/08/60 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 24/10/60 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 05/01/61 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 03/03/61 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 3w/e 01/02/64 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| Mar-75 | On loan to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| w/e 12/11/75 | Transferred to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| w/e 05/11/76 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 19/11/89 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 09/03/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX |
Modifications
circa Jun-85 - Gangway(s) fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51130 | 59440 | 51143 | As delivered to 82B - 3w/e 31/08/58 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 51143 | Transfer to 84E - Jan-61 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 51143 | Listed at BL - circa Jun-61 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 28/09/1969 - Tyseley open day1 | ||||||
| TY537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Kidderminster3 | ||||||
| TY537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 05/09/74 - in Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| 50891 | 50108 | 51130 | Noted 23/08/75 - at Barking4 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59008 | 50100 | Noted 22/03/76 - at Kentish Town2 | ||||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 02/12/1978 - Birmingham New Street1 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley1 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 28/10/1979 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C3 Overhaul 11/791 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59715 | 50108 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59715 | 50108 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59715 | 50108 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59343 | 53108 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59343 | 53108 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59343 | 53108 | Noted circa 10/19835 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59343 | 53108 | Noted 10/10/1983 - at Birmingham New Street1 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59627 | 53108 | Noted circa 03/19845 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59627 | 51143 | Noted circa 04/19845 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59627 | 51143 | Noted circa 10/19845 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59627 | 53108 | Noted 29/12/1984 - at Birmingham New Street 1 | |||||
| TS624 | 51130 | 59615 | 51143 | Noted circa 09/19855 | |||||
| TS624 | 51130 | 59615 | 51143 | Noted circa 11/19855 | |||||
| TS624 | 51130 | 59615 | 51143 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| TS624 | 51130 | 59615 | 51143 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS624 | 51130 | 59615 | 51143 | Noted circa 06/19865 | |||||
| TS624 | 51130 | 59615 | 51143 | Noted 07/02/1987 - Branch Line Society Edwalton Researcher Railtour TS624+TS625 | |||||
| TS624 | 51130 | 59615 | 51143 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street6 | |||||
| TS624 | 51130 | 59615 | 51143 | Noted 27/06/87 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| T336 | 51130 | 59721 | 53849 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| TS336 | 51130 | 59721 | 53849 | Noted 05/09/87 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| TS624 | 51130 | 59615 | 51143 | Noted 24/10/1987 - Severn Valley Railway Association Nosepoker 1 Railtour TS624 with 55032 | |||||
| T336 | 51130 | 59721 | 53849 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T336 | 51130 | 59721 | 53849 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| T336 | 51130 | 59721 | 53849 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| CH336 | 51130 | 59721 | 53849 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | |||||
| T336 | 51130 | 59721 | 53849 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T034 | 51130 | 53244 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||||
| T034 | 51130 | 51496 | Noted circa 10/19905 | ||||||
| T034 | 51130 | 51496 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
| T034 | 51130 | 51496 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
| T034 | 51130 | 52042 | Noted circa 09/19915 | ||||||
| T034 | 51130 | 52042 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Martin Lumley
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
Images:
early 1961
A Derby suburban triple DMU arrives into Hall Green station in early 1961. The closest car seems to be W51130. Michael Mensing.
12th March 1977
Set number: TY537
Class 116 DMU set TY537 (presumably 51130 closest) arriving at Small Heath with the 17:10pm Birmingham Moor Street - Henley-in-Arden service on 12 March 1977. Heading away is a six-car formation with a 101/101/100 hybrid and a refurbished Class 116. Michael Mensing.
September 1981
Set number: TS537
TS537 forms a Leamington Spa - Moor Street service at Hatton Bank in September 1981. Andy Hoare.
September 1984
Set number: TS537
In the days when it was possible to sit at the front of a diesel multiple unit and (assuming that the driver had not lowered the blind) it was possible to enjoy a "driver's eye" view of the track ahead. On board a class 116 unit as a similar unit passes in the opposite direction on the section of route between Solihull and Lapworth that used to be four tracks. Taken in September 1984 from 51130 on a Leamington Spa service. Bob Belcher.
September 1984
Set number: TS537
Class 116 unit TS537 of Tyseley depot and carrying "WM" branding on the front (believed to comprise vehicles 51130 + 59627 + 51143) pausing at Solihull station on a September evening in 1984 on a local service to Leamington Spa. Bob Belcher.
2nd June 1985
Set number: TS537
M51130 leads set TS537 into Great Malvern on a terminating service from Birmingham New Street, 2/6/1985. Stephen Burdett.
1st September 1985
Set number: TS624
A pair of WMPTE class 116 dmus (TS624 and presumably 51130 closest with 59615 + 51143) forming one of the Coalville Open day shuttles, having traveled on this along the freight only line from Leicester to Coalville, the train is now loading up again before continuing to Burton-on-Trent. 1st September 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
13th October 1985
Set number: TS624
51130 / TS624 (presumably with 59615 + 51143) at Buxton on the 13th October 1985. This was a BR organised day excursion from Derby, formed of a Class 116 and Class 120. Chris Lings.
6th February 1986
Class 116 DMBS M51130 in Shrewsbury station with Wolverhampton on the destination blind on 6 February 1986. At this point it should be part of set TS624 with 59615 + 51143. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd September 1986
Set number: TS624
Summer Saturdays on the North Wales Coast route obviously brought many additional services to the area, but on weekdays, as well, there were a few unusual workings to be found during the summer months. Here a West Midlands PTE 6-car DMU formation working the 0941 Birmingham New St - Llandudno service brakes for the station stop at Prestatyn made up of Tyseley depot sets TS 624 + TS 614 formed of M51130 + M59615 + M51143 and M53895 + M59609 + M53842 (Class 116 driving vehicles with Class 127 trailers displaced from the BedPan electrification scheme). Nigel Mack.
April 1987
Set number: TS624
Tyseley set T624, 51130 closest presumably with 59615 + 51143, arrives at Hereford with a service from Birmingham in April 1987. Paul James.
circa 1991
Set number: T034
Class 116 set T034, 51130 visible, in BR blue & grey livery, inside Tyseley DMU depot circa 1991. Doug Pritchard Collection.
6th November 1991
Set number: T034
A 2-car hybrid set from Tyseley (set T034) at Boston on 6 November 1991 working a Nottingham-Skegness service. The two dmu vehicles are 51130 + 52042. 52042 was a Class 108 driving car, and was new in September 1960. It was withdrawn from service at Tyseley on 5 October 1992 and was scrapped by Booth Roe in Rotherham. 51130 was a Class 116 driving car and was new in August 1958. It was withdrawn from service, also at Tyseley, in March 1992 and was scrapped by Mayer Parry in Snailwell. Lewis Bevan.
3rd February 1992
Set number: T034
Class 116 DMBS M51130 seen at Snailwell on 3 February 1992. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: September 1984
The rainbow provides a clue as to what is coming as a class 116 unit (believed to comprise vehicles 51143 + 59627 + 51130) leaves Warwick station for Leamington Spa on what until then had been a sunny evening in September 1984. Bob Belcher.
Date: 22nd March 1986
Set number: TS624
Newly painted class 116 set TS624 (presumably 51143 + 59615 + 51130) approaching Small Heath with a Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford-upon-Avon train on 22 March 1986. I never felt entirely comfortable in this location if no other photographers were present as there was a bit of a dodgy pub immediately to the left of the road bridge but on this occasion there wasn't an issue because 2 steam-hauled workings were working away from Birmingham... Peter Tandy.
Date: 24th June 1986
Set number: TS624
Class 116 set TS624 (51143 + 59615 + 51130) was pictured leaving Stratford-upon-Avon for Birmingham Moor Street on the evening of 24 June 1986. The shot was from the window of Stratford-upon-Avon East signalbox, somewhere I visited most weeks once the weekly Special Traffic Notice had been delivered to have a check through in case anything decent was around the following week. There was something most weeks unlike in 2026! Peter Tandy.
Date: 20th October 1986
Birmingham Moor Street station on 20 October 1986. The Class 101 dmu on the left is formed of a four-car Class 101 unit 53336/59529/59120/53303 and I recorded it as the 15.10 to Stratford-upon-Avon, despite the destination board showing "Shirley". The Class 116 unit on the right is formed of 51130/59615/51143 (set TS624) and will be working the 14.55 to Leamington Spa. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 3rd February 1992
Class 116 centre car W59442 and 51130 seen beyond at Snailwell on 3 February 1992. Nicholas Youngman.