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Vehicle 51131

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

3w/e 31/08/58	New to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
3w/e 01/02/64	Transferred to	2A (Tyseley)
May-73	Depot code change	TS
07/12/90	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ
p/e 02/02/91	Reinstated	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
17/09/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
20/09/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 17/03/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51131	59441	51144		As delivered to 82B - 3w/e 31/08/58
TY538	51131	59441	51144		Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	51131	59441	51144		Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street¹
	51131	59441	51144		Noted 19/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston²
	51131	59441	51144		Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street¹
TY539	51131	59443	51146		Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff³
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham New Street³
	51131	59441	51144		Noted 17/07/76 - on 1339 Derby-Leicester
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot³
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Noted 15/10/1977 - At Birmingham New Street⁴
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Noted circa 01/1978⁵
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Noted circa 01/1981⁵
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Noted circa 10/1981⁵
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Noted circa 05/1982⁵
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS538	51131	59441	51144		Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS538	51131	59674	51144		Noted circa 10/1983⁵
TS608	51131	59596	51144		Noted circa 03/1984⁵
TS608	51131	59596	51144		Noted circa 01/1985⁵
TS608	51131	59596	51144		Listed at TS - May-85
TS608	51131	59596	51144		Noted circa 05/1985⁵
TS608	51131	59596	51144		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS608	51131	59596	51144		Noted circa 06/1986⁵
TS608	51131	59596	51144		Noted 24/07/1986 - at Llandudno Junction - together with TS612 having travelled from Stafford.⁶
T608	51131	59613	51144		Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS608	51131	59613	51144		Noted circa 07/1987⁵
T333	51131	59617	53082		Formed at TS Aug-87
T333	51131	59617	53082		Noted circa 08/1987⁵
T333	51131	59617	53082		Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
	51131	59617	53082		Noted 03/08/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
T333	51131	59617	53082		Noted circa 03/1989⁵
T333	51131	59617	53082		Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T333	51131	59617	53082		Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51131	59617	53082		Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot¹
T333	51131	59617	53082		Listed at TS - mid May-90
T045	51131	53641			Noted circa 12/1990⁵
T045	51131	53641			Listed at TS - Dec-91
	51131	53641			Noted 11/02/92 - On 07:30 Harwich - Liverpool Lime Street and 18:16 Nottingham - Grantham⁷
T326	51131	59609			Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T326	51131	59609	53891		Noted circa 08/1992⁵
T406	51131	59609	53891	55032	Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T406	55032	51131	59609	53891	Listed at TS - November 1992
T326	51131	59609	53891		Listed at TS - 10/12/92
	51131	59609	53891		Noted 10/12/92 - On 17:51 Birmingham New Street - Longbridge⁷
	51131	59609	51331		Noted 03/02/93 - On 15:00 Stoke - Coventry via Bedworth⁷

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: David Bellamy

Images:

5th April 1969

Set number: TY538

Stourport-on-Severn station on 5 April 1969. Train is the 13.45 to Kidderminster via Bewdley (reverse), formed of set TY538, presumably M51131 + 59441 + 51144. The lower ground on the left was the site of sidings leading down to a canal basin. The scene is now completely changed, with a housing estate where the railway used to be. Even St Michael's Church on the right was partly demolished in about 1980; it was begun to 1881 by George Gilbert Scott and was unfinished when it was consecrated in 1910. Note the red coloured seats inside the unit. Tom Burnham.

5th April 1969

Set number: TY538

The 13.45 to Kidderminster via Bewdley at Stourport-on-Severn station on 5 April 1969, formed of Class 116 set TY538 (presumably 51131 + 59441 + 51144). Note the red seats inside the DMU. Tom Burnham.

4th January 1975

Set number: TY538

Class 116 DMU set TY538 (presumably 51131 + 59441 + 51144) at Barnt Green on 4 January 1975. Phillip Malin.

August 1975

Set number: TS538

Class 116 DMU set TS538 led by M51131 (and presumably with 59441 + 51144) is seen at Bordesley Junction (Birmingham) in late August 1975. Birmingham New Street is displayed on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

August 1975

Set number: TS538

Class 116 DMU set TS538 (51131 and presumably 59441 + 51144) seen in Sutton Coldfield station in early August 1975 with Lichfield City on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

9th February 1979

Set number: TS538

Refurbished Class 116 set TS538, the DMC (furthest) is M51144, presumably with 59441 + 51131, heads out of Birmingham Moor Street on February 9, 1979. Steve Jones.

9th February 1979

Set number: TS538

Refurbished Class 116 set TS538, the DMC (furthest) is M51144, presumably with 59441 + 51131, heads away from Birmingham Moor Street on February 9, 1979. Steve Jones.

8th July 1979

Set number: TS538

Class 116 DMU set TS538 (presumably 51131 visible) at Telford Coalbrookdale 8 July 1979. A temporary station was opened here as part of the Iron Bridge bi-centenary celebrations with shuttle trains operating down the Power Station branch from Wolverhampton on Sundays. On 8 July I was the only passenger on the outward journey and using a free staff pass! Alistair Ness.

8th July 1979

Set number: TS538

Class 116 DMU set TS538 (presumably 51131 and 51144 visible) at Telford Coalbrookdale 8 July 1979. A temporary station was opened here as part of the Iron Bridge bi-centenary celebrations with shuttle trains operating down the Power Station branch from Wolverhampton on Sundays. On 8 July I was the only passenger on the outward journey and using a free staff pass! Alistair Ness.

July 1983

Set number: TS538

Class 116 DMU set TS538 (presumably 51131 + 59441 + 51144), arrives at (Churchill &) Blakedown station with a Worcester-Birmingham New Street service, sometime in the week of 4th-8th July 1983. John Crooks.

15th April 1987

Set number: TS608

Class 116 DMU set T608 with cars 51131 + 59613 + 51144 climbing Hatton Bank on 15 April 1987 with a Leamington to Birmingham Moor Street train. Fire damage to the cutting from a lineside fire is visible and it seems that the bridge over Dark Lane was all that stopped it spreading further south. Peter Tandy.

10th January 1992

Set number: T045

Hybrid Class 116/108 DMU set T045 (51131 + 53641) in Matlock station after terminating with the 1425 from Derby on 10 January 1992. Andrew Bond.

1992

Set number: T045

Set T045 (51131 + 53641) arrives at Boston, passing listed Boston West SB in (probably) summer 1992. Tim Brunt.

23rd January 1993

Set number: T326

51131-59609-51331 (T326) at Lichfield TV with the 13:30 to New St, 23rd January 1993. Gazza Prescott.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 5th April 1969

Set number: TY538

Class 116 set TY538 (M51144 and presumably 59441 + 51131) at Stourport-on-Severn with the 13.45 to Kidderminster via Bewdley (reverse) service on 5 April 1969. Tom Burnham.

Date: mid-1974

Set number: TS538

Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TS538 (presumably M51144 + M59441 + M51131) is seen between Shenstone and Lichfield in mid-1974. Michael Mensing.

Date: 9th February 1979

Set number: TS538

Refurbished Class 116 set TS538 (M51144 closest, presumably with 59441 + 51131) sits in Birmingham Moor Street on February 9, 1979. Steve Jones.

Date: 9th February 1979

Set number: TS538

With traces of snow on the platform, refurbished Class 116 set TS538 (M51144 closest, presumably with 59441 + 51131) sits in Birmingham Moor Street on February 9, 1979. Steve Jones.

Date: 8th May 1980

Set number: TS538

M51144 leads set TS538 into Birmingham New Street with a Four Oaks service on May 8, 1980, presumably with 59441 + 51131. Steve Jones.

Date: January 1986

Set number: TS608

A 3-car Class 116 set at Peartree on the outskirts of Derby. The set number in the cab window appears to read TS608 and so presumably 51144 + 59596 + 51131. Ian Francis.

Date: 12th March 1988

Set number: T333

A DMU formed of 53082, 59617 and 51131 (Class 116 power cars and a 127 centre car) arriving at Birmingham New Street station on 12 March 1988. Keith Miller.

Date: 3rd March 1990

Set number: T316

A battered looking class 118 DMS no. 51321 leading Tyseley's set T316 (51321 - 59473 - 51306) on a service to Leamington Spa at Warwick. The leading vehicle went on to be preserved, via departmental service, and currently resides at the Battlefield Line paired with class 116 DMBS no. 51131. Robert Chilton.

Date: 6th April 1991

Set number: T045

47 213 hauls 108/116 hybrid set T045 (presumably 53641 + 51131) at Northgate Locks, Chester, on 6 April 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1st December 1992

Set number: T326

DMU set T326 - presumably Class 116 DMS 53891 + Class 127 TSL 59609 + Class 116 DMBS 51131 - arriving Bournville for Birmingham New Street 1-12-92. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: May 1993

Set number: T326

Class 116/127 combination T326 (presumably 53891 + 59609 + 51131) is seen forming a Lincoln service at Nottingham in May 1993. Note the first two vehicles are missing their numbers (possibly due to dust removal software). Andrew Walker.

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