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Vehicle 51144

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: 30447
Diagram: 554

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
23/09/94	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) HGXX
4w/e 27/05/95	Withdrawn		- also given as 4w/e 22/07/95

Refurbished

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

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

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
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
TS608	51131	59613	51144		Noted circa 07/1987⁵
T608	51131	59613	51144		Listed at TS - Jul-87
T414	51869	59661	59613	51144	Formed at TS Aug-87
T414	51869	59661	59613	51144	Noted circa 10/1987⁵
T414	51869	59661	59613	51144	Noted 09/01/1988⁵
T414	51869	59661	59613	51144	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T414	51144	59613	59661	51869	Noted 21/05/88 - at Norwich³
T414	51869	59661	59613	51144	Noted circa 09/1989⁵
T414	51869	59661	59613	51144	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T414	51869	59661	59613	51144	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T414	51869	59661	59613	51144	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T414	51869	59661	59613	51144	Noted circa 10/1990⁵
T414	51869	59661	59721	51144	Noted circa 12/1990⁵
T414	51869	59661	59721	51144	Listed at TS - Jul-91
T414	51880	59661	59721	51144	Listed at TS - Aug-91
T309	51372	59490	51144		Noted circa 08/1991⁵
	51339	59492	51144		Noted circa 09/1991⁵
T405	51854	59615	59726	51144	Listed at TS - Dec-91
T420	51897	59721	59032	51144	Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T420	51897	59721	59032	51144	Noted 01/08/92
T420	51897	59721	59032	51144	Noted circa 09/1992⁵
T420	51897	59721	59032	51144	Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T409	51897	59600	59032	51144	Listed at TS - November 1992
T409	51897	59600	59032	51144	Listed at TS - 10/12/92
T321	51859	59600	51144		Noted 18/02/93 - on a Coventry - Stoke service
T421	53114	51138	59600	51144	Noted circa 06/1993⁵
T421	51138	59600	51144	53114	Noted circa 09/1993⁵
T321	51144	51314	53114		Listed at TS - November 1993
	51144	53055	53116		Noted 09/08/94 - on 11:12 Nottingham to Birmingham New Street

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

Images:

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.

circa 1970

Freightliner DMU. M51144 probably has had a smashed window and a large sticker has been used as a makeshift repair until it can return to Tyseley for repair. Taken in the Birmingham area circa 1970. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at between Shenstone and Lichfield

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.

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.

9th February 1979

Set number: TS538

Class 116 DMS M51144 in Birmingham Moor Street on February 9, 1979. Steve Jones.

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.

8th July 1979

Set number: TS538

Class 116 DMU set TS538 (presumably 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.

8th July 1979

Set number: TS538

8th July 1979

Telford Coalbrookdale Station View 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! The Class 116 vehicle is thought to be 51144. Alistair Ness.

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.

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.

Class 116 DMU at Farington Curve Junction

13th May 1989

Set number: T414

A Tyseley allocated hybrid Class 116/127/115 4-Car Suburban DMU (T414 - 51144 + 59613 + 59661 + 51869), was running along the Up Fast at Farington Curve Junction with a well-filled returning excursion from Blackpool North on May 13th 1989. Martyn Hilbert.

24th June 1989

Set number: T414

Class 116 set T414 with Driving Motor Second M51144 closes stood in platform 1 of Preston with a Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North working on June 24th 1989. 37 370 & 37 379 stand on the Up Goods Loop awaiting the road with the Clitheroe to Gunnie Clyde Cement. Martyn Hilbert.

26th June 1990

Set number: T414

51144 - 59613 - 59661 - 51869 (T414) at Stourbridge Jct, having arrived with the 12:16 ex New St., 26th June 1990. Gazza Prescott.

15th July 1992

Set number: T420

Class 116 DMS 51144 on the rear of Tyseley set T420 formed with class 116 TS 59032, class 115 TCL 59721 and class 115 DMBS 51897 leaving Birmingham New Street on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 4th January 1975

Set number: TY538

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

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 5th October 1980

W55033 and W51144 at Swindon Works during the open day on 5 October 1980. Both have been painted into Blue/Grey for the first time, they had entered works in refurbished white/blue stripe (the 116) and plain blue (the 121). Nicholas T Smith.

Date: 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.

Date: 4th January 1986

Set number: B586

Class 119 51077, set number B586, is seen stabled at Tyseley in BR blue and grey livery on 04-01-1988. Note it still retained First class. Class 116 M51144 is on the right. Andy Cole.

Date: 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.

Date: unknown

Set number: T414

T414 is seen at Redditch. Thanks to Mac Winfield for the following information: between 1988 and at least 1991 T414 was formed Class 115 DMBS M51869 (nearest the camera) / 115 TS M59661 / 127 TS(L) M59613 / 116 DMS M51144. Tom Clift.

Date: 22nd February 1990

Set number: T414

Set T414, 51869 + 59661 + 59613 + 51144, at Birmingham Moor Street on 22/2/90. Sparegang.

Date: 18th February 1993

Set number: T321

A hybrid DMU set, with cars 51859/59600/51144, at Coventry on a service to Stoke on 18 February 1993. I think this train was routed via Bedworth to Nuneaton and then via the WCML to its destination. It carries a set number of T321 (Tyseley). Lewis Bevan.

Date: 10th April 1993

51859 at the rear of an e.c.s. working disappearing into the tunnel at the east end of New St at 16.48 on 10/4/93. The train comprised two 3-car sets : 51138/59600/51144 plus 53124/59713/51859. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 17th September 1994

Set number: 117332

By September 1994 any diesel-mechanical unit from the first generation classes were quite unusual on the main line so I was to take a good sunny shot of Tyseley's 117332 passing Catholme, near Wychnor Junction, on the 17th of that month. The depot was really scratching about for serviceable units by this time and the vehicles are believed to be 53116 attached to 53055 + 51144 (all 116s despite the set number). This was an ECS move which was probably on its way to Tyseley from Derby after some attention not possible at the Birmingham facility. Peter Tandy.

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