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<- 51148 | 51149 | 51150 ->

Vehicle 51149

Class 116

BR Diagram 554

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

w/e 06/09/58 New to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Apr-68 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 01/05/77 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
21/01/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/01/94 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Modifications

Dec-77 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 15/05/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51136 59446 51149 As delivered to 82B - w/e 06/09/58
CTN301 51136 59446 51149 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
51136 59446 51149 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff Canton1
301 51136 59446 51149 Noted 02/11/72
51136 59446 51149 Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff1
C301 51136 59446 51149 Noted 05/09/74 - at Newport2
C301 51136 59446 51149 Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport2
C301 51136 59500 51149 Noted 07/08/1976 - on 08:58 Cardiff Queen Street to Treherbert with C3313
51136 59500 51149 Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot2
51136 59528 51149 Noted 23/07/77 - on 2E85 0645 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50449 + 59155 + 50502
TS549 51136 59528 51149 Noted 07/09/77 - at Shrewsbury2
TS549 51136 59528 51149 Noted circa 01/19784
51136 59528 51149 Noted 04/01/78
TS549 51136 59528 51149 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
51136 59366 51149 Noted 24/05/80
TS549 51136 59528 51149 Noted circa 01/19814
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Noted circa 10/19814
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Noted circa 05/19824
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Noted circa 09/19834
TS603 51136 59106 51149 Noted circa 10/19834
TS603 51136 59106 51149 Noted circa 02/19844
TS603 51136 59106 51149 Noted circa 05/19844
TS603 51136 59106 51149 Noted 18/02/85 - at Norwich2
TS603 51136 59106 51149 Listed at TS - May-85
TS603 51136 59106 51149 Noted 17/07/85 - at Reading
TS603 51136 59106 51149 Noted circa 04/19864
TS603 51136 59590 51149 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
51136 59590 51149 Noted 27/09/86 - on 14:32 Birmingham New Street - Worcester FS5
TS604 51129 59101 51149 Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 51149 (ex-TS603) replaces 51142 (to TS600)
TS319 51129 59101 51149 Noted circa 03/19874
T319 51129 59101 51149 Noted circa 06/19874
T319 51129 59101 51149 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T319 51129 59101 51149 Noted 04/10/87 - at Norwich2
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted circa 01/19884
T319 51129 59756 51149 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted 23/04/19884
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted 13/05/19884
51129 59756 51149 Noted 02/06/88 - on 15:32 Great Malvern - Birmingham New Street with 550335
T401 51662 59610 59743 51149 Noted circa 12/19884
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted circa 03/19894
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted 23/04/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers Notts & North Derbyshire Railtour T227+T319+T303
T319 51129 59756 51149 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted circa 09/19894
T319 51129 59756 51149 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted circa 05/19904
51129 59756 51149 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot1
T319 51129 59756 51149 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted 03/08/90 - at Llandudno
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted circa 12/19904
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted 19/03/91 - in Birmingham area6
T319 51129 59756 51149 Noted 23/03/91 - at Birmingham6
T319 51129 59756 51149 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T319 51129 59756 51149 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T319 51129 59756 51149 Listed at TS - Dec-91
spare 51149 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
spare 51149 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
Spare 51149 Listed at TS - November 1992
T407 51140 51149 59416 Listed at TS - 10/12/92 - last vehicle unknown
51149 59745 59753 53897 Listed at HQ - November 1993 - On hire to Channel Tunnel Trackwork Group

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Aaron Calder

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Merthyr

27th April 1974

Set number: C301

Merthyr station on 27 April 1974, with Class 116 DMU set C301 (presumably 51149 + 59446 + 51136) on the 16.50 to Barry Island. Tom Burnham.

Class 116 DMU at Reading

17th July 1985

Set number: TS603

Tyseley class 116/111 set TS603, M51149 (nearest) + class 111 TS M59106 + M51136, on London area duty approach Reading from Paddington. Wednesday 17th July 1985. Iain Reid.

Class 116 DMU at Llandudno

3rd August 1990

Set number: T319

Class 116 set T319 (presumably 51149 + 59756 + 51129) at Llandudno on 03/08/1990. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Smethwick West

8th June 1991

Set number: T319

51149 + 59756 + 51129 (T319) arrive at Smethwick West with the 12:41 New St - Stourbridge on 8th June 1991. Gazza Prescott.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New Street

26th July 1991

Set number: T319

Tyseley's 3-car suburban set T319 formed class 116 DMS 51149 (nearest), 59756 (class 115 TCL) & 51129 (class 116 DMBS) just protruding from the undercover part of Birmingham New Street. 47851 is stabled in the adjacent line awaiting it's next turn of duty on 26/Jul/1991. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 27th April 1974

Set number: C301

Class 116 DMU set C301 (presumably 51136 + 59446 + 51149) calls at Pontypridd with the 15.05 Barry Island to Merthyr on 27 April 1974. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: 27th April 1974

Set number: C354

This is the sort of shot that's nearly impossible to take with modern rolling stock. DMU set C354 (presumably 50847 + 59040 + 50900) is leaving the single line section south of Abercynon with the 15.50 Merthyr-Barry Island, while C301 (presumably 51149 + 59446 + 51136) waits with the 15.05 from Barry Island to Merthyr. Some interesting reflections. April 27, 1974. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1978

Set number: TS549

Hybrid 116/101 set TS549 (51136 + 59528 + 51149) at Four Oaks on 19 August 1978 with the 6.41pm ex-Redditch. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: circa 1985

Set number: TS603

The Saturdays-only Paddington to Stratford-upon-Avon DMU, unusually formed of set TS603, 2 class 116 cars sandwiching a Met-Camm trailer (the vehicles are presumably M51136, M59106 and M51149), rather than the usual 6 cars. Taken from the platform at South Ruislip, date unknown. Someone has changed the destination board to Birmingham Moor Street possibly to ready it for work the following day. I doubt if this caused too much confusion at least until the train reached Leamington Spa! David Ive.

DMU

Date: 1985

Set number: TS603

A Birmingham cross-city working with the normal driving cars, but with a Metro-Cammell class 111 trailer inserted (presumably 51136 + 59106 + 51149). 1985. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: 22nd July 1985

Set number: TS603

West Midlands class 116 DMU, comprising vehicles M51136, M59106 and M51149, awaits departure from platform 7 at Reading on 22 July 1985 with the 11.09 to Oxford. Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 9th July 1988

Set number: T319

M51129, M59756, M51149 and M53822 seen at Ely North Junction with the 09.55 SO Birmingham New Street to Yarmouth on 9th July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1989

Set number: T227

53019 leads 54027 as set T227 with T319 (51129, 59756, 51149) and T303 (51406, 59516, 51364) on The Institution of Mining Engineers Notts & North Derbyshire Railtour near Welbeck Colliery on a wet and overcast 23/Apr/1989. Robert Chilton.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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