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Vehicle 51149

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

Aug-58	New to	WR Stock
Nov-58	Transferred to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Apr-68	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
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21/01/94	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX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

Apr-76 - WR AWS removed
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		Noted 11/03/1979 - Birmingham New Street⁵
TS549	51136	59528	51149		Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS549	51136	59528	51149		Noted 24/12/1979 - at Bristol Temple Meads, on relief to Birmingham New Street with TS413⁵
	51136	59366	51149		Noted 24/05/80
TS549	51136	59528	51149		Noted circa 01/1981⁴
TS549	51136	59366	51149		Noted 13/06/1981 - on Tyseley depot⁵
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		Noted 14/04/1983 - at Birmingham New Street⁵
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 FS⁶
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 55033⁶
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 04/09/1990 - on 12:55 Cardiff-Birmingham⁵
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted circa 12/1990⁴
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted 19/03/91 - in Birmingham area⁷
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted 23/03/91 - at Birmingham⁷
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 Lumley
6: Martin Baumann
7: Aaron Calder

Images:

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.

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.

3rd August 1990

Set number: T319

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

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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 the south end of West 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Date: 16th April 1990

Set number: T319

Class 116/115/116 DMU set T319 (51129 + 59756 + 51149) in Derby station on Monday 16 April 1990. David Russon.

Date: 11th February 1991

Set number: T319

Derby Suburban 3-Car Unit DMU class 116, T319, comprising 51129, 59756 and 51149 passes the former site of Withington Station on the 11th February 1991 working the 13.31 Hereford to Oxford. Snow in Herefordshire and Worcestershire was not common and often melted as soon as the sun appeared, but not yet on that day!! Dave Gommersall.

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