Vehicle 50057 / 53057
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: 30211
Diagram: 553
Allocations
| May-57 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 14/04/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50057 - original number
53057 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 22/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50057 | 59007 | 50099 | As delivered to WR - May 1957 | ||||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 25/03/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 29/06/74 - on 15:25 Birmingham NS-Stratford On Avon | ||||||
| TY501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Leicester3 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS501 | 53057 | 59001 | 53097 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS501 | 53057 | 59001 | 53097 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| TS501 | 53057 | 59741 | 53097 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| TS501 | 53057 | 59725 | 53097 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| TS501 | 53057 | 59725 | 53097 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1959
W50057 heads a Class 116 set at Yardley Wood in 1959. Michael Mensing.
10th September 1959
With a horse box on the rear a Derby suburban triple DMU is seen in Hockley station with the 5.40pm Wolverhampton Low Level - Honeybourne service on 10 September 1959. Leading is DMBS W50057 which spent its whole 30 year career allocated to Tyseley depot. Michael Mensing.
April 1974
Set number: TY501
A 3-car class 116 DMU is seen at Warwick in April 1974. This is Tyseley set TY501, presumably 50057 + 59001 + 50097. Graeme Phillips Collection.
February 1975
Set number: TY501
Tyseley Class 116 set TY501 (presumably 50057 + 59001 + 50097) entering Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.
29th May 1979
Set number: TS501
Class 116 DMU set TS501 (presumably 50057 + 59001 + 50097) in Kidderminster station with a service to Birmingham on Tuesday 29 May 1979. David Russon.
18th June 1979
Set number: TS501
M50057 (TS501, presumably with 59001 + 50097) is working wrong line, it has just terminated with a working from Moor Street and is running back into a refuge siding so that a Stratford service can pass. Both the signal box and the running in board have gone but the rest of the station is still very GWR. The odd grey pipe out of the window of the box was for the signaller to water his flower beds from, the other distinct signal box feature is the white wall under the window next to the sink where hundreds of tea dregs have been thrown out and have run down the window ledge. 18th June 1979. Geoff Dowling.
13th October 1984
Set number: TS501
With set number TS501 in the centre cab window a Class 116 DMU is seen in Newport station on 13 October 1984. Closest is M53057, the other two vehicles are presumably 59725 (a Class 115 TS) and 53097, and they are on the 11:31 service to Chepstow. Robert Thomas.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1969
Set number: TY501
At Widney Manor in mid-1969 is a three-car Derby suburban DMU, displaying "Special" on the destination blind. The three vehicles are presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1974
Set number: TY501
In 1974 two Derby suburban sets are seen at Four Oaks with a Lichfield City service. Leading is 50097 in set TY501, presumably with 59001 + 50057. Michael Mensing.
Date: mid-1974
Set number: TY501
Two Class 116 DMUs pass by at Butler's Lane with a Lichfield City service in mid-1974. Leading is set TY501, presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057. Michael Mensing.
Date: February 1975
Set number: TY501
Tyseley Class 116 set TY501 (presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057) at Cradley Heath in February 1975. Michael Mensing.
Date: June 1978
Set number: TS501
Class 116 set TS501 arrives into Five Ways on a Longbridge service with M50097 at the front (presumably with 59001 + 50057), June 1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: January 1979
Set number: TS501
TS501 (presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057) is seen in a snowy Hatton station in January 1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: 29th May 1979
Set number: TS501
Class 116 DMU set TS501 (50097 and presumably 59001 + 50057) arriving into Kidderminster station, likely changing platforms to form a return working to Birmingham, on Tuesday 29 May 1979. David Russon.