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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)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
14/04/87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)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 livery

Disposal

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:

Class 116 DMU at Yardley Wood

1959

W50057 heads a Class 116 set at Yardley Wood in 1959. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Hockley

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.

Class 116 DMU at Warwick

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.

Class 116 DMU at Cradley Heath

February 1975

Set number: TY501

Tyseley Class 116 set TY501 (presumably 50057 + 59001 + 50097) entering Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Newport

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: February 1975

Set number: TY501

Tyseley Class 116 set TY501 (presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057) at Cradley Heath in February 1975. Michael Mensing.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: January 1979

Set number: TS501

TS501 (presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057) is seen in a snowy Hatton station in January 1979. Michael Mensing.