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Vehicle 50068 / 53068


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

Jun-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
w/e 03/08/68 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73Depot code changeCW
p/e 04/09/82 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50068 - original number
53068 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50068 59018 50110 As delivered to WR - June 1957
50068 50114 50106 Noted 28/09/74 - on 1527 Barking-Kentish Town
50068 50870 59376 50838 Noted 03/07/1977 - on 09:12 Kentish Town to Barking
50068 59011 50111 50838 Noted 06/11/79 - on 19.15 Luton - St. Pancras1
50068 59608 50106 50903 Noted 17/09/80 - on 18.07 St. Pancras – Cricklewood (116/127 hybrid)1
50068 59610 50903 Noted 28/11/80 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood (116/127 hybrid)1
50060 59021 50068 Noted 30/04/81 - on 21.25 Gospel Oak – Barking, 22.10 Barking – Gospel Oak and 22.53 Gospel Oak – Cricklewood ECS1
50068 59596 50114 Noted 17/08/81 - on 18.55 Gospel Oak – Barking, 19.40 Barking – Gospel Oak, 20.25 Gospel Oak – Barking and 21.10 Barking – Gospel Oak (116/127 hybrid)1
50068 59632 50114 Noted 25/01/82 - on 16.25 Gospel Oak – Barking and 17.10 Barking – Gospel Oak (116/127 hybrid)1
50068 59632 50114 Noted 26/01/82 - on 16.25 Gospel Oak – Barking and 17.10 Barking – Gospel Oak (116/127 hybrid)1
50068 59632 50114 Noted 30/01/82 - on 11.55 Gospel Oak – Barking and 12.40 Barking – Gospel Oak (116/127 hybrid)1
50068 59626 50114 Noted circa 04/19822
TS524 50068 59009 50103 Noted circa 09/19822
TS524 50068 59005 50103 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS524 53068 59005 53103 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS524 53068 59607 53103 Noted circa 09/19832
TS524 53068 59607 53103 Noted circa 12/19832
TS524 53068 59607 53112 Noted circa 04/19842
TS524 53068 59622 53112 Noted circa 01/19852
TS524 53068 59622 53112 Noted circa 09/19852
TS524 53068 59622 53112 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986

Formation Sources
1: Phil Shatford
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Leamington Spa

May 1962

Two Derby suburban triple sets (from different batches) at Leamington Spa in late May 1962. W50068 on the right - with Birmingham (Moor St) on the destination blind - is from the first batch with four marker lamps, the set on the left - with Leamington on the blind - is from the second batch (508xx series) with two marker lamps and two character route indicator. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Suckley

5th October 1963

Set number: 317

Derby suburban set 317 seen near Suckley on October 5th, 1963, led by DMBS W50068. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at The Lakes

1966

Set number: 317

Class 116 set 317 with W50068 at the front pulls away from The Lakes station in late 1966. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Upper Holloway

30th August 1975

M50068 leads a three-car Class 116 with an extra DMS attached to the rear approaching Upper Holloway on 30 August 1975. Phillip Malin.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

29th January 1987

Set number: TS524

On 29 January 1987 T524 (presumably 53068 + 59622 (a 127) + 53112) was in Birmingham Moor Street station having arrived from Stratford-upon-Avon and was being prepared to return to the same town. I don't know what the two vehicles to the left of the DMU were doing in the siding but assume that they had been left there after some sort of engineering work over the previous weekend. Freight traffic to the yard here had ceased from 1972; before I started railway photography or even owned a camera other than a plastic Kodak Brownie 127. Peter Tandy.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

7th February 1987

Set number: TS524

Until 1987, the GWR's Moor Street station was the terminus for trains both from the Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon lines. When Snow Hill was reopened a two platform through station was constructed adjacent to the terminus, which then became redundant and was closed. On 7 February 1987 the 12.10 to Stratford departs from Moor Street in the capable hands of driver Geoff Davies, the set being TS524, presumably 53068 + 59622 (a 127) + 53112. Moor Street lay derelict for many years, but now has been restored and is now used again by trains to relieve pressure on Snow Hill and to provide shoppers with a more direct route to their destinations. The car park is now part of the new Moor Street station with its own terminus platforms used by many of Chiltern Railways' Marylebone services including those using class 68 power in push-pull mode. Peter Tandy.