Vehicle 50069 / 53069
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) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 31/05/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50069 - original number
53069 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Feb-76 - AWS fitted
Feb-76 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 11/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50069 | 59019 | 50111 | As delivered to WR - June 1957 | ||||||
| TY507 | 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Noted 07/07/74 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50069 | 59028 | 50117 | Noted 31/05/1975 - at Tysley2 | ||||||
| 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Wolverhampton High Level3 | ||||||
| 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Noted 12/06/76 - on Tyseley depot3 | ||||||
| 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Noted 21/08/76 - on 1438 Leicester-Derby | ||||||
| TS507 | 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS507 | 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS507 | 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS507 | 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS507 | 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS507 | 50069 | 59007 | 50099 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS507 | 53069 | 59007 | 53099 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS507 | 53069 | 59589 | 53099 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| TS507 | 53069 | 59714 | 53099 | Noted circa 03/19844 | |||||
| TS507 | 53069 | 59714 | 53099 | Noted circa 10/19844 | |||||
| TS507 | 53069 | 59714 | 53099 | Noted circa 01/19864 | |||||
| TS507 | 53069 | 59714 | 53099 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||
| TS507 | 53069 | 59714 | 53099 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 53069 | 53099 | Noted 29/07/1986 - at Smethwick5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
Images:
circa 1970
Set number: TY507
Class 116 set TY507 (presumably 50069 + 59007 + 50099), circa 1970, probably at Birmingham New Street station. Stuart Mackay Collection.
14th May 1975
Set number: TY507
Class 116 DMU set TY507 (M50069 leading) seen south of Gravelly Hill with the 6.30pm Birmingham New Street - Lichfield City service on 14 May 1975. Michael Mensing.
2nd April 1977
Set number: TY507
Class 116 DMU set TY507 (presumably 50069 + 59007 + 50099) is seen at Rowley Regis on Saturday 2 April 1977 heading for Lichfield City. Michael Mensing.
2nd April 1977
A Class 116 DMU heads for Lichfield City at Rowley Regis on 2 April 1977. The centre car is 59007, the DMBS is presumably 50069, they form set TY507. Michael Mensing.
14th September 1978
Set number: TS507
My note says "Last train of the day at Redditch". Taken on September 14, 1978, the timetable was similar to that three years earlier, this makes it the 18.35 to Birmingham, the fourth and final train of the day. Set TS507, presumably 50069 + 59007 + 50099. Jeremy Chapter.
3rd November 1978
M50069 at Monument Lane on 03/11/78, at the rear of a formation just plunging into the tunnel to Birmingham New Street station. Viewed from St Vincent Street, this historic site is now buried beneath the National Indoor Arena. Steve Jones.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: summer 1974
Set number: TY507
Two Class 116 sets led by TY507 (M50099 at the front, presumably with 59007 + 50069) at Four Oaks on a Lichfield City service in the summer of 1974. Michael Mensing.
Date: 14th June 1975
Set number: TY507
Class 116 DMU set TY507 - presumably 50099 + 59007 + 50069 - at Langley Green with a Lichfield City service on 14 June 1975. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1976
Set number: TS507
M50099 leads set Class 116 set TS507 (presumably with 59007 + 50069) at Sutton Coldfield in Autumn 1976, with a Swindon Cross Country set on the rear. Michael Mensing.
Date: 19th August 1978
Set number: TS507
A recently refurbished Derby class 116 unit at Swindon 19/8/78, containing 50099 + 59007 + 50069 which formed set TS507. Sparegang.
Date: unknown
Set number: TS507
Tyseley DMU set TS507 Class 116 catches the setting sun approaching Bescot station. Presumably 50099 + 59007 + 50069. Ian Charles.