Vehicle 50081 / 53081
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
| w/e 05/10/57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 22/05/76 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| w/e 10/12/77 | Transferred to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 09/04/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 18/10/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 30/10/88 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50081 - original number
53081 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 24/10/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | As delivered to WR - w/e 05/10/57 | ||||||
| CAT306 | 50081 | 50123 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN306 | 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59350 | 50123 | Noted 16/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central 3 | ||||||
| C306 | 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport4 | |||||
| T306 | 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Noted 16/05/1976 - 18.20 Chester-Man Vic with 50866/59374/509195 | |||||
| 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Noted 06/08/1976 - Seen at Southport6 | ||||||
| T306 | 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot4 | |||||
| 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Transfer to CW - w/e 10/12/77 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Transfer to TS - 4w/e 09/04/78 | ||||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59543 | 50123 | Noted 24/03/79 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59543 | 50123 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59623 | 50123 | Noted circa 01/19816 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59623 | 50123 | Noted circa 10/19816 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59617 | 50123 | Noted circa 05/19826 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59543 | 50123 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS552 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted circa 10/19836 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted circa 10/19846 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted circa 01/19856 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted 07/12/85 | ||||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59120 | 53123 | Formation change - TS - circa Nov-86 - 59120 replaced 59543 | |||||
| TS353 | 53081 | 59120 | 53123 | Noted circa 02/19876 | |||||
| T353 | 53081 | 59120 | 53123 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| CH297 | 53081 | 53904 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
| CH287 | 53081 | 53904 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
| CH287 | 53081 | 53904 | Noted circa Jul-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Chris Moxon
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
September 1984
A 116/101/116 hybrid set, 53081/59543 and presumably 53123, at Chester circa September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th June 1985
Set number: TS601
A Class 116/101/116 hybrid at Chinley on 27 June 1985. It seems to be set TS601, 53081 leads presumably with 59543 + 53123. Chris Thorp.
1986
Set number: TS601
Class 116 / 101 DMU vehicles 53081 59543 53123 are unusual visitors to Doncaster station in 1986... an arrival from the Midlands would have been more likely to be a Class 114. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th May 1976
Set number: T306
Class 116 units on Chester depot, 16/5/76, they later formed the 18.20 Chester-Manchester Victoria. The vehicles were 50123 + 59486 (a Class 117 TCL) + 50081 coupled to 50866 + 59374 + 50919, which had just been transferred from Cardiff to Newton Heath, and for some reason the C on the set number has been replaced by a T. Anthony Griffiths.
Date: 10th August 1978
Set number: TS552
On August 10, 1978, hybrid Class 116/101 set TS552 (presumably 50123 + 59543 + 50081) leads another Class 116 set south of Erdington Station with the 5.59pm Longbridge - Lichfield City service. Michael Mensing.
Date: 5th March 1986
Set number: TS601
The original subject of this image was 56 048 arriving at Small Heath on 5 March 1986 to collect a train of scrap metal but the 2 DMU sets made the picture in retrospect. The train receding from the camera and going towards Birmingham Moor Street was a hybrid set of classes 116 and 101 (thought to be TS601, 53123 + 59543 + 53081) with a 122 attached and the furthest away a class 116 on its way to either Dorridge or Leamington Spa. Peter Tandy.
Date: 19th July 1986
A fairly poor image showing hybrid parcel set 53081 & 51786 in use on the Saturdays Only 10.07 Llandudno-Manchester Victoria, passing Dunham Hill, 19/7/86. Anthony Griffiths.