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Vehicle 50095 / 53095


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: 30213
Diagram: 554

Allocations

May-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
31/03/88 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50095 - original number
53095 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-72 - Dual AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 06/05/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50053 59003 50095 As delivered to WR - May 1957
TY526 50070 59026 50095 Noted circa Jun-69
TY526 50070 59026 50095 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50070 59026 50095 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50070 59026 50095 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
50070 59026 50095 Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2
TY526 50070 59026 50095 Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot3
TS526 50070 59026 50095 Noted circa 01/19784
50070 59026 50095 Noted 04/01/78
TS526 50070 59026 50095 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
50070 59026 50095 Noted 24/05/80
TS526 50070 59026 50095 Noted circa 01/19814
TS526 50070 59026 50095 Noted circa 10/19814
TS526 50070 59026 50095 Noted circa 05/19824
TS526 50070 59026 50095 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS526 53070 59026 53095 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS526 53070 59026 53095 Noted circa 09/19834
TS526 53070 59441 53095 Noted circa 09/19834
TS526 53070 59441 53095 Noted circa 10/19834
TS526 53070 59441 53095 Noted circa 06/19844
TS526 53070 59626 53095 Noted circa 02/19854
TS526 53070 59626 53095 Noted circa 12/19854
TS526 53070 59626 53095 Noted circa 02/19864
TS526 53070 59626 53095 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS526 53070 59626 53095 Noted 29/07/1986 - at Hagley5
TS526 53070 59626 53095 Noted circa 01/19874
T526 53070 59626 53095 Listed at TS - Jul-87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Wood End

August 1965

Set number: 326

Tyseley set 326 led by M50095 having just left Wood End in August 1965. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Sutton Coldfield

1976

Set number: TS526

Tyseley based Class 116 set TS526 (presumably 50095 + 59026 + 50070) at Sutton Coldfield in the Autumn of 1976. Lichfield City is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Four Oaks

30th May 1978

Set number: TS526

Refurbished Tyseley Class 116 set TS526 (presumably 50095 + 59026 + 50070) is seen arriving into Four Oaks with the 6.29pm Longbridge - Lichfield service on the 30th May 1978. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Manchester Victoria

24th May 1980

Set number: TS526

Class 116s at Manchester Victoria on 24 May 1980, working one of the shuttles to the Rainhill 150 celebrations. Closest is set TS526 and M50095 presumably with M59026 + M50070. Nigel Menzies.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

26th September 1987

Confession time at Moor Street. The last day of services at the old Birmingham Moor Street on 26/9/87 sees a class 116 dmu being confronted by sobering posters. The end was not in sight however as 23 years later the terminal platforms reopened to great purpose! Stephen Burdett.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1977

Set number: TS526

Two refurbished Class 116 DMUs arrive into Lye station in the summer of 1977. Several doors are wide open towards the centre of the formation despite there being at least two coach lengths to go before the train stops. At the front is set TS526, presumably 50070 + 59026 + 50095. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 27th January 1979

Set number: TS526

Refurbished Class 116 set TS526 (50070 closest, presumably with 59026 + 50095) at Hatton on January 27, 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 29th September 1984

Set number: TS526

Tyseley-based Class 116 set TS526 (53070 leads, presumably with 53095 on the rear) arrives into Gloucester on September 29, 1984. Worcester Shrub Hill is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 14th June 1986

Set number: TS526

It wasn't too difficult to take this sort of picture at Longbridge in 1986. There was a 15 minute local service on the Cross City line with some trains terminating here with others continuing to Redditch. I can't quite make out the unit number on the hybrid set about to leave on the up line on 14 June but think it may be T526 with class 116 power cars sandwiching a class 127 trailer. If I am correct then the car numbers are 53070 + 59626 + 53095 which were listed as being at Tyseley during 1987 although as a four-car set with another class 127 vehicle. It wasn't uncommon for Tyseley to muck about with their sets as faults developed and all sorts of odd combinations were seen. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 7th March 1987

Set number: TS526

A 47 on a NE/SW working awaiting departure, with a class 116 suburban DMU set no. TS526 formed 53070 - 59612 - 53095 stabled in the rain at Birmingham New Street, 07/Mar/1987. Robert Chilton.