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Vehicle 50102 / 53102

Class 116

BR Diagram 554

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
2w/e 08/11/69 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73Depot code changeCW
4w/e 28/07/79 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
10/05/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/05/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50102 - original number
53102 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 05/12/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50060 59010 50102 As delivered to WR - May 1957
TYS319 50071 59019 50102 Listed at - circa Oct-60
50065 59005 50102 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
50870 59008 50102 Noted 02/09/71 - at Barking1
TS558 50102 59020 50850 Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - in works, en-route CW to TS
50060 59365 50102 50106 50111 Noted 02/01/80 - on 05.35 St. Pancras – Bedford2
TS558 50850 59020 50102 Noted circa 01/19813
TS521 50060 59021 50102 Noted circa 10/19813
TS558 50850 59020 50102 Noted circa 05/19823
TS558 50850 59020 50102 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS558 53850 59020 53102 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS558 53850 59594 53102 Noted circa 09/19833
TS558 53850 59594 53102 Noted circa 12/19833
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted circa 09/19843
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Listed at TS - May-85
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted circa 11/19853
53850 59591 53102 Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:30 Leamington - Birmingham Moor Street service4
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted 01/06/1986 - Coalville Depot open day shuttles to and from Leicester TS611+TS615
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted circa 02/19873
TS615 53102 59591 Noted 25/02/1987 - at Old Oak Common5
TS615 53850 59591 53102 Noted circa 06/19873
T615 53850 59591 53102 Listed at TS - Jul-87
53850 59591 53102 Noted 02/09/87 - on 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli
T412 51867 59446 59591 53102 Noted circa 01/19883
T412 51867 59446 59591 53102 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T412 51867 59446 59591 53102 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
spare 53102 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
53102 59598 53865 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6
T327 53865 59598 53102 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T406 51877 59344 59598 53102 Noted circa 10/19903
T406 51877 59344 59598 53102 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T406 51877 59344 59598 53102 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T406 51877 59344 59598 53102 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51877 59344 59598 53102 Noted 14/12/917
51877 53102 Noted 15/04/92 - on 16:28 Longbridge - Lichfield TV8
T406 51877 59598 59344 53102 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
spare 53102 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T401 51331 59483 51316 53102 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T401 51331 59483 51316 53102 Listed at TS - November 1992
T401 51316 59483 53102 Listed at TS - 10/12/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Robert Chilton
6: Jeremy Goodyear
7: Graeme Phillips
8: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 116 DMU at The Hawthorns

25th March 1961

W50102 leads a Derby suburban triple DMU through The Hawthorns Halt with the 1.30pm Bewdley - Birmingham Snow Hill service on 25 March 1961. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

22nd April 1969

A driver waits to take M50102 out of Birmingham Moor Street on the 22nd April 1969. The vehicle is an blue livery with just a small yellow panel and white roof dome. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Barmouth Bridge

2nd September 1987

By September 1987 nearly all passenger trains on the Cambrian Coast were worked by Class 150 Sprinters, but this is a "heritage dmu" (formed 53102/59591/53850) crossing Barmouth Bridge on the 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli on 2 September 1987. Taken while I was waiting for "Manor" 7819 on a Barmouth - Machynllech working. Lewis Bevan.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New Street

14th December 1991

Set number: T406

The 13.48 Lichfield Trent Valley-Redditch departs from Birmingham New Street on 14 December 1991 formed of Tyseley suburban set T406 with 53102 at the front. On the right 47 814 is on the 11:41 York-Swansea. Robert Thomas.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 5th June 1986

Set number: TS615

Tyseley's class 116 T615 (presumably 53850 + 59591 + 53102) working a Birmingham New Street to Hereford service approaches the stop at Langley Green station on a dull and misty 5 June 1986 as 31 142 takes chlorine tanks from Allbright and Wilson's through the yard at Rood End to Bescot and eventually ICI Wilton. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 3rd March 1990

Set number: T406

Tyseley's set T406 51856 - 59606 - 59344 - 53102 at Barnt Green heading for Lichfield City (formed 115DMBS - 127TSL - 116TC - 116DMS), while 53056 looks on, 3/Mar/1990. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 17th November 1990

Set number: T412

Tyseley's set T412 at Small Heath station, which should have been headed by 53102 but had been reformed with 53116, followed by 59591, 59668 and 51867, on 17/Nov/1990. The formation was a mixture of class 116, 127 and 115 which was normal for most of the four-car sets at Tyseley at the time. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 28th November 1992

Set number: T401

Taken from T401 (53102 + 51316 + 59483 + 51331) near University on the 09:48 Lichfield TV - Redditch, 28/11/92. Gazza Prescott.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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