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Vehicle 50108 / 53108

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

Aug-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
Mar-75	On loan to	CW (Cricklewood)
w/e 12/11/75	Transferred to	CW (Cricklewood)
w/e 05/11/76	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
28/06/87	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
17/01/88	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Notes

22nd March 1988 - Condemned cars 51308, 51324, 51309, 59171, 53123, 53819, 53108, 59119, 54177, 53456, 59541, 59568, 59374, 59560, 59552 & 59524 hauled from Newton Heath to Vic Berry's yard by Class 31

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50108 - original number
53108 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Apr to Sep-76 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50066	59016	50108	As delivered to WR - August 1957
315	50053	59015	50108	Noted Aug-60¹
TYS310	50075	59024	50108	Listed at Tyseley - circa Oct-60
TY537	51130	59440	50108	Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	50050	59015	50108	Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street²
	51130	59440	50108	Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street²
	51130	59440	50108	Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street³
	51130	59440	50108	Noted 25/05/1974 - at Kidderminster³
TY537	51130	59440	50108	Noted 05/09/74 - in Birmingham New Street⁴
	50891	50108	51130	Noted 23/08/75 - at Barking⁴
TS537	51130	59440	50108	Noted circa 01/1978⁵
TS537	51130	59440	50108	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS537	51130	59440	50108	Noted circa 01/1981⁵
TS537	51130	59715	50108	Noted circa 10/1981⁵
TS537	51130	59715	50108	Noted circa 09/1982⁵
TS537	51130	59715	50108	Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS537	51130	59343	53108	Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS537	51130	59343	53108	Noted circa 09/1983⁵
TS537	51130	59343	53108	Noted circa 10/1983⁵
TS537	51130	59627	53108	Noted circa 03/1984⁵
TS527	53849	59632	53108	Noted circa 04/1984⁵
TS527	53866	59632	53108	Noted circa 09/1984⁵
TS527	53866	59632	53108	Noted circa 10/1984⁵
TS527	53058	59632	53108	Noted circa 01/1985⁵
TS527	53058	59632	53108	Noted circa 05/1985⁵
TS527	53058	59632	53108	Noted 14/10/1985⁵
TS527	53058	59632	53108	Noted circa 12/1985⁵
TS527	53058	59632	53108	Noted circa 05/1986⁵
TS527	53058	59632	53108	Noted circa 06/1986⁵
TS527	53058	59632	53108	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS527	53058	59632	53108	Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street - as 4 car set with 55000⁶
	53819	53108		Noted 10th October 1987
	53819	53108		Noted 10/10/1987⁵

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

Images:

circa 1969

On an arrival that didn't fit completely into the platform at Birmingham Moor Street, passenger have to climb down from M50108 into the snow to exit. Circa 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa 1969

"How do we get off?" Passengers on M50108 wonder what do when it didn't stop in the platform. Birmingham Moor Street, circa 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.

1977

Set number: TY506

Two Class 116 DMUs are seen at Erdington in spring 1977. The DMS closest, M50108, is displaying set number TY506. Michael Mensing.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1983

Set number: TS508

A pair of Class 116 DMUs at Birmingham Moor Street station in 1983. TS508 is on the right, 50904 presumably closest, TS537 (presumably 50108) on the left. John Law.

Date: 20th March 1987

With Blackpool on the destination blind, Class 108 52046 is seen inside the factory at Tyseley on 20.03.1987 beside 53108. Andy Cole.

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