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Vehicle 50116 / 53116

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
4w/e 27/05/95	Withdrawn

Notes

19/05/84 - Tyseley formation 53055 / 59611 / 53116 + 53890 / 59603 / 53867 was an unusual visitor to the Hastings area on 19 May 1984 on a working from Bicester.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50116 - original number
53116 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50074	59024	50116		As delivered to WR - August 1957
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street¹
TY523	50055	59023	50116		Noted circa Jun-69
TY523	50055	59023	50116		Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street¹
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street¹
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 06/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street¹
	50059	59004	50116		Noted 09/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street¹
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street²
TY527	50061	59027	50116		Noted 20/07/74 - on 1700 Birmingham NS-Lichfield City with TY503 50076 + 59003 + 50118 and TY504 50059 + 59004 + 50104
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 31/05/1975 - at Tyseley³
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 31/07/76 - in Birmingham New Street⁴
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 08/09/76 - at Tyseley⁴
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 23/07/77 - on 2F76 1715 Birmingham New Street-Leicester
TS523	50055	59023	50116		Noted circa 01/1978⁵
TY523	51492	59023	50116		Noted 12/05/79
TS523	50055	59023	50116		Listed at TS - 12/08/79
	50055	59023	50116		Noted 24/05/80
TS523	50055	59023	50116		Noted circa 01/1981⁵
TS523	50055	59023	50116		Noted circa 10/1981⁵
TS523	50055	59019	50116		Noted circa 05/1982⁵
TS523	50055	59019	50116		Listed at TS - Jan-83
	50055	59365	50116		Noted circa 04/1983⁵
TS523	53055	59641	53116		Noted circa 02/1984⁵
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Noted circa 06/1984⁵
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Noted 09/06/1984 - BR Ruddington Requiem Railtour 53190-59130-53857 + 53055-59611-53116 + 53318-59114-53328
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Noted circa 10/1984⁵
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Noted circa 01/1985⁵
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Listed at TS - May-85
	53055	59611	53116		Noted 13/07/85 - at Norwich⁴
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Noted circa 11/1985⁵
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Noted 01/06/1986 - Coalville Depot open day shuttles to and from Leicester TS611+TS615
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich⁴
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 4 car set with TS053⁶
TS611	53055	59611	53116		Noted circa 06/1987⁵
T611	53055	59611	53116		Listed at TS - Jul-87
T418	51880	59611	59643	53116	Formation change - TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59611, 59643, 53116 added
T418	51880	59643	59611	53116	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T418	51880	59643	59611	53116	Noted 02/07/88 - at Norwich⁴
T418	51880	59611	59643	53116	Noted circa 05/1989⁵
T418	51880	59643	59611	53116	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Noted circa 10/1989⁵
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot²
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 12/1990⁵
T412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 03/1991⁵
L412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted 19/03/91 - in Banbury area⁷
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - Jul-91
spare	53116				Listed at TS - Aug-91
T412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 09/1991⁵
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - Dec-91
T412	51884	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T412	51877	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 09/1992⁵
T412	51877	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - 24/09/92
	51860	53116			Noted 30/10/92 - on 19:45 Lichfield - Redditch⁸
T412	51868	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - November 1992
T412	51860	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - 10/12/92
	51860	53116			Noted 10/12/92 - on 17:06 Birmingham New Street - Redditch⁸
T256	51860	53116			Listed at TS - November 1993
	51144	53055	53116		Noted 09/08/94 - on 11:12 Nottingham to Birmingham New Street

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Aaron Calder
8: David Bellamy

Images:

15th June 1961

Two Derby suburban triple DMUs are seen at Knowle & Dorridge with a Wellington service on 15 June 1961. Michael Mensing.

1966

A Derby suburban triple set in 1966. M50116 is closest, probably at Tyseley depot the only depot it was ever allocated to. Walter Burt Collection.

circa April/May 1977

Set number: TY523

Class 116 set TY523 (presumably 50116 + 59023 + 50055) seen departing from Chester Road (Birmingham) circa April/May 1977. Michael Mensing.

19th May 1984

This Tyseley based class 116 DMU set had arrived at Hastings as a 2x3-car formation running as special 1Z36 having originated at Bicester and been chartred by Chiltern Trains for a day excursion to the Sussex Seaside on May 19, 1984. With the direct route via Tunbridge Wells still gauge restricted at this time the special had run via Ashford to terminate at Hastings. The empty stock is seen berthed in what used to be called the Brighton Siding adjacent to platform 1 which was still a through loop rather than bay platform back then, both tracks having now been removed at this end. Adrian Nicholls.

10th June 1985

Set number: TS611

Class 116 set TS611 (53116 presumably with 59611 + 53055) with an afternoon Birmingham Moor St - Stratford Upon Avon service waiting time at Small Heath on Monday 10th June 1985. Colin Brooks.

31st August 1985

Set number: TS611

Set TS611, headed by DMS 53116 (presumably with 59611 and 53055), all in an experimental WMPTE, (WM) livery, on the last few yards of its journey into Hereford, past the yard, with a passenger service from the Worcester direction. 31st August 1985. John Crooks.

7th September 1985

Set number: TS611

On 7 September 1985, a derailment at Carnforth led to severe delays to trains between Scotland and England, resulting in this 6-car dmu formation running in the path of a the Glasgow / Dundee - Poole service between Birmingham and Reading. Seen at Oxford, closest is the distinct Class 116 set TS611 (53116/59611/53055). On the rear appears to be a 116/101/116 hybrid. On the right is a Class 121 bubble. Robert28194.

14th September 1985

Set number: TS611

A pair of Tyseley Class 116s (led by 53116 with its non-standard front end livery) pass Malago Vale with a summer Saturday service from Weston-super-Mare to Birmingham New Street. 14 September 1985. Mike Dean.

26th December 1985

Set number: TS611

Class 116 DMS 53116, set number T611, is seen in its distinctive livery at Tyseley on 26.12.1985. Andy Cole.

3rd July 1986

Set number: TS611

One of my favourite morning shots at Stratford-upon-Avon was this taken with the bracket signal prominent in the picture. The DMU is Tyseley set 611 (53116/59611/53055) which stood out amongst the other becauses of a slightly different paint job on the front window surround and the West Midlands PTE logo on the yellow front end. The date was 3 July 1986 with the unit was arriving at Stratford-upon-Avon forming the 06.20 from Birmingham Moor Street. Peter Tandy.

12th July 1986

Set number: TS611

The unusually liveried class 116 DMS 53116 at the head of set TS611 formed with class 127 TSL 59611 and class 116 DMBS 53055, at Birmingham New Street on 12/Jul/1986. I recall that 53055 at the other end of the set was painted to match and I wondered at the time whether on one or other driving car the livery was inspired by a mistake in the grey band being taken too far beyond the saloon windows and then taken complete with white lining round the cab ends to make the best of a bad job. Having said that, the black cab window surrounds and the fact that the sides of every car and the cab ends were emblazoned with 'WM' logos probably suggests that it was a deliberate attempt at a special livery. Robert Chilton.

6th September 1986

Class 116 units M53116 + M59611 + M53055 / M53837 + M59604 + M53919 at Tapton Junction, Chesterfield on the 6th September 1986 with a Birmingham New Street-Sheffield football excursion. Kevin Law.

18th July 1987

A Class 116 / 127 hybrid set (53116 + 59611 + 53055) working a Leicester - Scarborough service at Rotherham Masborough on 18 July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th September 1990

Set number: T412

Droitwich Spa on 28 September 1990 - Tyseley-based set TS412 is approaching working the 12.00 Birmingham New Street-Great Malvern. I recorded the power cars as 53116 (leading) and 51867. Lewis Bevan.

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.

23rd January 1993

Set number: T412

T412 (53116 + 59446 + 59591 + 51860) at Redditch, having arrived as the 09:36 ex-New St, and about to form the 10:23 to New St. Note the wiring which was near to completion, spelling the end of most Tyseley DMU’s. 23rd January 1993. Gazza Prescott.

10th April 1993

Set number: T412

53116 at the rear of set T412, after arrival at New St as the 11.25 from Longbridge on 10/4/93. The set would reverse and then form the 12.06 to Redditch. On this day the other cars in the set were 59591, 59446 and 51860. At this time 53116 was approaching 36 years of service and would go on to achieve another two, all at Tyseley. Leonard Rogers.

10th April 1993

Set number: T412

53116 at the rear of set T412 (51860/59591/59446/53116) leaves University station, Birmingham, on the 12.53 Redditch - New St on 10/4/93. Leonard Rogers.

2nd May 1993

Set number: T412

Run in conjunction with Worcester Rail Day, 20066/20138 were photographed at Hereford on 2 May 1993 on one of a series of "mini-tours" which used DMU sets T404 + T412 as the hauled stock. They had set off from Birmingham New St, and, after visiting the Open Day at Worcester, tour participants had a choice from a return trip to Gloucester, then two return trips to Hereford, before the return to Birmingham. Lewis Bevan.

22nd July 1993

Class 116 DMS 53116 is seen at Derby when operating as a three car driving motor set on 22.07.1993. Tyseley were just banging any available working cars together at this point to make up scratch sets. Andy Cole.

22nd May 1994

Set number: 256

Tyseley set 256 is formed 53116 and 51860 (a 116/115 hybrid) and has spare vehicle 51151 added when seen at Worcester on the 22nd May 1994. Hamish Stevenson.

17th September 1994

Set number: 117332

By September 1994 any diesel-mechanical unit from the first generation classes were quite unusual on the main line so I was to take a good sunny shot of Tyseley's 117332 passing Catholme, near Wychnor Junction, on the 17th of that month. The depot was really scratching about for serviceable units by this time and the vehicles are believed to be 53116 attached to 53055 + 51144 (all 116s despite the set number). This was an ECS move which was probably on its way to Tyseley from Derby after some attention not possible at the Birmingham facility. Peter Tandy.

26th December 1994

Set number: 117332

Class 116 DMS 53116, set number 117332, is seen near the end of first generation use at Tyseley on 26.12.1994. At this time Tyseley were just banging any serviceable DMU's together to make scratch sets. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: late 1973

Set number: TY523

DMBS M50055 leads Class 116 set TY523 (presumably with 59023 + 50116) and another set at Old Hill station heading for Lichfield City in late 1973. Michael Mensing.

Date: 7th August 1982

Set number: 523

Class 116 DMBS M50055 formed with refurbished TS, possibly 59019, and DMS M50116 of Tyseley set 523 at Redditch, Saturday 7th August 1982. Visible in the background is 56 003 waiting to continue the 'Grid Iron Grice' railtour back to London Bridge Iain Reid.

Date: 7th August 1982

Set number: TS523

The Grid Iron Grice railtour of August 1982 offered the novelty of class 56 haulage from the Southern Region for a tour of the West Midlands on 7 August 1982. 56 003 has backed onto the rear of the train at Redditch, as one of Tyseley’s mixed up class 116 sets (TS523, M50055 and possibly M59019 + M50116) arrives and has to use the adjacent platform. Murray Liston.

Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS600

The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake (GCR) on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857 / 53055 + 59611 + 53116 / 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Mel Smith.

Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS600

The Ruddington Requiem railtour at Lawfield on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857, 53055 + 59611 + 53116, 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Chris Lings.

Date: 4th May 1985

A mixed DMU formation with "WM" branding, led by a Class 122 "Bubble Car" approaches Warwick on a working to Leamington Spa on 4th May 1985. While the bubble is unknown, the Class 116 is easily identifiable as set TS611 (53055 + 59611 + 53116). Bob Belcher.

Date: 7th September 1985

A Birmingham - Reading DMU (one set formed of class 116 and 101 vehicles, the far set is TS611 presumably 53055 + 59611 + 53116) running in the path of a heavily delayed service from Scotland to the South Coast pauses at Oxford. 7th September 1985. Robert28194.

Date: 1st June 1986

Set number: TS611

TS611 (53055 presumably with 59611 + 53116) in it's unusual livery seen at Coalville depot on the 1st June 1986 when it was working shuttles to Leicester and Burton-on-Trent for the open day. Chris Lings.

Date: 14th June 1986

Set number: TS611

In the summer of 1986 there was a dated train between Birmingham New Street and Barry Island. Two 3 car class 116s from Tyseley were used for this service and on 14 June 1986 the leading set (TS 611, 53055 + 59611 + 53116), pictured at Longbridge, was one of the sets with a slightly modified paint job on the front end. It's amazing what a difference a few brush strokes makes to the appearance of an otherwise standard unit. I suspect that the passenger accomodation for this long journey was a sight more comfortable in 1986 than would be provided in 2020 for an equivalent trip. Peter Tandy.

Date: 19th September 1987

Set number: TS611

Taken on 19/9/87 at Birmingham Moor Street, a week before closure of the terminal platforms, class 116 set TS611 (53055 and presumably 59611 + 53116) waits to leave for Dorridge. The platforms reopened in 2010 and the station is now the 2nd busiest in Birmingham and arguably the best!! Stephen Burdett.

Date: 10th April 1993

Set number: T412

51860 at the head of set T412 (51860/59591/59446/53116) leaves University station, Birmingham, on the 12.53 Redditch - New St on 10/4/93. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. The first of four shots was taken as train slowed for the junction at Stoke Prior before it turned onto the single line to Droitwich and Worcester. Peter Tandy.

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. The second of four shots was taken after a quick drive down to Ashchurch with a couple of minutes to spare. It is interesting to note that the trees on the up side of the line were still quite small in 1993. They subsequently grew very tall and were felled in 2004. Peter Tandy.

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. There was plenty of time to run over to Stoke Edith, on the Worcester - Hereford line, to obtain the third of four shots. The sun still co-operated for this pleasantly rural view. Peter Tandy.

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. This was the final shot of four of the tour - no longer in full sun which infuriated some of the more vocal enthusiasts - but still quite an acceptable shot. It is the classic view at Stoke Edith which I expect is now so overgrown as to be unusable. Peter Tandy.

Date: 6th July 1993

The interior of cl.115 DMBS no. 51860. It is leading set T412, which, on this day, was composed of 51860/59751/59517/53116, forming the 16.50 B'ham New St - Longbridge on 6/7/93. The train is seen between Selly Oak and Bournville and is about to pass the late-running 13.04 Plymouth - Leeds HST led by 43086. Leonard Rogers.

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