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Vehicle 50120 / 53120

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
13/05/88	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50120 - original number
53120 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 12/11/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50078	59028	50120	As delivered to WR - August 1957
303	50070	59003	50120	Noted Aug-60¹
	50077	59013	50120	Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street²
TY513	50077	59013	50120	Noted circa Jun-69
	50077	59013	50120	Noted 28/09/1969 - Tyseley open day³
TY513	50077	59013	50120	Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	50077	59013	50120	Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street⁴
	50077	59358	50120	Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street²
TY513	50077	59013	50120	Noted 12/06/76 - at Small Heath⁵
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Noted circa 01/1978⁶
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Noted 01/07/1978 - Birmingham New Street³
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley³
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot³
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Noted 09/09/1980 - at Newport³
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Noted circa 01/1981⁶
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Noted circa 10/1981⁶
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Noted circa 05/1982⁶
TS513	50077	59013	50120	Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS513	53077	59013	53120	Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS513	53077	59013	53120	Noted circa 09/1983⁶
TS513	53077	59376	53120	Noted circa 10/1983⁶
TS513	53077	59013	53120	Noted 07/10/1983 - at Birmingham New Street³
TS513	53077	59622	53120	Noted circa 03/1984⁶
TS513	53077	59735	53120	Noted circa 10/1984⁶
TS513	53077	59735	53120	Noted circa 03/1985⁶
TS513	53077	59442	53120	Noted circa 05/1985⁶
TS513	53077	59442	53120	Noted circa 11/1985⁶
TS513	53077	59603	53120	Noted 14/02/1986⁶
TS513	53077	54284	53120	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS513	53077	54284	53120	Noted circa 06/1986⁶
TS513	53077	54284	53120	Noted 19/07/86 - at Norwich⁵
TS513	53077	59650	53120	Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street⁷
TS513	53077	59650	53120	Noted circa 06/1987⁶
T513	53077	59650	53120	Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS513	53077	59650	53120	Noted 24/07/1987⁶

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

Images:

August 1962

Set number: 313

DMS M50120 leads Tyseley set 313 at Madeley Junction in August 1962. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at between Tyseley and Acocks Green

late 1962

Set number: 313

In late 1962 Derby suburban set 313 is seen between Tyseley and Acocks Green, led by DMS W50120. Michael Mensing.

mid-1974

Set number: TY513

In mid-1974 Class 116 set TY513 (50120 at the front, presumably with 59013 + 50077) leads a Swindon Cross-Country set at Wylde Green heading for Lichfield City. Michael Mensing.

22nd May 1976

Set number: TS513

Class 116 DMU set TS513 (presumably 50120 + 59013 + 50077) with a Class 120 on the rear seen in Smethwick West station on 22 May 1976. Michael Mensing.

20th April 1980

Set number: TS513

Nuneaton 20 April 1980. Despite having "Special" as a destination, this three-car class 116 diesel set is heading to a fairly normal destination in the form of Coventry. The formation of set TS513 at this time was 50120/59013/50077, a formation it held from 1969 to 1983. Jeremy Chapter.

13th March 1982

A Class 116 with DMS M50120 has completed it's work on the Cross-City line and is crossing Garrison Street on the way back to Tyseley on 13 March 1982. The picture is of Wolseley Street near the junction with Garrison Street in Bordesley Birmingham. The scene is one of inner city change, old streets are being demolished in favour of new development. Tightly packed tunnel and back and back-to-back houses that were built in Victorian times to house factory workers near to their place of employment are being replaced by more spacious semi-detached and town houses with central heating and better insulation. Geoff Dowling.

3rd August 1985

Set number: TS513

The non-too common sight of a Tyseley allocated Derby built Class 116 Suburban three-car DMU (M53120, M59442 & M53077) at Bamber Bridge with a Colne to Preston service on August 3rd 1985. With its Tyseley Depot board in the cab window (TS513), it would appear that the unit had been temporarily allocated to Newton Heath Depot to cover a shortage of DMU sets. Martyn Hilbert.

14th June 1986

Set number: TS513

Longbridge station on 14 June 1986 has on the right 53120 leading away from the station on the Cross City Line to Lichfield City. The Class 121 DTS in use as a centre car is presumably 54284, the Class 116 DMBS on the rear should be 53077, these forming set TS513. A sister unit is in the down platform with a train for Redditch, the other end of the line. Peter Tandy.

23rd April 1987

Set number: TS513

Class 116 set TS513 enters Birmingham New Street on 23 April 1987. DMS M53120 leads. Steve Jones.

5th May 1987

M53120 (with 59650 + 53077) at Birmingham New Street on 05/05/87, Steve Jones.

7th September 1987

Set number: TS513

Class 116/115/116 set T513 (presumably 53120 + 59650 + 53077) runs past Stratford-upon-Avon East signalbox on 7 September 1987. The train was working the 14.10 to the terminus from Birmingham Moor Street. Peter Tandy.

29th June 1988

Set number: TS513

This picture was taken on 29 June 1988 when I was scoping out a few locations for shots of steam workings on a weekend of intensive specials between Tyseley and Stratford-upon-Avon. The train is a Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford formed of class 116 TS513 (presumably 53120 + 59650 + 53077 - although their withdrawal pre-date the image!). Henley station can just be made out in the background and it appears that the leading cab of the unit has taken a bit of a clout in the recent past. Peter Tandy.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 23rd September 1978

Set number: TS513

A class 116 dmu (set TS513, presumably 50077 + 59013 + 50120) rattles over the junction at Water Orton with a Derby to Birmingham New Street service 23/9/1978. Hams Hall power station dominates. Stephen Burdett.

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