Vehicle 50123 / 53123
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
| w/e 05/10/57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 22/05/76 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| w/e 10/12/77 | Transferred to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 09/04/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Sep-87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | - Did this move happen? |
| 18/10/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 12/06/88 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
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:
50123 - original number
53123 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 24/10/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | As delivered to WR - w/e 05/10/57 | ||||||
| CAT306 | 50081 | 50123 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN306 | 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59350 | 50123 | Noted 16/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central 3 | ||||||
| C306 | 50081 | 59031 | 50123 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport4 | |||||
| T306 | 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Noted 16/05/1976 - 18.20 Chester-Man Vic with 50866/59374/509195 | |||||
| 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Noted 06/08/1976 - Seen at Southport6 | ||||||
| T306 | 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot4 | |||||
| 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Transfer to CW - w/e 10/12/77 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Transfer to TS - 4w/e 09/04/78 | ||||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59543 | 50123 | Noted 24/03/79 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59543 | 50123 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59623 | 50123 | Noted circa 01/19816 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59623 | 50123 | Noted circa 10/19816 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59617 | 50123 | Noted circa 05/19826 | |||||
| TS552 | 50081 | 59543 | 50123 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS552 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted circa 10/19836 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted circa 10/19846 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted circa 01/19856 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted 07/12/85 | ||||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59543 | 53123 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59120 | 53123 | Formation change - TS - circa Nov-86 - 59120 replaced 59543 | |||||
| TS353 | 53081 | 59120 | 53123 | Noted circa 02/19876 | |||||
| T353 | 53081 | 59120 | 53123 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Chris Moxon
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
11th August 1968
Derby suburban triple sets at Barry on 11 August 1968. The middle vehicle is recorded as W50123, it and its centre car are gangwayed. Stuart Mackay Collection.
16th May 1976
Set number: T306
Class 116 units on Chester depot, 16/5/76, they later formed the 18.20 Chester-Manchester Victoria. The vehicles were 50123 + 59486 (a Class 117 TCL) + 50081 coupled to 50866 + 59374 + 50919, which had just been transferred from Cardiff to Newton Heath, and for some reason the C on the set number has been replaced by a T. Anthony Griffiths.
circa 1977
A 3-car Class 116 set having just left Reddish North for Brinnington. Date unknown, probably mid-1970s and possibly 50123 leading, which was allocated to Newton Heath between 5/76 and 12/77. Peter Heppenstall.
10th August 1978
Set number: TS552
On August 10, 1978, hybrid Class 116/101 set TS552 (presumably 50123 + 59543 + 50081) leads another Class 116 set south of Erdington Station with the 5.59pm Longbridge - Lichfield City service. Michael Mensing.
5th March 1986
Set number: TS601
The original subject of this image was 56 048 arriving at Small Heath on 5 March 1986 to collect a train of scrap metal but the 2 DMU sets made the picture in retrospect. The train receding from the camera and going towards Birmingham Moor Street was a hybrid set of classes 116 and 101 (thought to be TS601, 53123 + 59543 + 53081) with a 122 attached and the furthest away a class 116 on its way to either Dorridge or Leamington Spa. Peter Tandy.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: September 1984
A 116/101/116 hybrid set, 53081/59543 and presumably 53123, at Chester circa September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 27th June 1985
Set number: TS601
A Class 116/101/116 hybrid at Chinley on 27 June 1985. It seems to be set TS601, 53081 leads presumably with 59543 + 53123. Chris Thorp.
Date: 1986
Set number: TS601
Class 116 / 101 DMU vehicles 53081 59543 53123 are unusual visitors to Doncaster station in 1986... an arrival from the Midlands would have been more likely to be a Class 114. Graeme Phillips Collection.