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Vehicle 50129 / 53129


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

Sep-57 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-61 Transferred to 88B (Cardiff Cathays)
Mar-62Depot code change88M
by Jun-62 Transferred to 83D (Laira)
Sep-63Depot code change84A
Jan-65 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
3w/e 08/07/78 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 07/10/78 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
06/09/87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
19/06/88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50129 - original number
53129 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 04/06/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50087 59037 50129 As delivered to WR - September 1957
CDF405 50087 59037 50129 Listed at - circa Sep-60
50087 59037 50129 Transfer to 86A - Jan-65
50087 59037 50129 Noted circa May-68 - in blue with full yellow ends
CTN411 50087 59037 50129 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50087 59037 50129 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
C303 50087 59037 50129 Noted 31/07/73 - at Cardiff
50087 59037 50129 Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central2
C303 50087 59037 50129 Noted 12/09/74 - on 2B46 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B468 + B553
C317 50087 59037 50129 Noted 26/08/75 - at Radyr3
C303 50087 59037 50129 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C303 50087 59037 50129 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3
50087 59037 50129 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff4
C303 50087 59037 50129 Noted 16/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5
C303 50087 59037 50129 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
50087 59037 50129 Transfer to CF - w/e 07/10/78
C303 50087 59037 50129 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C303 50087 59037 50129 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C303 53087 59037 53129 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C303 53087 59037 53129 Noted 26/04/19866
C303 53087 59037 53129 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C303 53087 59037 53129 Noted 30/04/87 - on 09:17 Treherbert to Barry Island5
C303 53087 59037 53129 Noted 05/05/87 - on 13:27 Cardiff to Ystrad Mynach
C303 53087 59037 53129 Listed at CF - Aug-87
C303 53087 59037 53129 Noted October 1987
53087 59037 53129 Noted circa 10/19876
N360 53832 59554 53129 Listed at NH - May-88

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

3rd August 1976

Set number: C303

Class 116 DMU set C303 (presumably 50129 + 59037 + 50087) in platform 7 at Bristol Temple Meads on 3 August 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Central

25th September 1979

Set number: C303

47195 & W50129 at Cardiff Central on 25/09/79. Steve Jones.

Class 116 DMU at Merthyr

4th March 1982

Set number: C303

Class 116 set C303 (50129 + 59037 + 50087) at Merthyr on the 4th March 1982. Chris Lings.

Class 116 DMU at Cogan

2nd April 1982

Set number: C303

Class 116 DMS W50129 seen on its way out of Cogan station on April 2nd 1982. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Cogan

2nd April 1982

Set number: C303

Class 116 set C303 (presumably 50129 + 59037 + 50087) departing from Cogan station on April 2nd 1982. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Pontypridd

29th December 1983

Set number: C303

Class 116 DMU set C303 (W53129 + W59037 + W53087) arrives into Pontypridd station with a service to Merthyr on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.

Class 116 DMU at Rhymney

24th June 1984

Set number: C303

Two Class 116 DMUs - C303 (presumably 53129 + 59037 + 53087) and probably C300 (53122 + 59030 + 53080) at Rhymney on 24 June 1984. This is thought to be a Branch Line Society railtour. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Tyseley

14th December 1985

Set number: C303

Class 116 set number C303 with 53129 closest (presumably with 59037 + 53087) is seen at Tyseley on 14.12.1985. It was based at Cardiff at the time, hence the Valley Train branding and the red dragon on the front. Andy Cole.

Class 116 DMU at Bargoed

1986

Set number: C303

Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53129 + 59037 + 53087) at Bargoed in 1986. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Ynyswen

29th July 1986

Set number: C303

Class 116 DMU set C303 (presumably 53129 + 59037 + 53087) arrives into Ynyswen station with a Treherbert to Barry Island service on 29 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Porth

1987

Set number: C303

Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53129 + 59037 + 53087) departs from Porth station in early 1987. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Severn Beach

1987

Set number: C303

Class 116 DMU set C303 (presumably 53129 + 59037 + 53087) seen in Severn Beach station circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.

Class 116 DMU at Abercynon

March 1987

Set number: C303

Class 116 set C303 (53129 closest, presumably with 59037 + 53087) south of Abercynon in March 1987. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Queen Street

12th July 1987

Set number: C303

Class 116 DMU set C303 (53129 closest) departs from Cardiff Queen Street with a northbound passenger service (15:30 ex-Central) on 12 July 1987. Robert Thomas.

Class 116 DMU at Manchester Victoria

1987

Manchester Victoria in 1987, and Class 116 W 53129 meets Sprinter set 150 253. Shayne Lewis.

Class 116 DMU at Woodley

17th October 1987

Still carrying its "W" prefixes class 116 W53129+W59037+W53087 approaches Woodley, Manchester on the 17th October 1987. Kevin Law.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th April 1973

Set number: C303

Sitting in Treorchy station is Class 116 DMU set C303 (presumably 50087 + 59037 + 50129) with a Treherbert-Barry Island service on 15 April 1973. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1978

Set number: P126

'Pressed Steel' Single railcar 55025 waits at St Erth with sevice for St Ives on 6th September 1978. It is coupled to a refurbished Class 116 set, W50129 visible. David Scott.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C303

Refurbished Class 116 set C303 (50087 closest, presumably with 59037 + 50129) on the rear of a formation at Cardiff Central in the late 1970s. John Law.

DMU

Date: unknown

Class 116 DMU set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) in Caerphilly station on 8 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 29th December 1983

Set number: C303

Class 116 DMU set C303 - W53087 + W59037 + W53129 in Merthyr station with a Penarth service on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 8th March 1985

Set number: C303

The 2.19pm Treherbert - Cardiff Central is seen south of Treforest on March 8, 1985. It is formed of Class 116 set C303, W53087 leads presumably with 59037 + 53129. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: C303

Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) in Bargoed station in 1986. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 11th April 1986

Set number: C303

Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) at Cardiff Central on 11 April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 11th October 1986

Set number: C303

Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) takes the Penarth branch at Cogan on 11 October 1986. Image by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: C303

Class 116 set C303 (presumably 53087 + 59037 + 53129) enters Porth station in early 1987. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1987

Still carrying its Western Region W prefix to its number, Class 116 Suburban Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) W53087 was passing Bamber Bridge with a Preston to Clitheroe special working on October 24th 1987 with W59037 and W53129. Through the offside cab window, someone with a Mayorial chain can be seen sitting in the front saloon behind the cab. The unit had previously been allocated to Cardiff Canton and had been transferred to Newton Heath in September 1987, at a time when there was much flux in the surviving members of the first generation DMU fleet to provide cover for errant class 142's, the better examples appearing in parts of the country that they had never previously worked, the situation being eased as the new BREL York Class 150/2 Sprinter fleet came into service. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 14th October 1988

53832 (front), 53051 (rear, top, with red star branding) and 53129 (rear, bottom) at Vic Berry's on 14/10/88. Ian Francis.