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Vehicle 50822 / 53822

Class 116

BR Diagram 553

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: 30363
Diagram: 553

Allocations

Nov-57 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 12/11/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
4w/e 31/12/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
circa Aug-82 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Nov-84 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Feb-86 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
11/05/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
20/02/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
10/06/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX - as spare
23/06/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX - as spare

Notes

19th November 1986 - Seen with roof ventilators removed

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50822 - original number
53822 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 27/08/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50822 59330 50875 As delivered to WR - November 1957
CAT302 50822 50875 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50822 59330 50875 Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/11/66 - from WR
50822 59330 50875 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 31/12/66
146 50822 59330 50875 Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69
146 50822 59330 50875 Listed at HN - Jul-70
50822 59330 50875 Noted 11/09/71 - at Motherwell1
146 50822 59330 50875 Listed at 66C - 1972
50822 59330 50875 Noted 25/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
50822 59330 50875 Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1
161 50822 59330 50876 Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set
387 50822 59330 50881 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
50822 59347 50889 Noted 25th August 1981
116387 50822 59330 50881 Listed at HN - 13/06/82
387 53822 59330 53881 Noted circa 11/19833
116387 53822 59330 53881 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
116387 53822 59330 53881 Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED
116387 53822 59330 53881 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
116387 53822 59330 53881 Transfer to ED - Feb-86 - from AY
116387 53822 59330 53881 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
387 53822 59330 53881 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
387 53822 59345 53881 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
53822 59345 53881 Noted 19th November 1986
116387 53822 59345 53881 Noted circa 02/19873
53822 59345 53881 Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with 53870-59653-538834
TS534 53822 59345 53881 Noted 18/06/19873
T534 53822 59345 53881 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted circa 10/19873
T326 53822 59668 53881 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted circa 05/19883
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted 20/08/88 - at Norwich5
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted circa 05/19893
T326 53822 59603 53881 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T326 53822 53881 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T326 53822 59668 53881 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted circa 12/19903
T326 53822 59668 53881 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T326 53822 59668 53881 Listed at TS - Aug-91
spare 53822 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T414 51880 59674 59641 53822 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51880 59641 59674 53822 Noted 14/12/916
53822 52042 Noted 05/02/92 - on 10:04 Gainsborough - Sleaford7
T034 53822 52042 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T061 53822 53645 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T061 53822 53645 Listed at TS - November 1992
T061 53822 53645 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
T061 53822 53645 Noted circa 01/19933

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
5: Gerald Brown
6: Graeme Phillips
7: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Queen Street

14th June 1959

W50822 at the north end of platform 1 of Cardiff Queen Street station on June 14, 1959. The negative was marked 'BBC party' which may explain all the waving. Image by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Glasgow Central

Unknown date

Set number: 116387

Mixed livery Class 116 DMU set 116387 departs from Glasgow Central circa early 1980s. Paul Redmond.

Class 116 DMU at Lochgreen Junction

7th November 1982

Set number: 387

A Class 116 dmu (50822 presumably leading with 59330 + 50881) northbound on the Troon avoiding line, Lochgreen Jn. on 07-11-82. Image by A.Wilson. This view shows a train probably an empty stock working avoiding Troon on the loop line. Lochgreen Junction with its signal box is in the background. This was the original main line and was superseded in 1892 when the loop was built, bringing the passenger station into the town. This avoiding line closed shortly after this, on 28-11-1982, in preparation for re-signalling and electrification. Gordon Thomson.

Class 116 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

July 1986

Set number: 116387

53822 / 116 387 displays the headboard carried on ScotRail shuttles that ran to Meadowbank during the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games 24th July - 2nd August 1986. Taken in the former platform 21 in Edinburgh Waverley. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 116 DMU at Meadowbank Stadium

26th July 1986

Set number: 116387

116387 (presumably 53822 + 59330 + 53881) arrives into Meadowbank Stadium station with a shuttle from Edinburgh Waverley on July 26th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 116 DMU at Glasgow Central

September 1986

Set number: 116387

116387 (presumably with 53822 leading) and 120521 at Glasgow Central in September 1986. Andrew McConnell.

Class 116 DMU at Glasgow Central

October 1986

Set number: 116387

A Class 116 heading out of Glasgow Central in October 1986. The mis-matched set number means the DMBS is 53822 / 116387. Andrew McConnell.

Class 116 DMU at Nottingham

19th May 1992

Set number: T034

DMU hybrid set bound for Skegness at Nottingham on May 19, 1992. Vehicle 53822 (class 116, closest) at the rear, Class 108 52042 at the front. Tyseley set T034. David Page.

Class 116 DMU at Lichfield TV

12th December 1992

Set number: T061

T061 (53822 + 53645) arrives into Lichfield TV on the 14:35 Coventry - Stoke, 12/12/92. Gazza Prescott.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: July 1986

Set number: 116387

116387 (presumably 53881 + 59330 + 53822) departs from Edinburgh Waverley with a Commonwealth Games shuttle to Meadowbank in July 1986. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: 9th August 1986

Set number: 116394

Two Class 116 DMUs - 116394 (53846 + 59345 + 59873) and 116387 (53881 + 59330 + 53822) arrive at Nitshill with the 18:15 Glasgow Central - Barrhead on 9 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 21st February 1987

Class 116 53873 is seen at Tyseley on 21.02.1987 having been transferred down from Scotland. It still carries Trans Clyde branding. Another ex-ScR vehicle 53822 is seen on the left. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 9th July 1988

Set number: T319

M51129, M59756, M51149 and M53822 seen at Ely North Junction with the 09.55 SO Birmingham New Street to Yarmouth on 9th July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 23rd March 1991

Set number: T326

230391 T326 53881 + 59668 + 53822 arrive at Droitwich Spa, bound for Great Malvern Jason Hall.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1991

Set number: T326

Class 116 DMU set T326 (53881 and presumably 59668 + 53822) at Nottingham with an additional to Skegness on 6 July 1991. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 1992

Set number: T061

This appears to be Class 108/116 hyrbid set T061 (53645 + 53822) arriving at Boston in 1992. David Page.

DMU

Date: 17th October 1992

Set number: T061

Class 108 set No. T061 (53645 and 53822) stands at Sheffield on 17 October 1992. Brian Creasey.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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