Vehicle 50824 / 53824
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: 30363
Diagram: 553
Allocations
| Dec-57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Oct-64 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| 4w/e 03/12/66 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 14/07/68 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 06/02/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 20/11/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 12/06/88 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) | - possibly in April? |
Notes
early Dec-87 - Chester driver training set 53824 + 53906 was noted as being occasionally used for parcel work (RO 2/88 p54)
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50824 - original number
53824 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 08/01/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50824 | 59332 | 50877 | As delivered to WR - December 1957 | ||||||
| CAT308 | 50824 | 50877 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50824 | 59332 | 50877 | Transfer to 84A - Oct-64 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted circa May-68 - in blue livery | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50883 | Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50877 | Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50880 | Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 05/1975 - at Kings Cross 3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50883 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50883 | Noted 18/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds on the out and back from Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50824 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1 | ||||||||
| 50824 | Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1 | ||||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50906 | Noted 27/01/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50906 | Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59343 | 50906 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59716 | 50906 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59741 | 50906 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59741 | 50906 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59741 | 53906 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59741 | 53906 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 12/19844 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted circa 03/19864 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street5 | |||||
| TS517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Noted 18/06/19874 | |||||
| T517 | 53824 | 59640 | 53906 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| 53824 | 54091 | Listed at CH - circa Apr-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th April 1987
A Class 116 formed of 53906 + 59640 + 53824 arrives into Birmingham New Street on April 28, 1987, past 86 241 'Glenfiddich'. Steve Jones.