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Vehicle 50826 / 53826

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
Jul-64	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
2w/e 12/11/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
Dec-66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
Dec-66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-73	Depot code change	HN
2w/e 29/04/78	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
01/10/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PCHX
19/11/89	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
12/05/91	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
05/06/91	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) PLOX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50826 - original number
53826 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 11/05/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50826	59334	50879	As delivered to WR - December 1957
	50826	50879		Noted 30th March 1958
CAT309	50826	50879		Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
149	50826	59345	50879	Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69
149	50826	59345	50879	Listed at 66C - Jul-70
149	50826	59345	50879	Listed at 66C - 1972
	50826	59345	50879	Noted 29/06/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley¹
	50826	59345	50879	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central²
	50826	59345	50879	Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central³
	50826	59345	50876	Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central¹
	50826	59375	50867	Noted 04/04/1977 - 11:00 Glasgow Central to Edinburgh via Shotts⁴
	50826	59329	50879	Noted 13/08/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley³
TS555	50826	59360	50905	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS555	50826	59360	50905	Noted circa 01/1981⁵
TS555	50826	59360	50905	Noted circa 10/1981⁵
TS555	50826	59360	50905	Noted circa 05/1982⁵
TS555	50826	59360	50905	Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS555	53826	59360	53905	Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS555	53826	59360	53905	Noted circa 09/1983⁵
TS555	53826	59617	53905	Noted circa 03/1984⁵
TS555	53826	59617	53905	Noted 29/09/84 - on 10.45am Cheltenham Spa - Swindon
TS555	53826	59617	53905	Noted circa 10/1984⁵
TS555	53826	59617	53905	Noted circa 12/1984⁵
TS520	53826	59617	53905	Noted circa 03/1985 - Set number formerly TS555⁵
TS520	53826	59617	53905	Noted circa 10/1985⁵
TS520	53826	59617	53905	Noted circa 03/1986⁵
TS520	53826	59617	53905	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS520	53826	59617	53905	Noted 30/08/86 - at Norwich³
TS520	53826	59329	53905	Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with TS598⁶
	53826	59329	53905	Noted 31/05/1987 - Coalville Depot open day shuttle running to/from Leicester and Burton on Trent.
TS520	53826	59329	53905	Noted 18/06/1987⁵
T520	53826	59329	53905	Listed at TS - Jul-87
T340	53826	59719	53837	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
TS340	53837	59719	53826	Noted circa 05/1988⁵
	53826	59719	53837	Noted 23/07/88 - at Norwich³
T340	53826	59719	53837	Noted circa 05/1989⁵
T340	53826	59719	53837	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
CH340	53826	59719	53837	Listed at CH - 14/10/89
T340	53826	59719	53837	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	53826	59719	53837	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot²
T043	53826	53171		Listed at TS - mid May-90
T043	53826	53171		Noted circa 10/1990⁵
T043	53826	53171		Noted 30/03/1991 - At Llandudno Junction.⁷
T043	53826	53171		Noted 20/04/91 - at Manchester Piccadilly
LO643	53826	53171		Noted circa 05/1991⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Dave Warby

Images:

1978

Set number: TS534

Class 116 set TS534 at Bournville with a Redditch service in 1978, led by 50826. Michael Mensing.

1978

Set number: TS555

Tyseley Class 116 set TS555 heading away from Wilmcote station displaying Burton on Trent on the destination blind in 1978. The DMBS 50826 was a recent transfer from Hamilton and has the vehicle number prefix painted over, and there are signs of the former set number under the driver's window. Michael Mensing.

July 1978

Set number: TS534

A 116 set arrives into Stratford-upon-Avon in July 1978. The leading car, 50826, had recently been transferred to Tyseley from Hamilton, and is missing the region prefix on the number - unusual at the time - and carries a temporary set number. Michael Mensing.

9th June 1984

DMBS M53826 leads a Class 116 into the far platform while a Class 114 sits in the platform nearest. Nottingham 9 June 1984. Unfortunately there's a bit of camera shake here. It must have been the excitement of so many DMUs coming and going. We were on a leg stretching break on the Ruddington Requiem Railtour. Alistair Ness.

9th June 1984

A Class 116 DMU with M53826 closest departs from Nottingham on 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

9th June 1984

Class 116 M53826 in Nottingham station on 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

9th June 1984

Set number: TS555

Class 116/127 hybrid DMU set TS555 (M53826 + M59617 + M59305) in Nottingham station on 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

29th September 1984

Set number: TS555

The 10.45am Cheltenham Spa - Swindon service awaits departure from Gloucester station on 29th September 1984. Formed of Tyseley set TS555, containing Class 116 power cars 53826 and 53905 and Class 127 centre car 59617. Michael Mensing.

10th July 1987

Set number: TS520

M53826 is the DMBS on the rear of set TS520 seen departing from Warwick station on July 10, 1987. Malcolm Clements.

circa July 1988

Set number: T340

Tyseley based Class 116 DMU, unit T340 pulls into Henley in Arden from the Stratford direction in the summer of 1988. It is presumably formed 53826 + 59719 + 53837. Bob Belcher.

30th March 1991

Set number: T043

Class 116 DMBS 53826 from set T043 seen in Llandudno Junction station on 30 March 1991. Dave Warby.

20th April 1991

Set number: T043

T043 (53826 + 53171) on the blocks at Manchester Piccadilly, having arrived as the 08:47 ex-Chester via Northwich. (This diagram was booked a TS 2-car set for a year or two and produced some huge machines!). 20/4/91. Gazza Prescott.

15th June 1991

Class 116 DMBS M53826 at Snailwell on 15th June 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 4th September 1981

Set number: TS555

A London Midland Region publicity image (negative D9724/7) captioned "Three-car diesel multiple unit in West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive livery at Kings Norton on 4 September 1981." It is set TS555 with M50905 and presumably M59360 and M50826, originally a Cardiff then Hamilton set moving to Tyseley in 1978. British Rail.

Date: 29th September 1984

Set number: TS555

Tyseley set TS555 leaving Gloucester with the 10.45am Cheltenham Spa - Swindon service on 29th September 1984. It has Class 116 power cars 53905 and 53826, the centre car is Class 127 59617. Michael Mensing.

Date: 23rd December 1984

From left to right: Class 116 53826, Class 104 53439 and Class 105 54417. Seen at Leicester on the 23rd December 1984. Dennis Taylor.

Date: mid-1987

Set number: TS520

I am not able to date this photograph other than it was taken sometime in mid-1987 because the negative was in the folder for that year but without a corresponding entry in any notebook. The location is clearly Sutton Coldfield station and the class 116 set TS520 (presumably 53905 + 59329 + 53826) was leaving to cross through the heart of Birmingham on its way to Redditch in Worcestershire. The driver's side of the cab has received a bit of a clout, probably in the crowded Tyseley depot. Peter Tandy.

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