Vehicle 50827 / 53827
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
| Nov-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) | |
| Nov-66 | On loan to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| Dec-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) | |
| 15/07/85 | Stored U. | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 07/08/85 | Reinstated | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 18/10/85 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 22/12/85 | Reinstated | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Feb-86 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Aug-86 | Reinstated | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 08/04/91 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50827 - original number
53827 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 20/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50827 | 59335 | 50880 | As delivered to WR - November 1957 | ||||||
| CAT314 | 50827 | 50880 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50906 | Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge2 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50906 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50883 | Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50883 | Noted 09/02/1975 - at Kings Cross 3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59366 | 51299 | Noted 17/03/75 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50906 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Kings Cross1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50906 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59343 | 50880 | Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted 26/08/77 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50883 | Noted 29/10/1977 - Kings Cross4 | ||||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59020 | 50880 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59361 | 50880 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS520 | 53827 | 59361 | 53880 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS609 | 53827 | 59533 | 53880 | Noted circa 02/19845 | |||||
| TS609 | 53827 | 59533 | 53880 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| TS606 | 53827 | 59602 | 53124 | Noted circa 01/19875 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59756 | 53844 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59756 | 53844 | Noted 26/07/87 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 53827 | 59617 | 53082 | Noted circa 09/1987 - 53827 marked "T335", 53082 marked "T333"5 | ||||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59674 | 53844 | Noted circa 01/19885 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59674 | 53844 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59674 | 53844 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59674 | 53844 | Noted 25/06/88 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59674 | 53844 | Noted 27th March 1989 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59674 | 53844 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59674 | 53844 | Noted circa 10/19895 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59674 | 53844 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T335 | 53827 | 59674 | 53844 | Noted 27/01/90 - on 12:52 Birmingham Snow Hill - Dorridge | |||||
| T031 | 53827 | 53245 | Noted circa 05/19905 | ||||||
| T031 | 53827 | 53245 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||||
| T031 | 53827 | 53644 | Noted circa 10/19905 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
20th August 1987
Set number: T335
A class 116 set, led by 53827, makes a smoky exit from Birmingham Moor Street with the 17.02 to Leamington Spa on 20 August 1987. Robert28194.
July 1988
Set number: T335
BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.T335 (presumably 53827 + 59674 + 53844) at Birmingham New St. on a service from Worcester Shrub Hill via Stourbridge Jct, 07/88. Hugh Llewelyn.
1989
Set number: T335
Tyseley allocated class 116 set T335 comprising vehicles 53827, 59674 and 53844 seen calling at Droitwich in 1989 with a service from Birmingham to Worcester. Bob Belcher.
4th December 1990
Set number: T031
Class 116 / 108 hybrid T031 (53827 + 53644) in the bay at Manchester Oxford Rd, having arrived as the 14:00 ex-Warrington Central on the 4th December 1990. Gazza Prescott.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 20th April 1985
Set number: TS609
An excursion from Walsall - Barmouth is seen at Tywyn on the 20th April 1985. It was a six-can formation, a 116/Met-Camm/116 hybrid (presumably 53880 + 59533 + 53827) and three-car Class 116. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 25th June 1988
Set number: T410
Class 116/115/127 Set T410 53124 + 59713 + 59602 + 51862 and 53827 + 59674 + 53844 on the 09.55 Birmingham to Yarmouth seen near Ely West Junction on 25th June 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 27th January 1990
Set number: T335
T335 (53844 + M59674 + 53827) is seen at Tyseley with the 12:52 Birmingham Snow Hill - Dorridge service on January 27th, 1990. Hamish Stevenson.