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Vehicle 50837 / 53837

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

4w/e 22/02/58	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
Oct-66	On loan to	2A (Tyseley)
2w/e 12/11/66	Transferred to	2A (Tyseley)
May-73	Depot code change	TS
14/10/85	Stored U.	TS (Tyseley)
by Feb-86	Reinstated	TS (Tyseley)
01/10/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PCHX
19/11/89	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
09/01/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PTSX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50837 - original number
53837 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 05/11/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50837	59345	50890	As delivered to 88A - February 1958
CAT327	50837	50890		Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
TY542	50837	59358	50890	Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	50837	59013	50890	Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street¹
TY542	50837	59358	50890	Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot²
	50837	59358	50890	Noted 22/03/1976 - 16:02 Birmingham New Street to Stourbridge Junction³
TS542	50837	59358	50890	Noted circa 01/1978⁴
TS542	50837	59358	50890	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS542	50837	59358	50890	Noted circa 01/1981⁴
TS542	50837	59358	50890	Noted circa 10/1981⁴
TS542	50837	59735	50890	Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS542	50837	59735	50890	Noted circa 01/1983⁴
spare	53837			Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS542	53837	59735	53890	Noted circa 12/1983⁴
TS610	53837	59603	53890	Noted circa 04/1984⁴
TS610	53837	59603	53890	Noted circa 10/1984⁴
TS610	53837	59603	53890	Noted 14/02/1985⁴
TS610	53837	59603	53890	Listed at TS - May-85
TS610	53837	59129	53890	Noted circa 10/1985⁴
TS621	53837	59604	53919	Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86 - 53837 replaced 53866
TS621	53837	59604	53919	Noted circa 02/1986⁴
TS621	53837	59604	53919	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS621	53837	59604	53919	Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich²
TS621	53837	59604	53919	Noted 09/08/86 - at Norwich²
TS621	53837	59604	53919	Noted 16/05/87 - at Norwich²
T621	53837	59604	53919	Listed at TS - Jul-87
T340	53826	59719	53837	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
TS340	53837	59719	53826	Noted circa 05/1988⁴
	53826	59719	53837	Noted 23/07/88 - at Norwich²
T340	53826	59719	53837	Noted circa 05/1989⁴
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 depot⁵
T044	53837	51513		Listed at TS - mid May-90
T044	53837	53636		Noted circa 12/1990⁴
T044	53837	53636		Listed at TS - Jul-91
T044	53837	53636		Listed at TS - Aug-91
T044	53837	53636		Listed at TS - Dec-91
T044	53837	53636		Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T044	53837	53636		Listed at TS - 24/09/92

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

Images:

29th August 1986

Set number: TS621

This isn't the greatest shot of Smethwick West signal box but I was keen to have a few pictures of trains passing it as even in 1986 there were reports of its closure. This finally happened in 1990 when the line was resignalled. Here is my only picture of a DMU passing the box with T621 (presumably 53837 + 59604 + 53919) passing by on a Birmingham New Street to Great Malvern service on 29 August 1986. I once spoke to a relief signalman who worked the box on occasions and was told that the frame interlocking area had a large population of rats in residence and that the relatively isolated location made it a target for vandals from the surrounding area. Few signalmen mourned its passing. Peter Tandy.

22nd July 1987

Set number: TS621

Tyseley DMU set TS621 (53837 + 59604 + 53919) in Blaenau Ffestiniog station on 22 July 1987. Keith Miller.

February 1991

Set number: T044

Tyseley hybrid power-twin DMU T044 with class 116 DMBS 53837 and class 108 DMS 53636 leaves snow covered Shirley on a Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon service in February 1991 Chris Morrison.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 15th July 1984

Set number: TS610

A lengthy class 116 dmu passes High Wycombe on 15 July 1984, returning empty to Tyseley. It is believed to have worked to Welshpool the previous day. Leading is set TS610, presumably 53890 + 59603 + 53837. Robert28194.

Date: 6th September 1985

Set number: TS610

The 12.20 to Birmingham Moor Street awaits departure from Stratford-upon-Avon on 6 September 1985. It is formed of a Class 116/101/116 hybrid, M53890 is closest presumably with 59129 and 53837. Robert28194.

Date: 1986

Set number: TS621

A snowy day in Henley in Arden early in 1986 with a class 116 DMU departing towards Birmingham. Displaying set number TS621 in the cab window the vehicles are presumably 53919 + 59604 + 53837. Bob Belcher.

Date: 6th September 1986

Class 116 units M53116 + M59611 + M53055 / M53837 + M59604 + M53919 at Tapton Junction, Chesterfield on the 6th September 1986 with a Birmingham New Street-Sheffield football excursion. Kevin Law.

Date: 15th April 1987

Seen at Tyseley on 15 April 1987 are 53111 (withdrawn a few weeks later) + 593?? + 59604 + 53837 and 51661. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 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.

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