Vehicle 50841 / 53841
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
| w/e 31/01/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 04/08/68 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 23/04/77 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Nov-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| p/e 12/05/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50841 - original number
53841 - from Jan-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50841 | 59349 | 50894 | As delivered to 88A - w/e 31/01/58 | ||||||
| CAT325 | 50841 | 50894 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50841 | 59354 | 50881 | Noted 14/02/72 - on Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50841 | 59367 | 50894 | Noted 20/07/75 - at Manningtree1 | ||||||
| 50841 | 59367 | 50899 | Noted 11/07/76 - on Colchester depot1 | ||||||
| 50841 | 59354 | 50899 | Transfer to HN - 23/04/77 | ||||||
| 167 | 50841 | 59349 | 50894 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 165 | 50841 | 59345 | 50873 | Noted 22/06/80 - at Hamilton | |||||
| 393 | 50841 | 59331 | 50877 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 50841 | 59330 | 50870 | Noted 7th November 1981 | ||||||
| 116393 | 50841 | 59331 | 50877 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 116393 | 53841 | 59337 | 53879 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 116393 | 53841 | 59331 | 53748 | Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED | |||||
| 116393 | 53841 | 59331 | 53748 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 53841 | 59559 | 53892 | Noted circa 02/19862 | ||||||
| 53841 | Listed at ScR - Summer 1986 - Also in ScR stock but not listed by RMEE, out of service believed withdrawn |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
8th August 1974
A Class 116 DMU in North Woolwich station on 8 August 1974. The DMBS appears to be E50841. Stuart Mackay Collection.
17th September 1985
Set number: 116393
Class 116+101 combination with an Ayr-Glasgow Central service at Lochwinnoch on the 17th September 1985. Leading is set 116393 formed Sc53841 + Sc59331 + Sc53892. Kevin Law.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 22nd June 1980
Set number: 165
Class 116 vehicles 50873 59345 50841 at Hamilton on 22nd June 1980. It has set number 165 on a board in the left cab window. Jerry Glover.