Vehicle 50846 / 53846
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 01/02/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 19/05/68 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 26/06/77 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| p/e 29/01/83 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Nov-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 3w/e 17/02/86 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 20/02/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 06/12/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Notes
28th November 1986 - Seen with straight exhaust pipes (no silencers)
28th November 1986 - Seen with Trans-Clyde logos
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50846 - original number
53846 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50846 | 59354 | 50899 | As delivered to Cathays - w/e 01/02/58 | ||||||
| CAT326 | 50846 | 59354 | 50899 | Listed at CAT - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| CAT326 | 50846 | 50899 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50846 | 59354 | 50899 | Transfer to 30A - 19/05/68 - from WR | ||||||
| 50846 | 59367 | 50899 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50846 | 59349 | 50881 | Noted 14/10/72 - at Ipswich, 22:25 special to Liverpool Street for an orchestra, power cars blue but trailer still green2 | ||||||
| 50846 | 59367 | 50899 | Noted 21/07/74 - at Ipswich3 | ||||||
| 161 | 50846 | 59354 | 50894 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Hamilton3 | |||||
| 168 | 50846 | 59354 | 50899 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 394 | 50846 | 59345 | 50882 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 116394 | 50846 | 59345 | 50882 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59345 | 53892 | Noted circa 11/19834 | |||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59345 | 53882 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59345 | 53882 | Transfer to AY - circa Nov-84 - from ED | |||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59345 | 53882 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59345 | 53882 | Transfer to ED - Feb-86 - from AY | |||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59345 | 53882 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59345 | 53882 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59345 | 53873 | Noted 3rd July 1986 | |||||
| 394 | 53846 | 59345 | 53873 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53846 | 59345 | 53873 | Noted 9th August 1986 | ||||||
| 394 | 53846 | 59330 | 53873 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 53846 | 59330 | 53873 | Noted 28th November 1986 | ||||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59330 | 53873 | Noted circa 12/19864 | |||||
| TS535 | 53846 | 59719 | 53873 | Noted 17/06/19874 | |||||
| T535 | 53846 | 59719 | 53873 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
23rd January 1984
Set number: 116394
DMBS 53846 of set 116394 in Glasgow Central station on 23 January 1984. Andrew Malloy.
circa August 1985
Set number: 116394
116394 (presumably 53846 + 59345 + 53882) in Ayr station with a service for Glasgow Central. The slide process date was August 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
9th August 1986
Set number: 116394
Two Class 116 DMUs - 116394 (53846 + 59345 + 59873) and 116387 (53881 + 59330 + 53822) arrive at Nitshill with the 18:15 Glasgow Central - Barrhead on 9 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
24th September 1986
Set number: 116394
Set 116 394 (presumably SC53846 at the front) is seen in Irvine station on September 24, 1986, working the 13:00 Glasgow - Ayr service. Hamish Stevenson.
4th April 1987
Set number: TS535
Tyseley set TS535 at Redditch on 4 April 1987. The closest vehicles, DMBS 53846, had recently arrived from Scotland hence the painted over set number and shed sticker under the driver's cab window. Jonathan Hazan.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: August 1982
Set number: 116394
116 394 is seen departing Paisley Gilmour Street on a wet day in August 1982. It also carries set number 385 inside one of the cab windows on the rear vehicle (closest) which is presumably 50882 with 59345 + 50846. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 23rd February 1984
Set number: 116394
116 394 (presumably 53882 + 59345 + 53846) at East Kilbride on 23-2-84. Spannerman37025.
Date: circa 1985
Set number: 116394
Class 116 DMU set 116 394 (presumably 53882 + 59345 + 53846) in Ayr depot circa 1985. On the left is a Class 107 set that included centre car 59796. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 12th October 1985
Set number: 116394
Class 116 DMU, set 116 394 (53882 + 59345 + 53846) departing Glasgow Central, possibly on 12-10-85. Note the clocks on the platform to the left. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: circa late 1986
Set number: 116394
116 394 leaves Glasgow Central, 53873 on the rear, presumably with 59345 + 53846. circa late 1986. Andrew McConnell.
Date: circa late 1986
Set number: 116394
116 394 rolls into Platform 13 of Glasgow Central Station, led by 53873, presumably with 59345 + 53846. Circa late 1986. Andrew McConnell.