Vehicle 50850 / 53850
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 01/03/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jul-66 | On loan to | SR | |
| 4w/e 04/05/68 | Stored | ||
| Jun-68 | Reinstated | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 3w/e 03/08/68 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CW | |
| 4w/e 28/07/79 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 19/11/89 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 09/03/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50850 - original number
53850 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 05/12/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50850 | 59358 | 50903 | As delivered to 88A - w/e 01/03/58 | ||||||
| CAT335 | 50850 | 59365 | 50903 | Listed at CAT - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| CAT335 | 50850 | 50903 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50850 | 59365 | 50903 | Transfer to SR - Jul-66 - on loan | ||||||
| 50891 | 59348 | 50850 | Noted 11/11/1972 - Outer Circle Railtour 50849-59008-50114 + 50891-59348-50850 | ||||||
| 50850 | 50923 | 50114 | Noted 23/08/75 - at Kentish Town1 | ||||||
| 50073 | 59365 | 50850 | Noted 19/01/79 - on 13.03 Luton – St. Pancras2 | ||||||
| 50054 | 59365 | 50850 | 50891 | Noted 09/02/79 - on 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras2 | |||||
| TS558 | 50102 | 59020 | 50850 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - in works, en-route CW to TS | |||||
| TS558 | 50850 | 59020 | 50102 | Noted circa 01/19813 | |||||
| TS558 | 50850 | 59020 | 50102 | Noted circa 05/19823 | |||||
| TS558 | 50850 | 59020 | 50102 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS558 | 53850 | 59020 | 53102 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS558 | 53850 | 59594 | 53102 | Noted circa 09/19833 | |||||
| TS558 | 53850 | 59594 | 53102 | Noted circa 12/19833 | |||||
| TS615 | 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Noted circa 09/19843 | |||||
| TS615 | 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| TS615 | 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Noted circa 11/19853 | |||||
| 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:30 Leamington - Birmingham Moor Street service4 | ||||||
| TS615 | 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Noted 01/06/1986 - Coalville Depot open day shuttles to and from Leicester TS611+TS615 | |||||
| TS615 | 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS615 | 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Noted circa 02/19873 | |||||
| TS615 | 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Noted circa 06/19873 | |||||
| T615 | 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| 53850 | 59591 | 53102 | Noted 02/09/87 - on 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli | ||||||
| 53850 | 59670 | 53863 | Noted 11/12/87 - on 16:32 Birmingham New Street - Hereford4 | ||||||
| T339 | 53850 | 59597 | 53863 | Noted circa 01/19883 | |||||
| T339 | 53850 | 59670 | 53863 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T339 | 53850 | 59670 | 53863 | Noted 10/09/88 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| T339 | 53850 | 59670 | 53863 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| CH334 | 53054 | 59596 | 53850 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | |||||
| T334 | 53054 | 59596 | 53850 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| 53054 | 59596 | 53850 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot5 | ||||||
| T035 | 53850 | 51533 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||||
| T035 | 53850 | 51533 | Noted circa 05/19913 | ||||||
| T035 | 53850 | 51533 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
| T035 | 53850 | 51533 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
| T035 | 53850 | 51533 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
5th June 1986
Set number: TS615
Tyseley's class 116 T615 (presumably 53850 + 59591 + 53102) working a Birmingham New Street to Hereford service approaches the stop at Langley Green station on a dull and misty 5 June 1986 as 31 142 takes chlorine tanks from Allbright and Wilson's through the yard at Rood End to Bescot and eventually ICI Wilton. Peter Tandy.
15th April 1988
Set number: T339
Suburban set T339 (53850 + 59670 closest, presumably with 53863) at Birmingham New Street on 15/4/88. Sparegang.
6th May 1988
Set number: T339
Class 116 DMU W53850 stabled at Birmingham Snow Hill on 6 May 1988. Keith Long.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd September 1987
By September 1987 nearly all passenger trains on the Cambrian Coast were worked by Class 150 Sprinters, but this is a "heritage dmu" (formed 53102/59591/53850) crossing Barmouth Bridge on the 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli on 2 September 1987. Taken while I was waiting for "Manor" 7819 on a Barmouth - Machynllech working. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 27th March 1989
Set number: T339
Two suburban sets - the first Class 116 T339 (presumably 53863 + 59670 + 53850) - at Prestatyn on 27/03/1989 with a service heading for Llandudno. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 10th May 1990
Set number: T334
T334 (presumably 53054 59596 53850) at Derby on 10/5/90. Sparegang.
Date: circa 1991
Set number: T035
Class 101/116 hybrid T035 (presumably 51533 + 53850) in Nottingham platform 3. Date unknown, taken when the goods bridge was being demolished, circa 1991. David Page.
Date: 10th July 1991
Set number: T035
A Met-Camm DMU carrying set number T035 (presumably 51533 with Class 116 DMBS 53850) in Matlock station on 10 July 1991. Alan Grange.
Date: 19th August 1991
Set number: T035
51533 leads 53850 as set T035 waiting to leave Hereford with a Birmingham service on 19 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.