Vehicle 50851 / 53851
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) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 01/05/77 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 21/12/86 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Notes
1st May 1959 - W50851 and W50904 were noted in Southall.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50851 - original number
53851 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Dec-77 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 16/12/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58 | ||||||
| CAT351 | 50851 | 50904 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50851 | 59340 | 50124 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN331 | 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C331 | 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2 | |||||
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central3 | ||||||
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C331 | 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 14/01/76 - at Cardiff | |||||
| C331 | 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 24/04/76 - on 2C75 1030 Treherbert-Cardiff with C327 | |||||
| 50851 | 59504 | 50904 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50851 | 59504 | 50904 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central4 | ||||||
| C331 | 50851 | 59504 | 50904 | Noted 07/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads4 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 01/19825 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS508 | 53851 | 59376 | 53904 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS508 | 53851 | 59376 | 53904 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 12/19835 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 01/19855 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 06/19855 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 11/19855 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 06/19865 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
8th May 1980
50851 at Birmingham New Street on 08/05/80. Steve Jones.
5th September 1981
Set number: TS508
In refurbished white with blue stripe livery, a Derby built Class 116 three-car DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50851 leading (TS508 presumably also contains 59376 + 50904), was passing over Barnt Green Junction as it diverged from the former Midland Railway Birmingham to Bristol main line with a Four Oaks to Redditch service on September 5th 1981. The short Redditch branch is 4.73 Miles in length from its junction at Barnt Green. Martyn Hilbert.