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Vehicle 50853 / 53853

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 22/03/58	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
11/08/68	Transferred to	30A (Stratford)
May 1973	Depot code change	SF
26/06/77	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
p/e 28/11/81	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
11/05/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
05/10/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50853 - original number
53853 - from 12/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Dec-86 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 18/06/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50853	59361	50906		As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/03/58
CAT341	50853	50906			Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
	50853	59354	50899		Noted 04/08/73 - at Ipswich¹
	50853	59354	50881		Noted 09/08/74 - on Colchester depot²
	50853	59367	50894		Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot³
	50853	59349	50881		Noted 23/08/75 - on Stratford depot²
	50853	59367	50881		Noted 12/09/76 - on Stratford depot³
	50570	59210	50543	50853	Noted 18/06/77 - on Stratford depot²
	50853	59367	50905		Noted 23/08/77 - on 09.04 Edinburgh – Glasgow Central via Shotts⁴
169	50853	59367	55007		Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set
395	50853	59367	50894		Listed at HN - 01/02/81
	53853	59367	53894		Noted circa 07/1983 - based at Stratford, formerly 116 395⁵
	53853	59367	53894		Noted 21/09/1985 - at Wickford - on Southminster service.⁶
	53853	59367	53894		Noted 22/03/1986 - in Stratford Works⁶
TS5xx	53853	59367	53894		Formation change - TS - 2w/e 15/05/86
TS609	53853	59603	53894		Noted circa 06/1986⁵
TS609	53853	59603	53894		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS609	53853	59603	53894		Noted 06/09/86 - at Norwich²
TS691	53853	59375	53894		Noted 17/06/1987⁵
T691	53853	59375	53894		Listed at TS - Jul-87
T337	53838	59751	53853		Formed at TS Aug-87
TS337	53838	59751	53853		Noted circa 08/1987⁵
T337	53838	59751	53853		Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T337	53838	59751	53853		Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T337	53838	59751	53853		Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T037	53853	51511			Listed at TS - mid May-90
T037	53853	51511			Noted circa 12/1990⁵
T037	53853	51511			Noted 30/03/1991 - At Chester.⁷
T037	53853	51511			Listed at TS - Jul-91
T037	53853	51511			Listed at TS - Aug-91
T037	53853	51511			Listed at TS - Dec-91
	53853	51511			Noted 12/06/92 - on 08:30 Stoke - Stafford⁸
T037	53853	51511			Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T037	53853	51511			Noted 01/08/92
spare	53853				Listed at TS - 24/09/92

Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Dave Warby
8: David Bellamy

Images:

Unknown date

Set number: 116395

With traces of old set number 167 showing through, set 116 395 (50853 59367 50894) is seen at Doncaster Works with GG Trans-Clyde branding. Class 101 car 50230 is on the left. Undated, possibly in 1981 when the set was transferred from Hamilton to Stratford. Jerry Glover.

Unknown date

A Class 116 at Stratford. No date, but DMBS E50853 closest was allocated to Stratford in the Rail Blue era from late 1982 till May 1986. Ian Docwra.

25th September 1986

Class 116 at Warwick on 25th September 1986. Ian Buck.

11th March 1989

Set number: T337

Class 116-115-116 3-car DMU set T337 53853 + 59751 + 53838 (DMBS + TCL + DMBS) arriving at Cardiff Queen Street from the valleys on 11-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

4th September 1990

Set number: T037

Class 116/101 hybrid set T037 at Nuneaton on September 4, 1990, 53853 closest, presumably with 51511. John Carter.

2nd January 1992

Set number: T037

T037 (53853 + 51511) arrives into Shrewsbury working the 13:47 Wolverhampton - Chester, 2/1/92. Gazza Prescott.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 22nd May 1976

On the 14.30 branch shuttle from Upminster entering Romford on May 22, 1976. According to my notes the formation was E50881, E59367 and E50853. Note the gent on the right in a fine pair of denim flares, and also the nameboard with white lettering on a blue background, which has escaped the British Rail corporate identity. Tom Burnham.

Date: 4th June 1986

Set number: TS609

Early in the morning of 4 June 1986, while waiting for the weedkiller with 47 013 to arrive I took this shot of a class 116 (TS609, presumably 53894 + 59603 (a 127) + 53853) leaving the siding to form the 06.30 to Birmingham with the driver Oliver, whose surname I forget, standing in the cab. At this time, Stratford was a signing-on and stabling point and if one was lucky a unit would have been put in this siding on the previous night. This piece of track was not regularly used and I was pleased to get this shot with the lower quadrant signal in the "off" position, even though the sun was not yet properly on the track. Peter Tandy.

Date: 29th August 1986

Set number: TS609

An interesting train on the North Warwickshire line to Birmingham in 1986 was the daily train booked to start at 08.13 from Henley-in-Arden which had arrived earlier and was routed into the bay platform; the only service so to do. This gave the rare opportunity to photograph a unit in the otherwise unused platform 3 and to take a picture with the signal in the clear position. I should like to have had a picture of the DMU nearer the signal but wanted to catch it for the onward journey. The train, formed of the usual class 116 3 car set on this occasions TS609 (presumably 53894 + 59603 (a 127) + 53853), is seen here on 29 August 1986 with the guard returning to his van in order to give the right of way to the driver. Peter Tandy.

Date: 26th September 1987

Set number: TS337

Last day at old Moor Street? Or was it? This class 116 unit (TS337, 53838 at the front presumably with 59751 + 53853) waits to depart for Leamington Spa from the old terminal platforms at Birmingham Moor Street on 26/9/1987 which was supposed to be their last day of use. The platform shown is still not in use but 23 years on the other 2 were reopened. Stephen Burdett.

Date: 1st December 1987

Set number: T337

Tyseley DMU set T337 (presumably 53838 + 59751 + 53853) in platform 4 of Birmingham Snow Hill on 1 December 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: July 1988

Set number: T337

BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.T337 (presumably 53838 + 59751 + 53853) departing Birmingham New St. on a service to Bournville, 07/88. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 3rd August 1988

Set number: T337

T337 was a set with two DMBSs. Only the closest one has the roof vents removed, identifying it as 53838. The other two vehicles are presumably 59751 + 53853. Seen at Skegness on the 3rd August 1988. David Page.

Date: 11th March 1989

Set number: T337

Class 116-115-116 3-car DMU set T337 53838 + 59751 + 53853 (DMBS + TCL + DMBS) arrived at Cardiff Queen Street on 11-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: 2nd July 1990

Set number: T037

Hybrid Tyseley DMU set T037, comprising a Class 101 DMS (presumably 51511) and Class 116 DMBS (presumably 53853), approaching Water Orton on 2nd July 1990. Paul James.

Date: 15th June 1991

Set number: T037

Class 101/116 hybrid DMU set T037 (51511 + 53853) seen at Weston Ryhn with a Chester service on 15 June 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 27th July 1991

Set number: T038

In the twilight of their years two hybrid class 101/116 DMU formation formed of vehicles 51808 + 53838 and 53853 + 51511 is seen running into Boston with the 10.17 Skegness to Nottingham stopping service on 27/07/91. Adrian Nicholls.

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