Vehicle 50854 / 53854
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) | |
| Jan-65 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | LA | |
| 2w/e 20/03/76 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | TS (Tyseley) PXXZ | |
| 11/06/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RDTS |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50854 - original number
53854 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
w/e 16/10/71 - Dual AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 23/05/1980 released in blue/grey livery - BR records show inter-vehicle gangways removed as part of refurbishment.Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50854 | 59362 | 50907 | As delivered to 88A - February 1958 | ||||||
| CAT334 | 50854 | 50907 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50854 | 59362 | 50907 | Transfer to 84A - Jan-65 | ||||||
| 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with small yellow panel | ||||||
| LA311 | 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | circa Feb-70 84A - Same formation, renumbered from LA309 | |||||
| 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 29/08/1970 - Worked 15.25 Ilfracombe to Exeter St Davids with 51329-59481-513141 | ||||||
| LA311 | 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Listed at Laira - circa May-71 | |||||
| P355 | 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth2 | |||||
| P355 | 50854 | 59372 | 50907 | Noted 06/07/1973 - at Exeter2 | |||||
| 50854 | 59372 | 50907 | Noted 08/07/1973 - at Laira depot2 | ||||||
| P355 | 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 02/09/74 - at Exeter3 | |||||
| P355 | 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 11/07/75 - on 13:50 St. Ives - St Erth | |||||
| 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 30/04/1976 - at Birmingham 4 | ||||||
| 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon3 | ||||||
| 50854 | 56296 | 50907 | Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| TS544 | 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted circa 01/19781 | |||||
| 50854 | 56296 | 50907 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| TS544 | 50854 | 59192 | 50907 | Noted 16/04/1978 - Seen at Leamington Spa1 | |||||
| C310 | 50854 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| 50854 | 59192 | 50907 | Noted 01/08/79 - at Norwich, 59192 still with E prefix3 | ||||||
| TS544 | 50854 | 59192 | 50907 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS544 | 50854 | 59192 | 50907 | Noted circa 01/19811 | |||||
| TS544 | 50854 | 59336 | 50907 | Noted circa 10/19811 | |||||
| TS544 | 50854 | 59336 | 50907 | Noted circa 05/19821 | |||||
| TS544 | 50854 | 59336 | 50907 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS544 | 53854 | 59336 | 53907 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS544 | 53854 | 59604 | 53907 | Noted circa 09/19831 | |||||
| TS544 | 53854 | 59604 | 53907 | Noted circa 11/19831 | |||||
| TS619 | 53854 | 59598 | 53907 | Noted circa 11/19841 | |||||
| TS619 | 53854 | 59518 | 53907 | Noted 01/02/85 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| TS619 | 53854 | 59592 | 53907 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| TS619 | 53854 | 59592 | 53907 | Noted circa 05/19851 | |||||
| 53854 | 59592 | 53907 | Noted 08/01/86 - on 13:10 Birmingham Moor Street - Stratford-on-Avon service6 | ||||||
| TS619 | 53854 | 59592 | 53907 | Noted circa 02/19861 | |||||
| 53854 | 59592 | 53907 | Noted 14/03/86 - on 14:25 Birmingham Moor Street - Leamington6 | ||||||
| TS619 | 53854 | 59592 | 53907 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS619 | 53854 | 59592 | 53907 | Noted 29/07/1986 - at Kidderminster7 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59528 | 53907 | Noted circa 06/19871 | |||||
| 53854 | 59528 | 53907 | Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59528 | 53907 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Formation change - TS - Aug-87 - 59723 replaced 59528 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Noted 31/10/19871 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Noted 09/07/88 - on 10:05 Nottingham - Derby | ||||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2 | ||||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Noted 29/06/90 - on 08:32 Lichfield TV - Longbridge | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59723 | 53907 | Noted circa 10/19901 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59753 | 53907 | Noted 06/04/1991 - At Stafford, possibly in multiple with T073 but not certain.8 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59753 | 53907 | Noted circa 05/19911 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59753 | 53907 | Noted circa 08/19911 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59753 | 53907 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| T321 | 53854 | 59753 | 53886 | Noted circa 01/19921 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Baumann
7: Robert Chilton
8: Dave Warby
Images:
30th June 1969
A Class 116 DMU set in St Ives station with the 09:35 to St Erth on 30 June 1969. The power cars are W50854 (closest) and W50907. Robert Thomas.
20th May 1972
Set number: P355
Set P355 at St. Ives with a St. Erth train on the 20th May 1972. According to the Hugh Longworth book the vehicles would be 50854, 59346 and 50907. Hamish Stevenson.
11th July 1975
Set number: P355
Derby Works bullt Class 116 DMU with coach nos. 50854, 59346 + 50907 waits at St. Ives before transporting holidaymakers (and the odd basher) back to St Erth with the 1350 departure on July 11, 1975. Note the patches under the cab windows. Suthen Softy.
10th April 1976
Set number: P355
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, on 10th April 1976. The Great Western Railway station at Stratford remained intact into the mid-1970s when the Down platform buildings were demolished. The covered footbridge remained and a Birmingham Moor Street-bound dmu waits alongside it. At this time the line south to Honeybourne and Cheltenham was still open for freight. However shortly afterwards a derailment at Winchcombe gave British Railways an excuse to close the through line completely. The closest vehicle, a DMBS, is marked as set P355 and is presumably 50854, transferred from Laira to Tyseley a few weeks previously. Pete LG99.
mid-June 1976
A Class 116 DMU heads away from Solihull station in mid-June 1976. The DMBS is not carrying the usual Tyseley set number in the cab window but seems to be a recent transfer from further south judging by the remains of a set number under the drivers window and lack of destination blind and is presumably 50854. Michael Mensing.
14th July 1980
Set number: TS544
Class 116 DMU set TS544 alongside the Worcester & Birmingham canal between University and Five Ways. Closest should be M50854. Neil Smith.
26th January 1985
Set number: TS619
A Class 116 DMU with a blue centre car in Leamington Spa station on 26 January 1985. It is thought to be set TS619 formed of 53854 + 59598 + 53907. Nicholas T Smith.
10th June 1985
Set number: TS619
Class 116/127 hybrid set TS619 (presumably 53854 + 59592 + 53907) with the 13:10 Birmingham Moor St - Stratford-upon-Avon approaching Stratford-upon-Avon at 13:50 on Monday 10th June 1985. Colin Brooks.
28th May 1986
Set number: TS619
Tyseley Class 116/127/116 set TS619 (53854 + 59592 + 53907) departs Oxford for Reading at 08:40 on 28 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th June 1987
Set number: T321
A hybrid 3 car DMU, comprising Class 116 driving vehicles and a Class 101 trailer, set T321 (presumably 53854 + 59528 + 53907), heading north towards Hereford at Coedmoor crossing. 27th June 1987. It was unusual to see a Tyseley set south of Hereford. John Crooks.
18th July 1987
Set number: T321
T321 (53854 closest, 53907 furthest, Met-Camm centre car is probably 59528) heads for Canton Sidings from Cardiff Central after working the 15:30 ex-Hereford on Saturday 18th July 1987. PJ Evans.
29th June 1990
Set number: T321
T321 (53854 + 59723 + 53907) “Dusty Bin” (a nickname the set received after the catchphrase from a TV show) leaves King’s Norton with the 08:32 Lichfield TV - Longbridge, 29th June 1990. Gazza Prescott.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 24th June 1972
Set number: P355
Class 116 DMU set P355 (the power cars are presumably 50907 + 50854) in Exmouth station on 24 June 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 21st March 1974
Set number: P355
Class 116 DMU set P355 (W50907 + W59346 + W50854) at St Ives on 21 March 1974. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: April 1975
Set number: P355
DMU set P355 (presumably 50907 + 59346 + 50854) at Exmouth terminus before returning to Exeter, August 1975. Tony Watson.
Date: May 1989
Set number: T321
Two suburban sets in Butterley station (Midland Railway Centre) in May 1989, probably on a railtour. Closest is T321, 53907 and presumably 59723 + 53854. Ian Francis.
Date: May 1989
Set number: T321
Two suburban sets in Swanwick station (Midland Railway Centre) in May 1989. See images 4628/9. Closest is set T321 with 53907 and presumably 59723 + 53854. Walter Burt.
Date: 26th July 1991
Set number: T321
Class 116 DMS no. 53907 at the head of Tyseley's 3-car suburban set T321, formed with 59753 & 53854 out of sight in the gloom of Birmingham New Street. This was a hybrid set, containing a class 115, a common practice at Tyseley. Waiting to leave for Longbridge on 26/Jul/1991. Robert Chilton.