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Vehicle 50861 / 53861

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

3w/e 19/04/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
by Jun-61	Transferred to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
3w/e 01/02/64	Transferred to	2A (Tyseley)
May-73	Depot code change	TS
4w/e 04/08/73	Transferred to	ME (Marylebone)
w/e 06/03/76	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
16/08/87	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50861 - original number
53861 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 30/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50861	59369	50914		As delivered to 86C - 3w/e 19/04/58
CDF402	50861	59034	50914		Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
TY531	50861	59341	50886		Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	50861	59341	50886		Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street¹
TY502	50861	59002	50912		Listed at Tyseley - circa Sep-71
	50861	59002	50912		Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street²
	50861	59002	50912		Transfer to ME - 4w/e 04/08/73
	50861	59652	59762	51872	Noted 29/05/1975 - at Banbury³
	50861	59763	51678		Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot⁴
TS402	50861	50912			Noted circa Apr-76
TS502	50861	59002	50912		Noted 14/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	50861	50912			Noted 06/10/1977 - Oxford Reading area⁵
TS502	50861	59002	50912		Noted circa 01/1978⁶
TS502	50861	59002	50912		Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS502	50861	59002	50912		Noted circa 01/1981⁶
TS502	50861	59002	50912		Noted circa 10/1981⁶
TS502	50861	59002	50912		Noted circa 05/1982⁶
TS502	50861	59002	50912		Noted circa 09/1982⁶
TS502	50861	59002	50912		Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS502	53861	59002	53912		Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS502	53861	59597	53912		Noted circa 10/1983⁶
TS502	53861	59597	53912		Noted circa 01/1984⁶
TS502	53861	59597	53912		Noted circa 10/1984⁶
TS502	53861	59634	53912		Noted 14/02/1985⁶
TS502	53861	59634	53912		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
T292	53067	53861			Listed at TS - Jul-87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

July 1975

A three-car DMU departs Marylebone - probably an ECS given the destination blind. Closest is Class 116 DMBS M50861 - there were two three-car sets allocated here at the time - it seems to be working with a 115 TC and 115 DMBS. Hugh Llewelyn.

July 1976

Set number: TS502

Class 116 DMU set TS502 (presumably 50862 + 59002 + 50912) seen at Edgbaston in July 1976. Michael Mensing.

April 1977

Set number: TS502

Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TS502 (50861 and presumably 59002 + 50912) at Cradley Heath in early April 1977. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

A Class 116 DMU with M50861 closest and M50912 at the far end departs from Derby, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

31st July 1982

Set number: TS502

Class 116 DMBS 50861 is seen at New Street, 31.07.1982. Andy Cole.

circa 1987

Set number: TS502

A suburban DMU at Alvechurch on the Redditch branch, south or Birmingham, circa 1986 / 1987. Carrying set number TS502 in the cab window the Class 116 DMBS is presumably 53861. Ian Docwra.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1977

Set number: TS502

In early 1977 Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TS502 (presumably 50912 + 59002 + 50861) is seen at Aston just after passing under Spaghetti Junction on its way to Four Oaks. Michael Mensing.

Date: 1978

Set number: TS502

A refurbished Class 116 set (TS502, presumably 50912 + 59002 + 50861) between Acocks Green and Tyseley in 1978. Michael Mensing.

Date: 1980

Set number: TS502

A Class 116 in refurbished livery on a Four Oaks working seen near University station in Birmingham during 1980. It appears to be set TS502, and so presumably 50912 + 59002 + 50861. Ian Docwra.

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