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Vehicle 50862 / 53862

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	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
Sep-66	To Parcels Sector at	81C (Southall)
Apr-68	Transferred to	81D (Reading)
May 1973	Depot code change	RG
w/e 15/10/77	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)	- returned to passenger stock
02/11/87	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
30/10/88	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50862 - original number
53862 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-66 - Converted for parcels use
02/11/73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 09/08/75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 06/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50862	59370	50915		As delivered to 88A - 3w/e 19/04/58
CAT345	50862	59370	50915		Listed at CAT - Jul-62
	50862	50915			Transfer to 81C - Sep-66
	50819	50915	50862	55991	Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington¹
	50819	50862			Noted 11/08/70 - at Royal Oak²
	50862	55992			Noted 22/07/72 - at Reading²
	50862	50872			Noted 03/03/73 - at Reading²
	50862	55992			Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington¹
L341	50862				Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 - DPU
	50862	55992			Noted 01/05/1976 - at Reading, operating with through wired GUV 86572³
	50862	50872			Noted 14/09/1977 - at Gloucester³
TS514	50862	59014	50872		Noted circa 01/1978⁴
	50862	59014	50872		Noted 12/01/1978 - Swindon⁵
TS514	50862	59014	50872		Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS514	50862	59014	50872		Noted circa 01/1981⁴
TS514	50862	59014	50872		Noted circa 10/1981⁴
TS514	50862	59014	50872		Noted circa 05/1982⁴
TS514	50862	59014	50872		Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS514	53862	59014	53872		Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS514	53862	59014	53872		Noted circa 09/1983⁴
TS607	53862	59107	53872		Noted circa 12/1983⁴
TS607	53862	59600	53872		Noted circa 01/1985⁴
TS607	53862	59600	53872		Noted circa 02/1985⁴
TS607	53862	59600	53872		Listed at TS - May-85
TS607	53862	59600	53872		Noted circa 03/1986⁴
TS607	53862	59600	53872		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS607	53862	59600	53872		Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich²
	53862	59600	53872		Noted 23/05/87 - at Norwich²
T607	53862	59600	53872		Listed at TS - Jul-87
T358	53862	59528	53872		Formed at TS Aug-87
TS607	53862	59600	53872		Noted 01/08/87 - at Norwich²
TS358	53862	59528	53872		Noted circa 10/1987⁴
	53862	59528	53872		Noted 05/12/87 - on 13:07 Manchester Victoria - Southport⁶
	53862	59528	53872		Noted 13/12/1987⁴
N362	53862	59528	53872		Listed at NH - May 1988
N362	53862	59528	53872		Noted circa Jul-88
N363	53862	59554	53895		Formed at NH p/e 18/07/88

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

Images:

Unknown date

Class 116 power car W50862 stabled at Southall depot. At this time - circa late 1960s - it had all the seats removed as was in used as a DMPV. It would be returned to passenger use in 1977. Graham Clark.

May 1976

Set number: L341

Parcel formation L341 passing West Ealing in May 1976, formed of a Class 116 (or 130 for parcel use) W50862, a GUV, and Class 128 W55991. Hugh Llewelyn.

13th July 1984

Set number: TS607

09/07/84 TS607 and C801 at Shrewsbury. TS607 is bound for Wolverhampton, and C801 for Swansea Jason Hall.

Autumn 1985

Set number: TS607

Tyseley Class 116/127 hybrid DMU set TS607 set (presumably 53862 + 59600 + 53872) stabled on the old traverser road at Birmingham Moor Street, Autumn 1985. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

22nd April 1987

Set number: TS607

53862 at Birmingham New Street on 22/04/87. Steve Jones.

27th May 1987

Set number: TS607

A Class 108 and a Class 116 in Llandudno Junction station on Tuesday 27 May 1987. The 116 is working the 0941 Birmingham New St - Llandudno and formed of set TS607 (presumably 53862 visible) and TS614. Colin Brooks.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: October 1965

BR (Derby) Class 116 3-car suburban dmu Nos. W50915 (116/2), W59370 (175) and W50862 (116/2) in BR green with small yellow warning panel at Cardiff (General) on a service to Merthyr Tydfil, 10/65. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: circa 1967

A GRC&W parcel car (55991 or 55992) in early blue livery with only a yellow gangway cover at Oxford circa 1967. It is paired with a Derby suburban DMBS still in green - likely to 50819 or 50862 which had their seats removed for parcel traffic - and there are two vans in tow. Doug Nicholls.

Date: circa 1968

A fascinating picture of an unidentified Gloucester Class 128 (possibly W55991) carrying what appears to be non-standard blue livery with white cab roofs and seemingly without yellow warning panels, although the reality is the van has a yellow painted corridor connection. The DMPV is working with an unidentified green liveried Derby Class 116 DMBS (probably 50819 or 50862), the pair pulling a BR(SR) green liveried CCT at Twyford and thought to be heading east - c.1968. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Date: August 1972

BR (Derby) Class 130 Motor Parcels 2-car dmu No.W50872 & W50862 (converted respectively from a Class 116/1 Motor Second and a Class 116/2 Motor Brake Second from a 3-car suburban set) in Rail Blue with all yellow front ends and "Parcels Service" branding approaching Paddington, 08/72. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: February 1975

Gloucester RC & W Co. Motor Parcels Van (Class 128) No.W55991, with split headcodes and gangways in BR Rail Blue livery and all yellow ends, coupled to a GUV van and BR (Derby) Class 130 parcels railcar No.W50862 passing Ealing, 02/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: May 1976

A parcel formation passes Ealing in May 1976. On the rear (closest) is W55991, then a GUV, W50862 leading carrying set number L341. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: July 1976

Set number: TS502

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

Date: unknown

Set number: 345

One of the Western Region hybrid 128/130 sets (number 345) formed of W55992 and either 50819 or 50862, with two 'Fruit D' vans in tow. This appears to be Slough, date unknown. Graham Clark.

Date: 13th May 1988

Set number: N362

Hybrid 116/101 set N362 contains M53872 + M59528 + M53862 at Manchester Victoria on May 13, 1988. John Carter.

Date: 14th May 1988

Set number: N362

Still retaining West Midlands PTE branding on the outer end of the driving car, a Class 116/101 three-car hybrid DMU formed of cars M53872, M59528 & M53862 formed as Newton Heath allocated set N362, was awaiting departure from the staggered platform layout at Hoscar in West Lancashire with a Southport to Manchester Victoria service on May 14th 1988. The set was disbanded soon after this image was recorded, 53872 was withdrawn in June 1988, 59528 lasted in service until July 1988 whilst 53862 survived until October 1988. All three cars were subsequently scrapped by Berry's of Leicester. Martyn Hilbert.

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