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
2w/e 14/06/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
Oct-64 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | LA | |
3w/e 30/06/73 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
w/e 11/05/74 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
w/e 08/02/75 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
2w/e 10/05/75 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
3w/e 07/05/77 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
w/e 30/12/78 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
16/05/82 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
08/03/87 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
50868 - original number
53868 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
4w/e 30/12/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
50868 | 59376 | 50921 | As delivered to 88A - 2w/e 14/06/58 | ||||||
CAT353 | 50868 | 50921 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
50868 | 59376 | 50921 | Transfer to 84A - Oct-64 | ||||||
50868 | 50918 | Noted 19/08/67 - on Plymouth - Saltash shuttle, 50868 in green 50918 in blue with full yellow end | |||||||
LA309 | 50868 | 59365 | 50918 | New set number at 84A - circa Feb-70 - was LA307 | |||||
50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Noted 12/08/70 - at Newton Abbot1 | ||||||
LA309 | 50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Listed at Laira - circa May-71 | |||||
50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Noted 13/11/71 - on Laira depot2 | ||||||
P357 | 50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport3 | |||||
50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Transfer to BR - 3w/e 30/06/73 | ||||||
50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads3 | ||||||
50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads3 | ||||||
50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Transfer to LA - w/e 11/05/74 | ||||||
50868 | 59538 | 50918 | Transfer to BR - w/e 08/02/75 | ||||||
50868 | 59538 | 50918 | Transfer to LA - 2w/e 10/05/75 | ||||||
P357 | 50868 | 59538 | 50918 | Noted 27/08/75 - at Plymouth1 | |||||
P357 | 50868 | 59538 | 50918 | Formation change - LA - circa Oct-75 | |||||
P319 | 50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Listed at LA - 01/05/1976 | |||||
C319 | 50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Noted 07/09/76 - at Newton Abbott1 | |||||
50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Transfer to CF - 3w/e 07/05/77 | ||||||
C319 | 50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Noted 09/09/1977 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
C319 | 50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Noted 16/12/1977 - Barry - all vehicles carrying LA depot labels4 | |||||
C319 | 50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
C319 | 50868 | 59365 | 50918 | Noted 02/01/1978 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
P319 | 50868 | 59504 | 50918 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | |||||
P319 | 50868 | 59504 | 50918 | Listed at LA - 01/03/81 | |||||
C319 | 50868 | 59371 | 50918 | Formation change - circa Aug-82 - may be running with centre car other than this official listing | |||||
C319 | 50868 | 59371 | 50918 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
C319 | 53868 | 59371 | 53918 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
C319 | 53868 | 59371 | 53918 | Noted 26/04/19865 | |||||
C319 | 53868 | 59371 | 53918 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
An official image from the Swindon Works Accident series, negative 5AB/58. Derby suburban DMBS W50868 with cab damage, 18/1/65. The set number (LA)509 is chalked on the solebar in-between the brackets used to hold the set number plates. British Railways.
Saturday 18 October 1975, Barnstaple Junction. This 3-car Derby suburban dmu set P357 isn't all it seems, as the middle trailer is from a Metro-Cammell unit. Car numbers are W50868, W59538 and W50918. Mr Deltic.
Saturday 18 October 1975 - the front of 3-car Derby suburban dmu set P357 at Barnstaple Jct. This is Motor Brake Second W50868. Mr Deltic.
Two Class 116 sets at Torquay with a service bound for Exeter in July 1979. Closest is set P319 (and presumably DMBS 50868 + 59504 + 50918). John Jarvis.
P319 is seen arriving at Honiton, led by 50868 presumably with 59504 + 50918, with the evening Axminster to Exeter St. Davids. 13th July 1979. Neil Cannon.
Class 116 set P319 (W50868 closest, presumably with 59504 + 50918) on the 4.50pm Plymouth - Penzance service arriving into St. Budeaux on March 19, 1981. Michael Mensing.
W50868 in St. Budeaux station with the 4.50pm Plymouth - Penzance service aon March 19, 1981. Michael Mensing.
Class 116 DMU set C319 (W53868 + W59371 + W53918) in Cardiff Bute Road station with a service for Coryton on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.
Class 116 DMU set C319 (W53868 + W59371 + W53918) in Coryton station with a service to/from Cardiff Bute Road on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.
Set C319 at Llanishen - W53868 closest, presumably with W59371 + W53918 - early in 1984. Michael Mensing.
Class 116 DMU set C319, presumably 53868 closest, Barry Island station, circa 1986. Brian Ward.
An official image from the Swindon Works Accident series, negative 5AB/54. Left to right are W50868, W59269, W55019. 18/1/65. British Railways.
Tue 15 Jun 1976 at 19:19. A 2-car Derby suburban dmu arrives at Coombe Jct with the 19:00 Looe-Liskeard. Set C319 consists of cars W50918 and W50868 - the set number is interesting as neither vehicle is recorded as having been allocated to Cardiff since 1964. Mr Deltic.
Two-car Class 116 set C319 (presumably 50918 + 50868) at Bere Alston on a Plymouth to Gunnislake service, July 1976. John Jarvis.
Class 116 set C319 (presumably 50918 + 59365 + 50868) at Exmouth in 1977. Walter Burt.
Class 116 set P319 with W50918 at the front, presumably with 59504 + 50868, is seen in Dawlish station on February 3rd, 1979. It had been a Cardiff set two months before, and was refurbished in November 1978. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Set P319 is a Class 116 with a 117 centre car (presumably 50918 + 59504 + 50868) seen at Exeter in 1981. Michael Mensing.
Class 116 set P319, presumably 50918 + 59504 + 50868) is seen at Calstock on the Gunnislake branch, 3/7/81. Steve Davies Collection.
P319 comprised 50918 and 50868 when seen at Newquay on 04/08/81. Shayne Lewis.
Class 116 set P319 (presumably 50918 + 59371 + 50868) at Barnstaple Junction on 10 April 1982. The following month the set was transferred to Cardiff where it remained until withdrawal. Rob Paterson.
British Rail 'Derby Suburban' set C319 (53918+59371+53868) is seen at the terminus station of Penarth waiting to depart north with train 2C83 the 11.30 to Merthyr Tydfil on 24/04/84. This station had become a single track branch from Cogan Junction after track rationalisation by British Rail which followed the closure of the section south from here via Sully to Cadoxton on 06/05/1968. The former down line track bed still being evident in the foreground. Adrian Nicholls.
The 12:05 Barry Island - Rhymney service arrives into Cadoxton station on 21 July 1984. Leading is C302 (53128 + 59036 + 53868) and C319 (53868 + 59371 + 53918) is on the rear. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A six-car DMU formation arrives into Cadoxton station on 21 July 1984. 53918 + 59371 + 53868 / 53086 + 59036 + 53128 are working the 10:19 Treherbet-Barry Island service. Stuart Mackay Collection.