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Vehicle 50876 / 53876


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: 30364
Diagram: 554

Allocations

Dec-57 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 12/11/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
4w/e 31/12/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
circa Aug-82 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Nov-84 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
3w/e 17/02/86 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
26/03/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
06/12/87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Notes

21st June 1984 - Seen with 'Trans-Clyde GG' branding and unit no. 388
3rd June 1986 - Seen with silencers on end exhaust pipes
3rd June 1986 - Seen without gangway connection
28th February 1987 - Seen without gangway connections
28th February 1987 - Seen with Trans-Clyde GG logos

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50876 - original number
53876 - from Jan-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 29/02/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50823 59331 50876 As delivered to WR - December 1957
CAT307 50823 50876 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50823 59331 50876 Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/11/66 - from WR
50823 59331 50876 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 31/12/66
147 50823 59331 50876 Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69
147 50823 59331 50876 Listed at HN - Jul-70
50825 59331 50876 Noted 11/09/71 - passing Polmadie1
147 50823 59331 50876 Listed at 66C - 1972
50823 59331 50876 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
50826 59345 50876 Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1
154 50823 59331 50876 Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 508233
50823 59331 50876 Noted 04/04/1977 - 18:07 Largs to Glasgow Central4
161 50822 59330 50876 Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set
388 50823 59354 50876 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
116388 50823 59354 50876 Listed at HN - 13/06/82
116388 50823 59354 50876 Noted 1983
116388 53823 59354 53876 Noted circa 11/19835
116388 53823 59354 53876 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
116388 53823 59354 53876 Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED
116388 53823 59354 53876 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
116388 53823 59354 53876 Transfer to ED - Feb-86 - from AY
116388 53823 59354 53876 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
116388 53823 59354 53876 Noted 3rd June 1986
116388 53823 59354 53876 Noted 5th June 1986
388 53823 59354 53876 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
116388 53823 59354 53876 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
53823 59354 53876 Noted 28th February 1987
53823 59354 53876 Transfer to TS - 26/03/87 - from ED
T533 53823 59354 53876 Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street6
T533 53823 59354 53876 Noted circa 06/19875
T533 53823 59354 53876 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T533 53823 59354 53876 Noted 05/09/19875
T533 53823 59354 53876 Noted 03/10/19875

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Johnstone

Unknown date

Set number: 388

"TransClyde GG" branded set 388 enters Johnstone on an unknown date, 53876 presumably leading. Andrew McConnell.

Class 116 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

July 1986

Set number: 388

SC53876 is on the rear of a six-car Class 116 formation forming a Commonwealth Games shuttle departing Edinburgh Waverley for Meadowbank in July 1986. S Saunders.

Class 116 DMU at Tyseley

28th March 1987

Set number: T533

53876 Class 116, set number T533, is at Tyseley on 28.03.1987, has just been transferred down from Scotland and still carries the Trans Clyde branding as well as Greater Glasgow symbols. Centre car is presumably 59354. Andy Cole.

Class 116 DMU at Droitwich Spa

11th April 1987

Set number: T533

Trans-Clyde DMU at Droitwich Spa. Former Scottish set 116388 (53876 + 59354 + 53823) is now Tyseley set T533, seen on 11/4/87, transferred a few weeks before. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

20th August 1987

Set number: T533

A train of empties, led by Class 116 MS 53876, arrives from Tyseley into Birmingham Moor Street on 20 August 1987. Robert28194.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th April 1984

Set number: 116388

Class 116 DMBS Sc53823 (with 59354 and presumably 53876) leads the 1317 Glasgow Central to Barrhead service away from Central station on 7th April 1984 as a class 311 emu on the late running 1312 to Newtown follows. On the left is 86035. Bruce Galloway.

DMU

Date: 11th October 1986

Set number: 116388

The depths of Waverley station, Edinburgh on 11/10/86 as the late sunshine on an October afternoon highlights the front of what is probably 53823 in 116 388 (formed 53823/59354/53876). The unit is waiting to form the 17.24 to Hamilton West via Shotts and Motherwell. Leonard Rogers.