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Vehicle 50880 / 53880


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

Nov-57 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
Dec-66 On loan to 52J (South Gosforth)
Dec-66 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
14/07/68 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
06/02/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
04/12/90 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50880 - original number
53880 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 20/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50827 59335 50880 As delivered to WR - November 1957
CAT314 50827 50880 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50828 59332 50880 Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1
50824 59361 50880 Noted 05/04/71 - at Kings Cross2
50827 59361 50880 Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross3
50824 59343 50880 Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross3
50380 59343 50880 Noted 13/12/73 - in Kings Cross1
50828 59336 50880 Noted 04/08/74 - at Peterborough1
50828 59336 50880 Noted 06/09/74 - on Cambridge depot1
50828 59361 50880 Noted 02/05/75 - at Cambridge1
50830 59332 50880 Noted 27/07/75 - at Cambridge1
50830 59332 50880 Noted 03/06/76 - on Cambridge depot1
50827 59343 50880 Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot1
50880 Noted 03/03/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1
50828 59336 50880 Noted 10/03/77 - on Cambridge depot1
50827 59361 50880 Noted 26/08/77 - at Cambridge1
TS520 50827 59361 50880 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS520 50827 59361 50880 Noted circa 01/19814
TS520 50827 59020 50880 Noted circa 10/19814
TS520 50827 59361 50880 Noted circa 05/19824
TS520 50827 59361 50880 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS520 53827 59361 53880 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS609 53827 59533 53880 Noted circa 02/19844
TS609 53827 59533 53880 Listed at TS - May-85
TS600 53857 59130 53880 Formation change - TS - circa Sep-85 - 53880 replaced 53910
TS609 53054 59533 53880 Noted circa 10/19854
TS622 53071 59616 53880 Formation change - TS - Jan-86 - 53880 from TS609 replaced 53101 now in TS609.
TS622 53071 59616 53880 Noted circa 02/19864
TS622 53071 59616 53880 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS622 53071 59616 53880 Noted 12/07/86 - at Norwich1
TS622 53071 59114 53880 Formation change - TS - circa Aug-86 - 59114 (ex-TS625) replaces 59616 (to TS625)
T322 53071 59114 53880 Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street5
T322 53071 59114 53880 Noted circa 06/19874
T322 53071 59114 53880 Listed at TS - Jul-87
53071 59760 53880 Noted 13/12/87 - on 12:26 Lichfield City - Barnt Green6
T322 53071 59760 53880 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T322 53071 59760 53880 Noted 07/05/19884
53071 59760 53880 Noted 02/08/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
T322 53071 59760 53880 Noted 13/08/1989 - Special Train Birmingham New Street-Ironbridge and return
T322 53071 59760 53880 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T322 53071 59760 53880 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T322 53071 59760 53880 Noted 28/12/89 - in Nottingham Midland1
53071 59611 53880 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot7
T322 53071 59611 53880 Listed at TS - mid May-90

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Tywyn

20th April 1985

Set number: TS609

An excursion from Walsall - Barmouth is seen at Tywyn on the 20th April 1985. It was a six-can formation, a 116/Met-Camm/116 hybrid (presumably 53880 + 59533 + 53827) and three-car Class 116. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 116 DMU at Stafford

circa 1987

Set number: T322

Hybrid set T322, led by a Class 116 DMS (presumably 53880) is seen at Stafford. circa 1987. Andrew McConnell.

Class 116 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill

8th May 1987

Set number: T322

Class 116 set T322 (53880 + 59114 + 53071) about to enter Worcester Shrub Hill on May 8th, 1987. Steve Jones.

Class 116 DMU at Sutton Coldfield

23rd December 1987

Set number: T322

Tyseley set T322 (M53880/M59760/M53071) leaves Sutton Coldfield with a cross-city service to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street on 23/12/87. This is a Class 116 set with a Class 115 TS(L) in the middle. Steve Jones.

Class 116 DMU at Sutton Coldfield

23rd December 1987

Set number: T322

Class 116 DMS M53880 at Sutton Coldfield on 23/12/87. Steve Jones.

Class 116 DMU at Bingley

23rd April 1988

Set number: T322

Class 116 set T322 (53880 + 59760 + 53071) passes through Bingley station with a return excursion from the Severn Valley to the Worth Valley on April 23rd, 1988. Rex Holt.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th August 1986

Set number: TS622

This was for many years one of my favourite locations for northbound trains on the GWR line between Leamington Spa and Birmingham. It was somewhere around half way up Hatton Bank and was a very pleasant and quiet location for an afternoon's photography. There was plenty of freight traffic interspersed with regular DMMUs between Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham along with ECS moves such as this one formed of a class 116 (TS622 with a Met-Camm centre car, presumably 53071 + 59114 + 53880) coupled to a class 108 Derby Lightweight which I took on 28 August 1986. Around 10 or 12 years after this view young trees were planted along the fenceline and have now completely obscured the line so much so that one can walk along the permissive footpath and not know that there is railway line alongside. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 26th November 1987

Set number: T322

Birmingham Snow Hill was reopened as a terminus station on 5 October 1987. On 26 November of that year I took this picture of class 116 T322 (53071 + presumably 59760 + 53880) standing in the platform that was later taken over by the tram system. I don't know why it was at the buffers so far along the platform nor why there is a tail-lamp on it; the engines were clearly working but there may have been a problem with the transmission which caused a failure. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 23rd December 1987

Set number: T322

Tyseley set T322 (M53071/M59760/M53880) at Sutton Coldfield with a cross-city service to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street on 23/12/87. This is a Class 116 set with a Class 115 TS(L) in the middle. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1988

Set number: T322

Class 116 DMU set T322 (53071 + 59760 + 53880) lays over at Keighley prior to working a return excursion to the Severn Valley Railway on April 23rd, 1988. Rex Holt.

DMU

Date: 2nd July 1988

Set number: T322

Class 116 3-car DMU with set number T322 at Selly Oak on 2 July 1988, presumably formed of 53071 + 59760 + 53880. Lewis Bevan.