Vehicle 50895 / 53895

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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

4w/e 22/02/58	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 15/10/78	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
10/07/88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
30/10/88	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50895 - original number
53895 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated circa 05/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50842	59350	50895						As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58
CAT328	50842	50895							Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
CTN328	50842	59350	50895						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50842	59350	50895						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
C328	50842	59350	50895						Noted 20/05/1973 - Treherbert - Sunday 13.45 to Barry Island with unid similar set2
	50842	59350	50895						Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central3
	50842	59350	50895						Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1
C328	50842	59350	50895						Noted 12/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3
C328	50842	59350	50895						Noted 26/08/75 - at Cardiff working with C351
C311	50842	59350	50895						Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C311	50842	59350	50895						Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot, refurbished livery4
C311	50842	59350	50895						Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C311	50842	59350	50895						Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central5
C311	50842	59350	50895						Noted 25/06/1978 - Cardiff Canton6
	50842	59350	50895						Transfer to TS - 2w/e 15/10/78
	50842	59350	50895						Noted 15/07/1979 - Special Train Wolverhampton to Coalbrookdale and return
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted 15/06/1980 - at Birmingham New Street6
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted circa 01/19817
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted circa 10/19817
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted 25/04/1982 - at Gloucester6
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted circa 05/19827
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS543	53842	59350	53895						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS543	53842	59350	53895						Noted circa 09/19837
TS621	53842	59350	53895						Noted circa 03/19847
TS614	53842	59609	53895						Noted circa 11/19847
TS614	53842	59609	53895						Noted circa 01/19857
	53842	59609	53895						Noted 17/01/85 - at Norwich4
TS614	53842	59609	53895						Listed at TS - May-85
TS614	53842	59609	53895						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
	53842	59609	53895						Noted 30/05/87 - at Norwich strengthening by 51938 59794 52038 on a Birmingham NS – Norwich service4
TS357	53842	59527	53895						Noted circa 06/19877
T357	53842	59527	53895						Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS357	53842	59527	53895						Noted 08/08/87 - at Norwich4
TS357	53842	59527	53895						Noted 31/10/19877
TS257	53842	53895							Noted circa 01/19887
T207	53842	53895							Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
TS201	53219	53895							Noted circa 05/19887
T201	53219	53895							Formed at TS p/e 17/06/88
N363	53862	59554	53895						Formed at NH p/e 18/07/88

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Alan N Walker
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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Unknown date

Two Class 116 sets - date unknown - in the sidings neat Hood Road at Barry. W50895 is the closest vehicle. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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1st May 1976

Barry's new suit. Away from the mayhem of the Swindon Works 'Scrap a Western' day on 01/05/1976 the rest of the works carried on normally. 50895, still with "Barry" displayed in the destination box is getting an overhaul and a repaint into the bright new colour scheme that was devised by someone who didn't realise that trains got dirty, being a Valleys set it probably got rained on a lot... Geoff Dowling.

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5th June 1976

Set number: C311

Two Class 116 DMUs at Cardiff Central with what is thought to be the 10:42 (SO) Rhymney-Penarth service on 5 June 1976. Closest is refurbished C311, presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842. Robert Thomas.

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7th August 1976

Set number: C311

Refurbished Class 116 DMU set C311 (presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842) passes Kidderminster Junction signalbox on 7 August 1976. It is displaying 'Special' on the destination blind but Michael recorded the train as the 16:50 Hereford - Birmingham New Street. Michael Mensing.

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15th July 1979

Set number: TS543

In 1979 a series of special trains was arranged over the Coalbrookdale branch to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the building of the Ironbridge. A temporary platform was set up at Coalbrookdale (just past mp161) and here is the 11.45 ex-Wolverhampton at that temporary platform on 15 July 1979; it will return to Wolverhampton as the 16.20 from Coalbrookdale. The train is formed of a Tyseley-based Class 116 dmu, set TS543, with coaches 50895/59350/50842. Lewis Bevan.

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25th March 1985

Set number: TS614

A Class 116 set in Birmingham Moor Street on 25/05/85. It appears to be set TS614, making the DMS closest 53895. Steve Jones.

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26th May 1987

Set number: TS614

Class 116 sets TS614 and TS607 with the 0900 Birmingham New St - Llandudno arriving at Llandudno Junction (1210) Tuesday 26th May 1987. Colin Brooks.

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13th June 1987

M53895 + M59527 + M53842 + M51146 seen at Ely North Junction, June 13, 1987. Class 101 middle cars were often used on Tyseley sets. Nicholas Youngman.

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1987

Set number: TS357

Class 116 set TS357 (presumably M53895 + M59527 + M53842) - with a Met-Camm centre car - pass by at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1987. The passengers at the windows and people on the lineside ahead suggest there may be a(nother) train of interest about to pass. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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circa mid-1988

Set number: T201

Tyseley set T201 at Trent Junction. The set had quite a few vehicle pairings over a couple of years, this Class 116/101 combo is presumably 53895 + 53219 which dates it to around mid-1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 3rd May 1985

Set number: TS614

An early morning image from Birmingham Moor Street taken on 3 May 1985 with class 116 TS614 (presumably 53842 + 59609 + 53895) having just arrived and being prepared to go out again. The next working was to Stratford-upon-Avon but instead of the then usual route via Henley-in-Arden it was routed via Dorridge and Hatton North and West Junctions. The destination panel was slightly misleading because the train didn't call at Hatton station but had to be used to differentiate it from those running along the North Warwickshire Line. This was the only passenger train to use this route at the time with only the very occasional charter and engineering working also covering the route. Peter Tandy.

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Date: 2nd September 1986

Set number: TS624

Summer Saturdays on the North Wales Coast route obviously brought many additional services to the area, but on weekdays, as well, there were a few unusual workings to be found during the summer months. Here a West Midlands PTE 6-car DMU formation working the 0941 Birmingham New St - Llandudno service brakes for the station stop at Prestatyn made up of Tyseley depot sets TS 624 + TS 614 formed of M51130 + M59615 + M51143 and M53895 + M59609 + M53842 (Class 116 driving vehicles with Class 127 trailers displaced from the BedPan electrification scheme). Nigel Mack.

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Date: circa September 1987

Set number: T357

Tyseley Hybrid set formed of Class 116 Driving power cars 53842 (50842) + Class 101 Centre car 59527 + Class 116 53895 (50895) at Birmingham Moor Street in September 1987 with a service to Shirley Don Taggart.