Vehicle 50904 / 53904
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 01/05/77 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 18/10/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 30/10/88 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Notes
1st May 1959 - W50851 and W50904 were noted in Southall.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50904 - original number
53904 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Dec-77 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 16/12/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58 | ||||||
| CAT351 | 50851 | 50904 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| CTN331 | 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C331 | 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads1 | |||||
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central2 | ||||||
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C331 | 50857 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 26/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C331 | 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 14/01/76 - at Cardiff | |||||
| C331 | 50851 | 59359 | 50904 | Noted 24/04/76 - on 2C75 1030 Treherbert-Cardiff with C327 | |||||
| 50851 | 59504 | 50904 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3 | ||||||
| 50851 | 59504 | 50904 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff4 | ||||||
| C331 | 50851 | 59504 | 50904 | Noted 07/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads3 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 01/19825 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| TS508 | 50851 | 59376 | 50904 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS508 | 53851 | 59376 | 53904 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS508 | 53851 | 59376 | 53904 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 12/19835 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 01/19855 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 06/19855 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 11/19855 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 06/19865 | |||||
| TS605 | 51138 | 59527 | 53904 | Formation change - TS - circa Nov-86 - 51138 replaced 53851 | |||||
| TS320 | 51138 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 02/19875 | |||||
| T320 | 51138 | 59720 | 53904 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| T354 | 53904 | 59054 | 53910 | Formation change - TS - Aug-87 - 53904 (ex-T320) replaced 53890 (to T320) | |||||
| TS320 | 51138 | 59720 | 53904 | Noted 01/08/87 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| CH297 | 53847 | 53904 | Noted 31/03/88 | ||||||
| CH287 | 53081 | 53904 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
| CH297 | 53081 | 53904 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
| CH287 | 53081 | 53904 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
| 53929 | 53904 | Noted 9th September 1989 - part of 3-car set (with 55991) hauling BG 94124 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
25th May 1977
Set number: TS548
Tyseley set TS548 is seen passing the site of Whitacre station with the 6.14pm Leicester - Birmingham New Street on 25 May 1977. It is a hybrid set, the centre car is a Class 117, Tyseley received two of these from Cardiff Canton a few weeks previous - 59492 and 59502. The power cars are Class 116s, closest is thought to be 50904 which also moved from Canton with the centre cars. Michael Mensing.
8th May 1980
Set number: TS508
Set TS508 at Birmingham New Street on May 8, 1980, M50904 is closest. Steve Jones.
1983
Set number: TS508
A pair of Class 116 DMUs at Birmingham Moor Street station in 1983. TS508 is on the right, 50904 presumably closest, TS537 (presumably 50108) on the left. John Law.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 5th September 1981
Set number: TS508
In refurbished white with blue stripe livery, a Derby built Class 116 three-car DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50851 leading (TS508 presumably also contains 59376 + 50904), was passing over Barnt Green Junction as it diverged from the former Midland Railway Birmingham to Bristol main line with a Four Oaks to Redditch service on September 5th 1981. The short Redditch branch is 4.73 Miles in length from its junction at Barnt Green. Martyn Hilbert.