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Vehicle 50912 / 53912


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 19/04/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-61 Transferred to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
10/09/62 Transferred to 83D (Laira)
Sep-63Depot code change84A
3w/e 01/02/64 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
May-73Depot code changeTS
4w/e 04/08/73 Transferred to ME (Marylebone)
w/e 06/03/76 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
31/05/87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50912 - original number
53912 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 03/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50859 59367 50912 As delivered to 86C - 3w/e 19/04/58
CDF400 50859 59032 50912 Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
TY534 50859 59342 50912 Noted circa Jun-69
TY534 50859 59342 50912 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 - At the time 50859 was noted running in set TY527 in place of 50053, and 50912 was in set TY502 in place of 50107.
50052 59002 50912 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
TY502 50861 59002 50912 Listed at Tyseley - circa Sep-71
50861 59002 50912 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
50861 59002 50912 Transfer to ME - 4w/e 04/08/73
51664 59673 50912 Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot3
TS402 50861 50912 Noted circa Apr-76
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted 14/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50861 50912 Noted 06/10/1977 - Oxford Reading area4
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 01/19785
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 01/19815
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 10/19815
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 05/19825
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Noted circa 09/19825
TS502 50861 59002 50912 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS502 53861 59002 53912 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS502 53861 59597 53912 Noted circa 10/19835
TS502 53861 59597 53912 Noted circa 01/19845
TS502 53861 59597 53912 Noted circa 10/19845
TS502 53861 59634 53912 Noted 14/02/19855
TS502 53861 59634 53912 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Earlswood Lake

September 1964

Set number: 334

Class 116 set 334 in unlined green livery is seen at Earlswood Lake in September 1964. 50912 is at the front. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Aston

1977

Set number: TS502

In early 1977 Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TS502 (presumably 50912 + 59002 + 50861) is seen at Aston just after passing under Spaghetti Junction on its way to Four Oaks. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at between Acocks Green and Tyseley

1978

Set number: TS502

A refurbished Class 116 set (TS502, presumably 50912 + 59002 + 50861) between Acocks Green and Tyseley in 1978. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Derby

Unknown date

A West Midland branded Class 116 DMU with DMS M50912 closest seen at Derby, date/location unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 116 DMU at University

1980

Set number: TS502

A Class 116 in refurbished livery on a Four Oaks working seen near University station in Birmingham during 1980. It appears to be set TS502, and so presumably 50912 + 59002 + 50861. Ian Docwra.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th March 1967

The now demolished Birmingham (Snow Hill) Station, on the last day of through Paddington - Birkenhead services, 04/03/67. Brush Type 4 (Class 47) No.D1605 (later No.47 028) enters the station with a Paddington-bound express from Wolverhampton (Low Level) whilst in the centre road are two BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu's (Class 116) Nos.M50885, M59342, M50912 & M50859, M59334, M50888 (note: one too many DMS listed and one DMBS short) idling quietly amidst diesel fumes as the sunlight streams through the stygian gloom. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 1969

DMU staff at work: the driver gets ready to start his Class 116 power car (his hand is on the stop solenoid). AEC engines on 116s were unusual, I believe only 50859-61 and 50912-4 had them from new. Taken somewhere in the Birmingham area, circa 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: July 1976

Set number: TS502

Class 116 DMU set TS502 (presumably 50862 + 59002 + 50912) seen at Edgbaston in July 1976. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: April 1977

Set number: TS502

Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TS502 (50861 and presumably 59002 + 50912) at Cradley Heath in early April 1977. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: unknown

A Class 116 DMU with M50861 closest and M50912 at the far end departs from Derby, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 17th February 1982

Set number: TS503

This seems to be set TS503 on the left (and so 50118) and 50912 (TS502) on the right. At Birmingham Moor Street on 17-2-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.