Vehicle 50914 / 53914

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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

3w/e 19/04/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
by Jun-61	Transferred to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
3w/e 01/02/64	Transferred to	2A (Tyseley)
May-73	Depot code change	TS
27/03/88	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50914 - original number
53914 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 15/04/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50861	59369	50914						As delivered to 86C - 3w/e 19/04/58
CDF402	50861	59034	50914						Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
	50833	59442	50914						Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
TY536	50833	59442	50914						Noted circa Jun-69
TY536	50833	59442	50914						Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
TY534	50053	59342	50914						Listed at Tyseley - circa Sep-71
TS531	50052	59341	50914						Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street2
TY531	50052	59341	50914						Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham Moor Street3
TS531	50052	59341	50914						Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot3
TS534	50053	59342	50914						Noted circa 01/19784
TS531	50052	59341	50914						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS531	50052	59341	50914						Noted circa 01/19814
TS531	50052	59341	50914						Noted circa 10/19814
TS531	50052	59341	50914						Noted circa 05/19824
TS531	50052	59341	50914						Noted circa 09/19824
TS531	50052	59341	50914						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS531	53052	59341	53914						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS531	53052	59636	53914						Noted circa 01/19844
TS531	53052	59636	53914						Noted circa 06/19844
TS531	53052	59636	53914						Noted circa 10/19844
TS531	53052	59757	53914						Noted circa 01/19854
TS531	53052	59757	53914						Noted circa 03/19854
TS531	53052	59439	53914						Formation change - TS - Aug-85 - 59439 (ex-spare) replaced 59757 (now spare)
TS531	53052	59648	53914						Formation change - TS - circa Sep-85 - 59648 replaced 59439
TS531	53052	59439	53914						Noted circa 09/19854
TS531	53052	59648	53914						Noted circa 02/19864
TS531	53052	59648	53914						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS596	53052	54284	53914						Noted 11/04/19874
TS802	51859	59748	59636	53914					Noted circa 06/19874
T802	51859	59748	59636	53914					Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS802	51859	59748	59636	53914					Noted 17/07/19874

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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22nd October 1966

A Derby suburban set (later Class 116) with M50914 closest is seen on the viaduct at Galton on October 22nd, 1966. Michael Mensing.

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mid-1973

Set number: TY531

Class 116 DMU set TY531 with M50914 closest seen at Hartlebury station with a Great Malvern service in mid-1973. Michael Mensing.

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July 1975

Set number: TY531

Class 116 DMU set TY531 leads a Class 120 and probably a Class 101 seen in Duddeston station in late July 1975. Closest appears to be M50914. Note "Vauxhaull" on the station lamps - the original station name, and it had been known as Vauxhall and Duddeston until June 1974. Michael Mensing.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: unknown

Set number: TY536

A DMU formation at Wigston heading to Birmingham New Street circa mid-1970s. The Class 116 appears to be set TY536 (50833 + 59442 + 50914), the rear set appears to be a Class 120. Phillip Malin.

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Date: 2nd October 1982

Set number: TS531

A Derby Class 116 trio passes Smethwick Rolfe Street on Saturday 2nd October 1982 with the 14:00 Birmingham New Street to Kidderminster service. Driving Motor Brake 2nd M50052 is the leading car (set TS531, presumably with 59341 + 50914). Why was I at Smethwick Rolfe Street? This was the nearest station to where the Warley Model Railway Club used to hold their annual exhibition prior to it moving to the NEC. At the time Snow Hill was an abandoned wasteland and the prospect of it ever reopening seemed highly unlikely. Fortunately, trains for Kidderminster have reverted to the former Great Western lines within Birmingham and no longer pass through Smethwick Rolfe Street. Brian McDevitt.