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Vehicle 50921 / 53921

Class 116

BR Diagram 554

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

2w/e 14/06/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Oct-64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Nov-68 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Mar-69 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
May-73Depot code changeLA
w/e 06/03/76 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
w/e 23/09/79 Transferred to SF (Stratford)
11/05/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
4w/e 27/05/95 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50921 - original number
53921 - from 11/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

19/01/74 - Dual AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 23/09/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50868 59376 50921 As delivered to 88A - 2w/e 14/06/58
CAT353 50868 50921 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50868 59376 50921 Transfer to 84A - Oct-64
LA311 50865 59372 50921 Noted circa Mar-68 - in blue with full yellow ends
50865 59372 50921 Transfer to 82A - Nov-68
50865 59372 50921 Transfer to 84A - Mar-69
LA312 50865 59372 50921 New set number at 84A - circa Feb-70 - from LA311
50865 59372 50921 Noted 12/08/70 - at Plymouth1
LA312 50865 59372 50921 Listed at Laira - circa May-71
50921 51563 Noted 18/04/73 - at Chester1
50865 59372 50921 Noted 22/04/73 - on 1435 Newton Abbot-Paignton
50865 59372 50921 Transfer to TS - w/e 06/03/76 - from WR
50865 59372 50921 Noted 19/03/77 - on 1033 Birmingham-Moor Street-Dorridge and 1102 Dorridge-Birmingham-Moor Street
TS545 50865 59372 50921 Noted circa 01/19782
50865 59372 50921 Noted 04/01/78
50865 59372 50921 Noted 20/12/78 - on 2028 Birmingham New Street-Lichfield City
TS545 50865 59372 50921 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
50865 59372 50921 Transfer to SF - w/e 23/09/79 - vehicles moved to SF on 28/9, had not entered traffic by 18/10
53865 59353 53921 Noted circa 01/19842
53865 53921 Noted 31/10/1985 - at Shenfield3
TS701 53865 59353 53921 Noted circa 05/19862
TS6xx 53865 59353 53921 Formation change - TS - 11/05/86
TS631 53865 59533 53921 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS631 53865 59533 53921 Noted circa 06/19862
53865 59533 53921 Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich, power cars still with E prefix1
51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted 04/05/1987 - Black Eight Tours Mendip Meanderer Railtour 55993 + 51870-59589-59353-53921
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted circa 06/19872
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS415 51870 59581 59353 53921 Noted 16/08/87 - at Norwich1
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted circa 01/19882
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted circa 05/19902
51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot4
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T415 51870 59512 59353 53921 Noted circa 09/19902
T420 51856 59032 59607 53921 Noted circa 12/19902
T327 53055 59674 53921 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T407 51858 59594 59353 53921 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T414 51880 59641 59674 53921 Noted circa 01/19922
T414 51880 59641 59674 53921 Noted 13/06/92 - on 10:18 Lichfield TV - Redditch
T414 51880 59641 59674 53921 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T414 51880 59641 59670 53921 Noted 01/08/92
T414 51880 59641 59670 53921 Noted circa 09/19922
T414 51880 59641 59674 53921 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T414 51880 59641 59335 53921 Listed at TS - November 1992
T414 51880 59641 59734 53921 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
T351 51880 53921 Listed at TS - November 1993
117333 53053 53921 53132 Noted 21/09/94
119022 51079 53921 Listed at TS - late Nov-94
T351 51880 53921 53132 Noted 05/1995 - Noted at Selly Oak operating to Redditch in place of the class 323 units which had been taken out of service for repairs.5

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Robert Chilton
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Alan Barclay

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Lichfield City

1976

Set number: TS545

Class 116 DMU set TS545 with M50921 closest seen at Lichfield City in the summer of 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Whitacre

February 1978

Set number: TS543

M50921 is at the front of a Class 116 set seen at Whitacre in February 1978. The set number in the window seems to read TS543. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Southminster

22nd March 1986

A Class 116 DMU (E53921 + E59353 + E53865) is seen after arrival at Southminster on Saturday 22nd March 1986 with the 12:56 Wickford - Southminster service. Colin Brooks.

Class 116 DMU at Wickford

22nd March 1986

302 278 on the 12:10 Liverpool St - Southend and a Class 116 (E53921 + E59353 + E53865) on a 12XX Wickford - Southminster at Wickford (taken at 12:55) on Saturday 22nd March 1986. Colin Brooks.

Class 116 DMU at Tyseley

14th March 1987

Set number: T415

Class 116 53921, set number T415, is seen stabled at Tyseley carriage sidingson 14.03.1987. Andy Cole.

Class 116 DMU at Four Oaks

13th June 1992

Set number: T414

T414 (53921 + 59674 + 59641 + 51880) at Four Oaks, working the 10:18 Lichfield TV - Redditch, 13/6/92. Gazza Prescott.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New St

6th July 1993

Set number: T414

53921 leads set T414 (53921/59592/59641/51880 on this day) waiting to form the 17.35 to Redditch at New St on 6/7/93. Leonard Rogers.

Class 116 DMU at Bishopton

2nd May 1994

Set number: T351

The Bank Holiday Monday on 2 May 1994 saw some Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon trains formed of DMMUs rather than the usual class 150 sprinters. Here is a mixed formation of two power triples led by T351 (presumably 53921 at the front) and a Network South East liveried set (the rear vehicle labelled as L713, presumably 51391) approaching at Bishopton. Peter Tandy.

Class 116 DMU at near Edstone Aqueduct, Bearley

2nd May 1994

Set number: T351

On 2 May 1994 T351 (presumably 53921 at the front) leads L713 about to pass under Edstone Aqueduct, the longest cast-iron structure of its type in England. This location is just to the north of Bearley. Peter Tandy.

Class 116 DMU at Worcester

22nd May 1994

53921 at Worcester on the 22nd May 1994. Hamish Stevenson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1986

A Class 116 set (E53865 + E59353 + E53921) departing from Wickford, Saturday 22nd March 1986, Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1986

A Class 116 set (E53865 + E59353 + E53921) at Southminster on Saturday 22nd March 1986. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 9th March 1990

Set number: T415

Hybrid DMU set T415 (presumably 51870 + 59589 + 59353 + 53921) at Bordesley Junction on 9-3-90. Ian Cuthbertson Collection.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1993

Set number: T414

T414 M51880 + M59641 + 59734 + 53921, a 115/127/115/116 hybrid set, at New Street on the 09:36 to Redditch, 7/4/93. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 26th November 1994

Set number: 119022

Class 119/116 hybrid DMU set 119022 (51079 + 53921) stabled in the front of Cardiff Central panel box on 26 November 1994. Robert Thomas.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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