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Class 116 Derby 3-car Suburban DMUs


Accidents

These are some of the accidents that are known to involve Class 116s.


24/11/60 - Between Pontrhydyfen and Cwmavon, WR

Collision involving Class 116 / Steam

Info from Bill Read, Railway Observer January 1961 p14

A 3-car DMU (set CAT343, 50125 + 59343 + 50083) working the 4.55pm Swansea High Street to Barry Island was in a head-on collision with an unfitted goods train (weighing 620 tons) hauled by a Class 57XX Tank locomotive (9737) running bunker first. 2 persons killed and 26 injured. The point of collision was on a single-line section with a gradient of 1 in 42. The locomotive drove some five feet into the leading power car which telescoped some ten feet into the intermediate trailer. The locomotive was also extensively damaged and 8 wagons were wrecked. The goods train was travelling too fast down the gradient and had an insufficient number of wagon brakes applied to enable it to stop at the Pontrhydyfen signal.


19/05/67 - Birmingham Snow Hill

Collision involving Class 122 / Class 116

Info from Railway Observer p264 August 1967

The single car (presumably GRC&W built) working the 17:18 Snow Hill to Langley Green collided with the incoming 16:40 Wolverhampton - Snow Hlll worked by a three-car set (probably Derby built, maybe Met-Camm?) at the points leading to the old bay platforms at Snow Hill. Little damage was done apart from broken windows.


Damaged Class 116 DMU at Hamilton depot

11/6/74 - Pollokshields East Jct, ScR

Collision involving Class 116 / EMU

Info from Bill Read and Peter Mullen

A Class 116 bound for Glasgow was in a sidelong collision on crossover with a Class 311 EMU. More Details.


27/06/75 - Lichfield City station

Collision involving Class 116

Class 116 DMBS 50085 was damaged in a shunting accident at Lichfield City station and was withdrawn soon afterwards.


Image on the WNXX forum.

05/07/80 - Birmingham New Street

Collision involving Class 116 / Class 47

M50115 (set TS519) collided with 47 337 at Birmingham New Street and would be withdrawn.


Image on facebook of the vehicles afterwards.

27/05/82 - Alvechurch

Collision involving Class 116 / Ballast train

Info from Martin Baumann, Bromsgrove Advertiser

The 12.24 Redditch - Barnt Green was hit by a ballast train as it arrived into Alvechurch station. Two of the Class 116 vehicles 50066 + 59024 would be withdrawn.


Image in Rail 10/8/89 p11.

20/07/89 - Stormstown sidings, Abercynon

Fire involving Class 110 / Class 116

A fire, started by two seven year olds, destroyed five condemned DMU vehicles. They had been stored at Stormstown Sidings near Abercynon to make space at Canton.

Details about preserved Class 116s can be found here.

Thanks to Mac Winfield, Ian Fleming and John Thomlinson for much of the information on this Class.