Vehicle 50070 / 53070
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: 30211
Diagram: 553
Allocations
| Aug-57 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 31/03/88 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50070 - original number
53070 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
p/e 27/01/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 06/05/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50070 | 59020 | 50112 | As delivered to WR - August 1957 | ||||||
| TY526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| TY526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot3 | |||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59026 | 53095 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59026 | 53095 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59441 | 53095 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59441 | 53095 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59441 | 53095 | Noted circa 06/19844 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59626 | 53095 | Noted circa 02/19854 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59626 | 53095 | Noted circa 12/19854 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59626 | 53095 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59626 | 53095 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59626 | 53095 | Noted 29/07/1986 - at Hagley5 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59626 | 53095 | Noted circa 01/19874 | |||||
| T526 | 53070 | 59626 | 53095 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
Images:
29th August 1962
Set number: 326
A nine-car DMU formation working the 4.40pm Wolverhampton Low Level to Didcot seen at Aynho Troughs on 29 August 1962. At the front and rear are Derby-built suburban sets (later Class 116s), with a GRC&W Cross-Country set in the middle. Leading is DMBS W50070 displaying 'Birmingham (Old Hill)' on the destination blind. It has set number 326 in the cab window, meaning the centre car is presumably 59026, the set would later become TY526/TS526. Michael Mensing.
1964
Set number: 326
Tyseley based Derby suburban set 326 just south of Bromsgrove in early 1964. W50070 leads. Michael Mensing.
26th May 1964
Set number: 326
The 6.10pm Birmingham Moor Street - Henley-in-Arden arrived at Lakes Halt on May 26, 1964. M50070 leads. Michael Mensing.
circa 1970
A Class 116 set arrives into Birmingham Moor Street in the early 1970s with M50070 at the front. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1st June 1974
Set number: TY526
Class 116 DMU set TY526 departing from Birmingham New Street with a Lichfield City service on 1 June 1974. The DMBS is presumably M50070. Alistair Ness.
August 1976
A three-car Met-Camm DMU approaches Class 116 50070 ready to couple together at Lichfield City in August 1976. Michael Mensing.
1977
Set number: TS526
Two refurbished Class 116 DMUs arrive into Lay station in the summer of 1977. Several doors are wide open towards the centre of the formation despite there being at least two coach lengths to go before the train stops. At the front is set TS526, presumably 50070 + 59026 + 50095. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
Set number: TY526
Tyseley based Derby suburban triple DMU set TY526 at Langley Green circa early 1970s with DMBS M50070 at the front. Graham Clark.
27th January 1979
Set number: TS526
Refurbished Class 116 set TS526 (50070 closest, presumably with 59026 + 50095) at Hatton on January 27, 1979. Michael Mensing.
29th September 1984
Set number: TS526
Tyseley-based Class 116 set TS526 (53070 leads, presumably with 53095 on the rear) arrives into Gloucester on September 29, 1984. Worcester Shrub Hill is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
14th June 1986
Set number: TS526
It wasn't too difficult to take this sort of picture at Longbridge in 1986. There was a 15 minute local service on the Cross City line with some trains terminating here with others continuing to Redditch. I can't quite make out the unit number on the hybrid set about to leave on the up line on 14 June but think it may be T526 with class 116 power cars sandwiching a class 127 trailer. If I am correct then the car numbers are 53070 + 59626 + 53095 which were listed as being at Tyseley during 1987 although as a four-car set with another class 127 vehicle. It wasn't uncommon for Tyseley to muck about with their sets as faults developed and all sorts of odd combinations were seen. Peter Tandy.
7th March 1987
Set number: TS526
A 47 on a NE/SW working awaiting departure, with a class 116 suburban DMU set no. TS526 formed 53070 - 59612 - 53095 stabled in the rain at Birmingham New Street, 07/Mar/1987. Robert Chilton.
5th June 1988
M53070 (well, what's left of it!) Vic Berry's, Leicester 5-6-88. Kevin Dowd.
5th June 1988
The stripped out front half of Class 116 DMBS M53070 awaits it's fate in a very tidy Vic Berry's Scrapyard, Leicester on Sunday 5th June 1988. Formerly allocated to Tyseley MPD, Birmingham she had been withdrawn during March 1988 and looked like she wouldn't see the end of the week. Bob Woolnough.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 17th April 1965
A Derby suburban triple set approaches Bromsgrove with the 1.40pm Gloucester Eastgate - Birmingham New Street service on April 17, 1965. The trailer composite is M59026, and so the DMBS is probably M50070. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1976
Set number: TS526
Tyseley based Class 116 set TS526 (presumably 50095 + 59026 + 50070) at Sutton Coldfield in the Autumn of 1976. Lichfield City is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
Date: August 1976
A Class 116 (of which the DMBS is M50070) and a Class 101 seen at Lichfield City in August 1976. Michael Mensing.
Date: 30th May 1978
Set number: TS526
Refurbished Tyseley Class 116 set TS526 (presumably 50095 + 59026 + 50070) is seen arriving into Four Oaks with the 6.29pm Longbridge - Lichfield service on the 30th May 1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: 24th May 1980
Set number: TS526
Class 116s at Manchester Victoria on 24 May 1980, working one of the shuttles to the Rainhill 150 celebrations. Closest is set TS526 and M50095 presumably with M59026 + M50070. Nigel Menzies.