Vehicle 50834 / 53834

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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: 30363
Diagram: 553

Allocations

4w/e 25/01/58	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
2w/e 15/10/78	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
14/10/85	Stored U.	TS (Tyseley)
16/08/87	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)	- cut by this date, W also noted as early 1986.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50834 - original number
53834 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

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

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50834	59342	50887						As delivered to WR - 4w/e 25/01/58
CAT332	50834	50887							Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
	50834	59038	51140						Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
	50834	59038	50887						Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN413	50834	59038	50887						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50834	59038	50887						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff Canton2
	50834	59038	50887						Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2
	50834	59038	50887						Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport3
C310	50834	59038	50887						Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C310	50834	59038	50887						Noted 08/08/1976 - at Cardiff Central4
	50834	59038	50887						Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1
C310	50834	59038	50887						Noted 09/11/1977 - Cardiff Central5
C310	50834	59038	50887						Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C310	50834	59038	50887						Noted 21/05/1978 - at Barry Docks Station5
TS527	50834	59038	50887						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS527	50834	59038	50887						Noted circa 01/19816
TS527	50834	59038	50887						Noted circa 10/19816
TS527	50834	59038	50887						Noted circa 05/19826
TS527	50834	59038	50887						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS527	53834	59038	53887						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS527	53834	59441	53887						Noted circa 09/19836
TS620	53834	59366	53887						Noted circa 09/19836
TS620	53834	59366	53887						Noted circa 04/19846
TS616	53834	59607	53887						Noted circa 10/19846
TS616	53834	59607	53887						Listed at TS - May-85
	53831	59713	53834						Noted 07/09/1985 - 53063-59717-53119 + 53831-59713-53834 Doncaster-Finningley and return airshow special

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

Images:

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23rd May 1984

Set number: TS620

Class 116 set TS620 in Birmingham New Street on 23 May 1984. M53834 is presumably closest. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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9th June 1984

Set number: TS620

M53834 at Wolverhampton on 09/06/84. Steve Jones.

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27th July 1985

Set number: TS616

DMU set TS616 (presumably 53834 + 59607 + 53887, a 116/127/116) is seen at Newport waiting to depart with the 14:15 local to Chepstow on 27 July 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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7th June 1986

Class 116 DMBS W53834 at Tyseley depot on 7 June 1986. It had been 'in store' since the previous October and would not work again. Behind is 25 154, a condemned 116 DMS with removed underframe components, window and two doors, and at the end of the row a Class 101 centre car. Keith Miller.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 28th May 1984

Kemble station on 28th May 1984. The Class 116 DMU is 53887/59366/53834 working the 16.30 Gloucester-Swindon. The set number is displayed in the drivers window and may be TS616. The track leading away to the right of the picture is the former branch line from Kemble to Cirencester, closed to passengers on 6 April 1964 and to goods from 4 October 1965. Lewis Bevan.