Vehicle 50840 / 53840

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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)
31/08/68	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CW
4w/e 28/07/79	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
22/03/87	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50840 - original number
53840 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 23/10/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50840	59348	50893						As delivered to WR - 4w/e 25/01/58
CAT320	50840	50893							Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
	50840	59348	50893						Transfer to 14A - 5w/e 05/10/68 - from WR
	50840	59008	50106						Noted 23/04/77 - on 14.02 Barking – Kentish Town and 14.44 Kentish Town – Barking1
	50101	59021	50840	50870					Noted 01/05/79 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Luton1
TS557	50840	59348	50100						Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - running with 59131 until 59348 arrives
TS557	50840	59617	50100						Noted circa 01/19812
TS557	50840	59617	50100						Noted circa 10/19812
TS557	50840	59716	50100						Noted circa 05/19822
TS557	50840	59716	50100						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS557	50840	59009	50100						Noted circa 01/19832
TS557	53840	59009	53100						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS557	53840	59609	53100						Noted circa 10/19832
TS506	53840	59612	53100						Noted circa 06/19842
TS506	53840	59612	53100						Noted circa 10/19842
TS506	53840	59612	53100						Noted circa 11/19852
TS506	53840	59612	53100						Noted circa 02/19862
TS506	53840	59612	53100						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986

Formation Sources
1: Phil Shatford
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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8th March 1986

Set number: TS506

This class 116 at Stourbridge Junction is TS506 (presumably 53840 + 59612 + 53100), making the journey from Birmingham New Street to Kidderminster on 8 March 1986. Despite the frequency of passenger trains on this route and the relatively large number of trains from the Bescot to Stourbridge freight line, the Down Goods Loop wouldn't have seen a huge amount of use. This was because anything from the fright line needing to have been held would simply have waited at Stourbridge North Junction. Freights from the Old Hill line, although fewer in number, may well have been turned inside here although the coating of rust on the rails suggests that this wasn't a daily occurrence. I also think than ECS workings, especially when the single coach set used on the Stourbridge Town shuttles was swapped for fuelling and maintenance at Tyseley, would have been routed along the loop to await a path across the main lines to the sidings. Peter Tandy.

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14th February 1987

Class 116 DMBS 53840 at Tyseley TMD on the 14th February 1987. S Gaskell.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 1987

An unknown Mat-Camm at Vic Berry's in 1987. On the right is Class 116 53840. Ian Francis.