Vehicle 50883 / 53883
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: 30364
Diagram: 554
Allocations
| Dec-57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Nov-66 | On loan to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| Dec-66 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 16/06/68 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 06/02/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50883 - original number
53883 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 19/05/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50830 | 59338 | 50883 | As delivered to WR - December 1957 | ||||||
| CAT315 | 50830 | 50883 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50830 | 59343 | 50883 | Transfer to 34G - 16/06/68 - from NER | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50883 | Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59343 | 50883 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59361 | 50883 | Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50883 | Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50883 | Noted 09/02/1975 - at Kings Cross 3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 05/1975 - at Kings Cross 3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50883 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50883 | Noted 18/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds on the out and back from Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50883 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1 | ||||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 03/03/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 24/03/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50883 | Noted 29/10/1977 - Kings Cross4 | ||||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59332 | 53883 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59332 | 53883 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 12/19835 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 06/19845 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 11/19845 | |||||
| TS525 | 55000 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 03/19855 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59533 | 53883 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59533 | 53883 | Noted circa 05/19865 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59353 | 53883 | Noted circa 06/19865 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59353 | 53883 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS525 | 53870 | 59353 | 53883 | Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53870 replaces 53835 | |||||
| 53870 | 59653 | 53883 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with 53822-59345-538816 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st March 1968
E50830/59343/50883 with 2N73 the 1125 Carlisle to Newcastle departing from Brampton Fell signalbox after picking up a C&W inspector who had come from Hexham to examine a wagon detached in the refuge siding with a hot box, 1st March 1968. Keith Long.
Date: August 1978
Set number: TS525
Refurbished Class 116 set TS525 (presumably 50830 + 59332 + 50883) with Class 122 55003 on the rear at Small Heath Bridge with a Moor Street service in August 1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: 11th March 1989
Set number: T401
A four-car Tyseley DMU, set 401, passing the signalbox at Bearley Junction on 11 March 1989. This unit is a right hotch-potch with a class 116 DMS 53883, class 115 TS 59743, class 127 TSL 59610 and Class 115 DMBS 51662. This mixture of types was far from unusual at Tyseley around this time with the depot using whatever they had available to keep trains running at a time of dreadful reliability. Peter Tandy.