Vehicle 50889 / 53889
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
| 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) | |
| 4w/e 06/05/72 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 18/06/72 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 2w/e 11/11/78 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 5w/e 12/05/79 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Sep-83 | Stored U. | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Oct-83 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50889 - original number
53889 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Jul-84 - buried at Paterson's Tip, Mount Vernon (Glasgow)
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | As delivered to WR - January 1958 | ||||||
| CAT337 | 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Listed at Cathays - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| CAT337 | 50836 | 50889 | Listed at Cathays - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN337 | 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Noted 13/11/71 - at Gloucester1 | ||||||
| 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Transfer to 82A - 4w/e 06/05/72 | ||||||
| 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Noted 03/08/19722 | ||||||
| 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Hamilton depot4 | ||||||
| 158 | 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot4 | |||||
| 165 | 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - gangwayed set | |||||
| 50836 | 59344 | 50889 | Transfer to ED - 2w/e 11/11/78 | ||||||
| 391 | 50836 | 59347 | 50889 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 50822 | 59347 | 50889 | Noted 25th August 1981 | ||||||
| 116391 | 50836 | 59347 | 50889 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
No images of the vehicle available.
Do you have any you can add?