Vehicle 50895 / 53895
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 22/02/58 | 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 | |
| w/e 15/10/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 10/07/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 30/10/88 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50895 - original number
53895 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated circa 05/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58 | ||||||
| CAT328 | 50842 | 50895 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| CTN328 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central2 | ||||||
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C328 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 12/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2 | |||||
| C328 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Cardiff working with C351 | |||||
| C311 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C311 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot, refurbished livery3 | |||||
| C311 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C311 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 15/07/1979 - Special Train Wolverhampton to Coalbrookdale and return | ||||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS543 | 53842 | 59350 | 53895 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS543 | 53842 | 59350 | 53895 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS621 | 53842 | 59350 | 53895 | Noted circa 03/19845 | |||||
| TS614 | 53842 | 59609 | 53895 | Noted circa 11/19845 | |||||
| TS614 | 53842 | 59609 | 53895 | Noted circa 01/19855 | |||||
| 53842 | 59609 | 53895 | Noted 17/01/85 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| TS614 | 53842 | 59609 | 53895 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| TS614 | 53842 | 59609 | 53895 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 53842 | 59609 | 53895 | Noted 30/05/87 - at Norwich strengthening by 51938 59794 52038 on a Birmingham NS – Norwich service3 | ||||||
| TS357 | 53842 | 59527 | 53895 | Noted circa 06/19875 | |||||
| T357 | 53842 | 59527 | 53895 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| TS357 | 53842 | 59527 | 53895 | Noted 08/08/87 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| TS357 | 53842 | 59527 | 53895 | Noted 31/10/19875 | |||||
| TS257 | 53842 | 53895 | Noted circa 01/19885 | ||||||
| T207 | 53842 | 53895 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||||
| TS201 | 53219 | 53895 | Noted circa 05/19885 | ||||||
| T201 | 53219 | 53895 | Formed at TS p/e 17/06/88 | ||||||
| N363 | 53862 | 59554 | 53895 | Formed at NH p/e 18/07/88 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
Two Class 116 sets - date unknown - in the sidings neat Hood Road at Barry. W50895 is the closest vehicle. Stuart Mackay Collection.
5th June 1976
Set number: C311
Two Class 116 DMUs at Cardiff Central with what is thought to be the 10:42 (SO) Rhymney-Penarth service on 6 June 1976. Closest is refurbished C311, presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842. Robert Thomas.
7th August 1976
Set number: C311
Refurbished Class 116 DMU set C311 (presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842) passes Kidderminster Junction signalbox on 8 August 1976. It is displaying 'Special' on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
15th July 1979
Set number: TS543
In 1979 a series of special trains was arranged over the Coalbrookdale branch to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the building of the Ironbridge. A temporary platform was set up at Coalbrookdale (just past mp161) and here is the 11.45 ex-Wolverhampton at that temporary platform on 15 July 1979; it will return to Wolverhampton as the 16.20 from Coalbrookdale. The train is formed of a Tyseley-based Class 116 dmu, set TS543, with coaches 50895/59350/508942. Lewis Bevan.
25th March 1985
Set number: TS614
A Class 116 set in Birmingham Moor Street on 25/05/85. It appears to be set TS614, making the DMS closest 53895. Steve Jones.
26th May 1987
Set number: TS614
Class 116 sets TS614 and TS607 with the 0900 Birmingham New St - Llandudno arriving at Llandudno Junction (1210) Tuesday 26th May 1987. Colin Brooks.
13th June 1987
M53895 + M59527 + M53842 + M51146 seen at Ely North Junction, June 13, 1987. Class 101 middle cars were often used on Tyseley sets. Nicholas Youngman.
1987
Set number: TS357
Class 116 set TS357 (presumably M53895 + M59527 + M53842) - with a Met-Camm centre car - pass by at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1987. The passengers at the windows and people on the lineside ahead suggest there may be a(nother) train of interest about to pass. Graeme Phillips Collection.
circa mid-1988
Set number: T201
Tyseley set T201 at Trent Junction. The set had quite a few vehicle pairings over a couple of years, this Class 116/101 combo is presumably 53895 + 53219 which dates it to around mid-1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa September 1987
Set number: T357
Tyseley Hybrid set formed of Class 116 Driving power cars 53842 (50842) + Class 101 Centre car 59527 + Class 116 53895 (50895) at Birmingham Moor Street in September 1987 with a service to Shirley Don Taggart.