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Vehicle 50899 / 53899


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

w/e 01/02/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
19/05/68 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
May 1973Depot code changeSF
23/04/77 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
p/e 29/01/83 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Nov-84 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
18/03/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50899 - original number
53899 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50846 59354 50899 As delivered to Cathays - w/e 01/02/58
CAT326 50846 59354 50899 Listed at CAT - circa Sep-60
CAT326 50846 50899 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50846 59354 50899 Transfer to 30A - 19/05/68 - from WR
50846 59367 50899 Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot1
50853 59354 50899 Noted 04/08/73 - at Ipswich2
50846 59367 50899 Noted 21/07/74 - at Ipswich3
50899 50543 59214 50553 Noted 30/04/75 - in Liverpool St around 4am3
50841 59367 50899 Noted 11/07/76 - on Colchester depot3
50841 59354 50899 Transfer to HN - 23/04/77
168 50846 59354 50899 Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set
396 50859 59349 50899 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
50859 59349 50899 Noted 29th May 1981
116396 50859 59349 50899 Listed at HN - 13/06/82
53859 59349 53899 Noted circa 11/19834
116396 53859 59349 53899 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
116396 53859 59349 53899 Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED
116396 53859 59349 53899 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
53090 59349 53899 Noted circa 10/19854
116396 53859 59349 53899 Noted circa 05/1987 - Withdrawn, stored in Glasgow Works.4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at North Woolwich

17th August 1971

A Class 116 DMU with E50899 closest in North Woolwich station. It had arrived with the 12:25 from Tottenham Hale on 17 August 1971. Robert Thomas.

Class 116 DMU at Braintree

December 1976

Blue Class 116 dmu (closest seems to be E50899), semaphore signal, tail lamp and blue enamel signs - Braintree in December 1976 looked like a branch terminus in decline. Tony Watson.

Class 116 DMU at Braintree

December 1976

Blue Class 116 dmu (closest seems to be E50899), semaphore signal, tail lamp and blue enamel signs - Braintree in December 1976 looked like a branch terminus in decline. Tony Watson.

Class 116 DMU at Largs

27th August 1977

Set number: 162

Largs station on 27 August 1977 contains a Class 116 (right - set 162, SC50899) and a Class 107 (left, set 146, SC52000). Tom Burnham.

Class 116 DMU at Dunblane

21st July 1983

Set number: 116396

116 396 (presumably 50899 + 59349 + 50859) waits at Dunblane on 21/7/83. David Christie.

Class 116 DMU at Haymarket depot

1984

Set number: 116396

Derby suburban Set 116396 (presumably 53859 + 59349 + 53899) stabled on Haymarket depot in 1984. S Saunders.

Class 116 DMU at Haymarket depot

1984

Set number: 116396

Derby suburban Set 116396 (presumably 53899 + 59349 + 53859) stabled on Haymarket depot in 1984. S Saunders.