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Vehicle 50917 / 53917


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

2w/e 31/05/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
05/07/87 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50917 - original number
53917 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

late-1979 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 18/02/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50864 59372 50917 As delivered to 88A - 2w/e 31/05/58
CAT351 50864 50917 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50864 59369 50917 Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN351 50864 59369 50917 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50864 59369 50917 Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol2
50864 59369 50917 Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central3
C351 50864 59369 50917 Noted 16/04/74 - on 1745 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093
50864 59369 50917 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2
C352 50864 59369 50917 Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff4
C351 50864 59369 50917 Noted 26/08/75 - at Cardiff working with C328
C351 50864 59369 50917 Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central4
C351 50864 59369 50917 Noted 27/08/75 - at Cardiff working with C310
C318 50864 59369 50917 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C318 50864 59369 50917 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central4
50864 59369 50917 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1
50917 56262 Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot4
C318 50864 59369 50917 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C318 50864 59369 50917 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C318 50864 59369 50917 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C318 53864 59369 53917 Noted circa 09/19835
C318 53864 59369 53917 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C318 53864 59369 53917 Noted 26/04/19865
C318 53864 59369 53917 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C318 53864 59369 53917 Noted 05/06/19865
C318 53864 59369 53917 Noted 02/05/87 - on 13:47 Cardiff Central to Coryton

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Penarth

January 1975

Set number: C351

Penarth Station, 01/75, with a BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C351 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) plus another set on a Rhymney service. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 116 DMU at Penarth

January 1975

Set number: C351

Penarth Station, 01/75, with a BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C351 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) plus another set on a Rhymney service Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 116 DMU at Barry Island

1st July 1978

Set number: C318

Refurbished livery C318 (presumably 50917) awaiting departure from Barry Island on the 1st July 1978. Ian Francis.

Class 116 DMU at Barry Island

1st July 1978

Set number: C318

C318 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) and C302 (presumably 50128 + 59036 + 50086) at Barry Island on the 1st July 1978. Ian Francis.

Class 116 DMU at Taff Wells

9th April 1979

Set number: C318

Murky day at Taffs Well. Bound for Cardiff Central from Merthyr on 9/4/1979, this class 116 DMU (set C318, presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) is seen passing the huge Walnut Tree Junction signalbox opened in 1915 and closed 27th January 1997. Stephen Burdett.

Class 116 DMU at Taffs Well

1982

Set number: C318

In Taffs Well station sits Class 116 set C318, 50917 and presumably 59369 + 50864, in early 1982. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Pontypridd

29th December 1983

Set number: C318

Class 116 DMU set C318 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) seen in Pontypridd station with a Treherbert service on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.

Class 116 DMU at Snailwell

4th September 1988

Class 116 DMS W53917 at Snailwell on 4 September 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1st July 1978

Set number: C302

Class 116 sets C302 (50086 + 59036 + 50128) and C318 (presumably 50917 + 59369 + 50864) at Barry Island on the 1st July 1978. Ian Francis.

DMU

Date: 1982

Set number: C318

Class 116 set C318 departs from Taffs Well in early 1982. The DMS is 50917, the centre car presumably 59369. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 29th December 1983

Set number: C318

Seen at Bargoed on 29 December 1983 is Class 116 DMU set C318 (W53864 + W59369 + W53917). Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 8th November 1986

Set number: C318

Valley Train Class 116 DMU set No. C318 (Nos. 53864, 59369 and 53917) approaches Cardiff Queen Street on 8 November 1986. Brian Creasey.