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Vehicle 50069 / 53069


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: 30211
Diagram: 553

Allocations

Jun-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
31/05/87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50069 - original number
53069 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Feb-76 - AWS fitted
Feb-76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 11/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50069 59019 50111 As delivered to WR - June 1957
TY507 50069 59007 50099 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50069 59007 50099 Noted 07/07/74 - at Birmingham New Street1
50069 59028 50117 Noted 31/05/1975 - at Tysley2
50069 59007 50099 Noted 23/08/75 - in Wolverhampton High Level3
50069 59007 50099 Noted 12/06/76 - on Tyseley depot3
50069 59007 50099 Noted 21/08/76 - on 1438 Leicester-Derby
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Noted circa 01/19784
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Noted circa 01/19814
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Noted circa 10/19814
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Noted circa 05/19824
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS507 53069 59007 53099 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS507 53069 59589 53099 Noted circa 10/19834
TS507 53069 59714 53099 Noted circa 03/19844
TS507 53069 59714 53099 Noted circa 10/19844
TS507 53069 59714 53099 Noted circa 01/19864
TS507 53069 59714 53099 Noted circa 02/19864
TS507 53069 59714 53099 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
53069 53099 Noted 29/07/1986 - at Smethwick5

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New Street

circa 1970

Set number: TY507

Class 116 set TY507 (presumably 50069 + 59007 + 50099), circa 1970, probably at Birmingham New Street station. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at south of Gravelly Hill

14th May 1975

Set number: TY507

Class 116 DMU set TY507 (M50069 leading) seen south of Gravelly Hill with the 6.30pm Birmingham New Street - Lichfield City service on 14 May 1975. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Rowley Regis

2nd April 1977

Set number: TY507

Class 116 DMU set TY507 (presumably 50069 + 59007 + 50099) is seen at Rowley Regis on Saturday 2 April 1977 heading for Lichfield City. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Rowley Regis

2nd April 1977

A Class 116 DMU heads for Lichfield City at Rowley Regis on 2 April 1977. The centre car is 59007, the DMBS is presumably 50069, they form set TY507. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Redditch

14th September 1978

Set number: TS509

My note says "Last train of the day at Redditch". Taken on September 14, 1978, the timetable was similar to that three years earlier, this makes it the 18.35 to Birmingham, the fourth and final train of the day. Set 507, presumably 50069 + 59007 + 50099. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 116 DMU at Monument Lane

3rd November 1978

M50069 at Monument Lane on 03/11/78, at the rear of a formation just plunging into the tunnel to Birmingham New Street station. Viewed from St Vincent Street, this historic site is now buried beneath the National Indoor Arena. Steve Jones.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: summer 1974

Set number: TY507

Two Class 116 sets led by TY507 (M50099 at the front, presumably with 59007 + 50069) at Four Oaks on a Lichfield City service in the summer of 1974. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 14th June 1975

Set number: TY507

Class 116 DMU set TY507 - presumably 50099 + 59007 + 50069 - at Langley Green with a Lichfield City service on 14 June 1975. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1976

Set number: TS507

M50099 leads set Class 116 set TS507 (presumably with 59007 + 50069) at Sutton Coldfield in Autumn 1976, with a Swindon Cross Country set on the rear. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1978

Set number: TS507

A recently refurbished Derby class 116 unit at Swindon 19/8/78, containing 50099 + 59007 + 50069 which formed set TS507. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: TS507

Tyseley DMU set TS507 Class 116 catches the setting sun approaching Bescot station. Presumably 50099 + 59007 + 50069. Ian Charles.