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Vehicle 50103 / 53103


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: 30213
Diagram: 554

Allocations

May-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
15/11/87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50103 - original number
53103 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-77 - AWS fitted
Dec-77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50061 59011 50103 As delivered to WR - May 1957
TY522 50066 59022 50103 Noted circa Jun-69
TY522 50066 59022 50103 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50066 59022 50103 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Tyseley depot1
50066 59022 50103 Noted 19/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2
TS522 50066 59022 50103 Noted 04/07/1975 - at Solihull3
TY522 50066 59022 50103 Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station4
TS522 50066 59022 50103 Noted 08/09/76 - at Tyseley4
50066 59022 50103 Noted 14/09/1977 - at Solihull3
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Noted circa 01/19785
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Noted circa 01/19815
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Noted circa 10/19815
TS524 50066 59024 50103 Noted circa 05/19825
TS524 50068 59009 50103 Noted circa 09/19825
TS524 50068 59005 50103 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS524 53068 59005 53103 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS524 53068 59607 53103 Noted circa 09/19835
TS524 53068 59607 53103 Noted circa 12/19835
TS515 53067 59615 53103 Noted circa 06/19845
TS515 53067 59615 53103 Noted circa 11/19845
TS515 53067 59627 53103 Noted circa 09/19855
TS515 53067 59627 53103 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS500 53860 59757 53103 Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53103 (ex-TS515) replaces 53913 (to TS515)
TS598 53090 59629 53103 Noted circa 04/19875
TS598 53090 59629 53103 Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with TS5206
TS528 53062 59715 53103 Noted 27/06/19875
T528 53062 59715 53103 Listed at TS - Jul-87

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Priestfield

26th April 1964

Set number: 315

M50103 leads set 315 east of Priestfield with the 10.0am Wellington - Leamington Spa service on Sunday April 26, 1964. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Tyseley

1970

Set number: TY522

Class 116 DMU set TY522 (presumably 50103 + 59022 + 50066) is seen on the North Warwick line at Tyseley sometime in 1970. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Four Oaks

30th May 1978

Set number: TS524

Tyseley Class 116 set TS524 (50103 and presumably 59024 + 50066) arriving at Four Oaks on 30 May 1978. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Five Ways

7th July 1984

M53103 at Five Ways, Birmingham on 07/07/84. Steve Jones.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: May 1974

Set number: TY522

Class 116 set TY522 (presumably 50066 + 59022 + 50103) at Chester Road station heading for Lichfield City in June 1974. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: July 1978

A blue livery Class 116 at Bordesley Junction in July 1978. The DMS partially in frame is M50103. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 30th June 1982

Set number: TS524

Tyseley set TS524 comprising Gloucester Class 100, M51119, Class 116 TCL M59009 and Cl 116 DMS, probably M50103, arrive in platform 1 at Birmingham New St, 30th June 1982. Paul James.