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Vehicle 50818 / 53818


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: 30363
Diagram: 553

Allocations

w/e 02/11/57 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Oct-64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Oct-66 On loan to 66C (Hamilton)
2w/e 12/11/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
2w/e 29/04/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
25/10/93 Sector Change to TS (Tyseley) RDXX
04/02/94 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
circa Nov-94 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
4w/e 27/05/95 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50818 - original number
53818 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Dec-86 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 12/01/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50818 59326 50871 As delivered to WR - w/e 02/11/57
CAT304 50818 50871 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50818 59326 50871 Transfer to 84A - Oct-64
50818 59326 50871 Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/11/66 - from WR
143 50818 59326 50871 Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69
143 50818 59326 50871 Listed at HN - Jul-70
50818 59326 50871 Noted 15/08/70 - passing Polmadie1
50818 59326 50871 Noted 11/09/71 - at Glasgow Central1
143 50818 59326 50871 Listed at 66C - 1972
50818 59326 50871 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
150 50818 59326 50871 Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central3
150 50818 Noted 25/08/75 - on Hamilton depot, partners not recorded3
50818 59326 50871 Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1
TS553 50818 59326 50878 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS553 50818 59326 50878 Noted circa 01/19814
TS553 50818 59326 50878 Noted circa 10/19814
TS553 50818 89326 50878 Noted circa 05/19824
TS553 50818 59326 50878 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS553 53818 59326 53878 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS553 53818 59326 53878 Noted circa 10/19834
TS553 53818 59606 53878 Noted circa 03/19844
TS553 53818 59606 53878 Noted 17/04/19844
TS532 53818 59757 53121 Noted circa 05/19844
TS624 53818 59615 51143 Listed at TS - May-85
53093 59115 53818 Noted 29/06/85 - at Norwich3
TS626 53818 59115 53093 Noted circa 09/19854
53818 59115 53093 Noted 07/12/85 - on 17:28 Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury service5
53818 59115 53093 Noted 08/01/86 - on 16:00 Leamington - Birmingham Moor Street service5
TS626 53818 59115 53093 Noted circa 04/19864
TS626 53818 59115 53093 Noted circa 05/19864
TS626 53818 59115 53093 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS626 53818 59115 53093 Noted 22/04/1987 - at Crewe6
T323 53818 59115 53093 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T323 53818 59724 53093 Formation change - TS - Aug-87 - 59724 replaced 59115
T323 53093 59724 53818 Noted 03/10/87 - at Norwich3
T323 53818 59724 53093 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T323 53818 59724 53093 Noted circa 05/19894
T323 53818 59724 53093 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T323 53818 53093 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
53093 59670 53818 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2
T323 53818 59670 53093 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T323 53818 59670 53093 Noted circa 05/19914
spare 53818 Listed at TS - Jul-91
spare 53818 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T323 53818 59670 53093 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T053 53818 51508 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T054 53818 53267 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T054 53818 53267 Listed at TS - November 1992
T054 53818 53267 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
T325 53818 59611 53132 Noted circa 04/19934
T325 53818 59611 53132 Noted 01/05/93
Spare 53818 Listed at TS - November 1993
L223 51151 53818 Formed at TS circa Nov-94

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Four Oaks

30th May 1978

A Class 116 at Four Oaks on May 30 1978 with DMBS M50818 visible. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Nottingham Goods Yard

Unknown date

A Class 116 DMU with DMBS M50818 closest passing Nottingham Goods Yard, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 116 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

26th October 1985

After a warm drink in the signalbox at Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 October 1985 I went out into the cold and took this shot of the contrasting front coaches of class 116 coach M53818 and class 108's M52058 in platforms 2 and the Cold Store Siding respectively. The training tower of the nearby fire station is still extant in 2021 albeit updated to have some uPVC window frames installed to bring this up to date. Peter Tandy.

Class 116 DMU at Lichfield TV

15th April 1993

Set number: T325

T325 (53818 + 59611 + 53132 ) leaves Lichfield TV with the 14:35 Coventry-Stoke on Trent, 15/4/93. Gazza Prescott.

Class 116 DMU at Coventry

1st May 1993

Set number: T325

T325 (53818 + 59611 + 53132) at Coventry on the 14:35 to Stoke on Trent, 1/5/93. Gazza Prescott.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: July 1985

Set number: TS626

Hybrid 116/101/116 3-car dmu set TS626 (53093 and presumably 59115 + 53818) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends, with another pair of 3-car units (9 cars altogether!) at Newport on a Cardiff - Leicester service, 07/85. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 18th August 1989

Set number: T323

53093 at Derby on the front of set T323 (presumably with 59724 + 53818) and with set T325 on the rear at Derby with the 09:00 Birmingham New Street - Skegness on Friday 18th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 10th March 1990

Set number: T323

Tyseley's set T323 53093 - 59670 - 53818 at Longbridge on 10/Mar/1990 heading for Redditch (formed 116DMS, 115TCL, 116DMBS). Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: circa April 1992

Set number: T323

Hybrid Class 116/115/116 DMU T323 (presumably 53093 + 59670 + 53818) seen heading for Birmingham New Street. This is thought to be taken where Fenny Crompton Road crosses the Oxford - Birmingham line near Wormleighton. The slide has a process date of April 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.