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Vehicle 50860 / 53860


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

2w/e 05/04/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-61 Transferred to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
3w/e 01/02/64 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
May-73Depot code changeTS
Mar-87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50860 - original number
53860 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-77 - AWS fitted
Oct-77 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 28/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50860 59368 50913 As delivered to 86C - 2w/e 05/04/58
50860 59438 50913 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
TY535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa Jun-69
TY535 50860 59438 50913 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50860 59438 50913 Noted 06/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50860 59438 50913 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
50860 59438 50913 Noted 25/05/1974 - at Worcester2
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 01/19783
50860 59438 50913 Noted 04/01/78
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 01/19813
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 10/19813
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 05/19823
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 01/19833
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 09/19833
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 06/19843
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 01/19853
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 03/19853
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 09/19853
TS535 53860 59757 53913 Noted circa 02/19863
TS535 53860 59757 53913 Noted circa 05/19863
TS500 53860 59757 53913 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS500 53860 59757 53103 Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53103 (ex-TS515) replaces 53913 (to TS515)
TS359 53860 59114 53887 Noted 03/10/87 - at Norwich4

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Tyseley

28th April 1969

Set number: TY535

Class 116 set TY535 (presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913) stopping at Tyseley on April 28, 1969. Despite what the destination blind shows this is the 5.25pm service to Shirley. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Cradley Heath

February 1975

Set number: TY535

Class 116 sets TY535 (50860 at the front, presumably with 59438 + 50913) and TY531 arriving at Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at south of Blake Street

mid-1976

Set number: TY535

Class 116 DMU set TY535 (presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913) seen south of Blake Street in mid-1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Tyseley

23rd August 1978

Set number: TY535

A nine-car Class 116 formation leaves Tyseley with the 8.44am Birmingham Moor St - Leamington Spa service on August 23, 1978. Set TY535 is closest, presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Four Oaks

autumn 1986

Set number: TS500

Three Cars at Four Oaks. A Derby class 116 suburban set (TS500, presumably 53860 closest) leaves Four Oaks on a Cross City service in autumn 1986. Murray Liston.

Class 116 DMU at Vic Berrys

1987

Two 116 vehicles, with 53860 on the left, awaiting disposal at Vic Berrys, Leicester, circa February 1987. Ian Francis.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: February 1975

Set number: TY531

Class 116 sets TY531 and TY535 (50860 at the far end, presumably with 59438 + 50913) in the staggered platforms of Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 22nd May 1976

Set number: TY535

Tyseley Class 116 set TY535 (presumably 50913 + 59438 + 50860) at Hall Green on May 22, 1976. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1977

Set number: TY535

Two Class 116 sets at Four Oaks station on a Lichfield City service in the summer of 1977. Closest is set TY535 formed 50913 + 59438 and presumably 50860. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1979

Set number: TY535

Refurbished Class 116 set TY535 (50913 leads, presumably with 59438 + 50860) south of Selly Oak in the spring of 1979. Michael Mensing.