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Class 116 Derby 3-car Suburban DMUs


Diagrams

Original

All three batches shared the same diagrams.
DMBS: 553, TC: 555, TS: 600, DMS: 554.

BR Diagram 553 BR Diagram 555 BR Diagram 600 BR Diagram 554

When vehicles were gangwayed new versions were issued with revised vehicle numbers:
DMBS, DMBS with note
TC, TC with note
DMS, DMS with note

There was no ammended versions of the TS non-gangwayed diagram as all vehicles were gangwayed.

Gangwayed

DMBS: 853, TC: 855, TS: 856, DMS: 854.

BR Diagram 853 BR Diagram 855 BR Diagram 856 BR Diagram 854

After the gangway converion had been done, some vehicles received further modification such as adding through access and removing the doors between saloons. The original gangwayed diagrams would be re-issued with a reduced list of vehicles, and the altered vehicles would appear in a new version of the diagram, each with a different suffix:
DMBS - 853A, 853B
TC - 855A, 855A with note, 855B
TS - 856A, 856A with note, 856B
DMS - 854A, 854B, 854C

One final diagram is 858, which covered two Cardiff vehicles (59030/1) downgraded from trailer composites to trailer seconds. They note the conversion was done at Swindon, although it is not clear what conversion work was actually done as they show that the first class seats were retained.

BR Diagram 858

Design Codes

In 1980 the diagrams were re-issued as design codes.

Non-gangwayed

As all the TS vehicles had been gangwayed, there are only three of these.

DQ 219 (DMBS)

DQ 219 side one DQ 219 side two

DT 215 (TC)

DT 215 side one DT 215 side two

DP 201 (DMS)

DP 201 side one DP 201 side two

Gangwayed

DQ 230 (DMBS)

DQ 230 side one DQ 230 side two

DT 215 (TC)

DT 219 side one DT 219 side two

DT 209 (TS)

DT 209 side one DT 209 side two

DP 220 (DMS)

DP 220 side one DP 220 side two

The downgraded trailer composites (still with first class seating):

DT 219 (TS)

DT 219 side one DT 219 side two

Details about preserved Class 116s can be found here.

Thanks to Mac Winfield, Ian Fleming and John Thomlinson for much of the information on this Class.