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Vehicle 50058 / 53058

Class 116

BR Diagram 553

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

May-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
Mar-75 On loan to CW (Cricklewood)
w/e 12/11/75 Transferred to CW (Cricklewood)
w/e 05/11/76 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
01/10/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
19/11/89 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
30/10/91 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PTSX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50058 - original number
53058 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Apr to Sep-76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 27/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50058 59008 50100 As delivered to WR - May 1957
50058 59008 50100 Noted 14th June 1957 - On exhibition at Birmingham (Snow Hill)
308 50058 59008 50094 Noted Aug-601
TY506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa Jun-69
50058 59006 50112 Noted 28/09/1969 - Tyseley open day2
50058 59006 50112 Noted 20/11/69 - at Stratford-upon-Avon3
TY506 50058 59006 50112 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50058 59006 50112 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Tyseley4
50058 59006 50112 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street4
50058 59006 50112 Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot3
50058 59006 50112 Noted 03/11/72 - in Birmingham New Street3
50058 59006 50112 Noted 09/06/73 - at Ely5
50058 59440 50108 Noted 25/07/1976 - Swindon Works. Outshopped following C3 or C1 Overhaul 7/762
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa 01/19786
TS506 50058 59006 50108 Noted 01/07/1978 - Tyseley.2
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted 15/10/1978 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C1R Overhaul (Refurbishment) 10/78.2
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley2
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa 01/19816
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted 06/06/1981 - in Swindon Works2
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa 10/19816
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa 05/19826
TS506 50058 59674 50112 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS506 53058 59442 53112 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS506 53058 59592 53112 Noted circa 09/19836
TS506 53058 59592 53112 Noted 10/10/1983 - at Birmingham New Street2
TS553 53058 59606 53878 Noted circa 04/19846
TS553 53058 59606 53878 Noted circa 05/19846
TS507 53058 59714 53099 Noted circa 10/19846
TS533 53058 59595 53919 Noted circa 11/19846
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Noted circa 01/19856
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Noted circa 05/19856
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Noted 14/10/19856
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Noted circa 12/19856
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Noted 25/01/1986 - at Birmingham New Street 2
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Noted 20/04/1986 - at Wolverhampton 2
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Noted circa 05/19866
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Noted circa 06/19866
TS527 53058 59632 53108 Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street - as 4 car set with 550007
TS510 53058 59674 53875 Noted circa 06/19876
T338 53050 59722 53058 Formed at TS Aug-87
T338 53058 59722 53050 Noted 09/01/19886
T338 53050 59722 53058 Listed at TS - 7th April 1988
T338 53058 59722 53050 Noted circa 05/19886
T338 53050 59722 53058 Noted 04/06/88 - at Norwich5
T338 53050 59722 53058 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T338 53050 59722 53058 Noted 16/09/1989 - at Derby Locomotive Works open day2
CH338 53050 59722 53058 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
T338 53050 59722 53058 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T338 53050 59722 53058 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T338 53058 59722 53050 Noted circa 12/19906
T031 53058 53644 Noted circa 03/19916
T031 53058 53644 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T031 53058 53644 Listed at TS - Aug-91

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Widney Manor

1964

Set number: 306

M50058 at the head of Derby suburban triple set 306 seen in Widney Manor in the summer of 1964. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Warwick

1966

Set number: 306

50058 has 'cut' buffers in this view of Derby suburban set 306 passing Warwick north box in early summer 1966. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

25th January 1971

Set number: TY506

Birmingham Moor Street station. W50058 leads 59006 and 50112. James Hardwick.

Class 116 DMU at Droitwich

1980

Set number: TY506

Tyseley 116 Unit TY506 calls at Droitwich with a service to Worcester Shrub Hill in early 1980. TS506 was formed of DMBS+TS+DMS 50058+59006+50112 according to Railcar.co.uk and had recently been refurbished and had the TC converted to a TS. Steve Robinson.

Class 116 DMU at Five Ways

9th August 1983

Set number: TY506

M53058 leads set TY506 (with set TY505 on the rear) at Five Ways on the 14:50 Four Oaks to Redditch, Tuesday 9 August 1983. PJ Evans.

Class 116 DMU at Southport

27th May 1989

Set number: T338

Viewed across the roof of "Pacer" 142062, West Midlands Class 116 Derby 3-car DMU T338 (presumably with 53058 + 59722 + 53050) approaches Southport station, passing the abandoned excursion platforms on 27th May 1989. Gordon Edgar.

Class 116 DMU at Snailwell

24th March 1992

Class 116 DMBS M53058 at Snailwell on March 24, 1992. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 20th August 1991

Set number: T031

T031 (presumably 53644 + 53058) and T308 arrive at Ledbury Station at 19.05 on the 20th August 1991 and cross 150 130 waiting to take the single line to Malvern Wells. The DMUs are working the 17.30 Birmingham New Street to Hereford, and the class 150 is on the 18.40 Hereford to New Street. Dave Gommersall.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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