Vehicle 50081 / 53081

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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: 30211
Diagram: 553

Allocations

w/e 05/10/57	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 22/05/76	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
w/e 10/12/77	Transferred to	CW (Cricklewood)
4w/e 09/04/78	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
18/10/87	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
30/10/88	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50081 - original number
53081 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Apr-76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 24/10/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50081	59031	50123						As delivered to WR - w/e 05/10/57
CAT306	50081	50123							Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN306	50081	59031	50123						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
	50081	59350	50123						Noted 16/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central 3
C306	50081	59031	50123						Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport4
	50081	59486	50123						Transfer to NH - w/e 22/05/76 - from WR
T306	50081	59486	50123						Noted 16/05/1976 - 18.20 Chester-Man Vic with 50866/59374/509195
	50081	59486	50123						Noted 06/08/1976 - Seen at Southport6
T306	50081	59486	50123						Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot4
	50081	59486	50123						Noted 17/09/1977 - Swindon Works. 7
	50081	59486	50123						Transfer to CW - w/e 10/12/77
	50081	59486	50123						Transfer to TS - 4w/e 09/04/78
TS552	50081	59486	50123						Noted 05/05/1978 - Birmingham New Street7
TS552	50081	59543	50123						Noted 01/07/1978 - Tyseley.7
TS552	50081	59543	50123						Noted 08/10/1978 - Weston-Super-Mare7
TS552	50081	59543	50123						Noted 24/03/79
TS552	50081	59543	50123						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS552	50081	59543	50123						Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot7
TS552	50081	59623	50123						Noted circa 01/19816
TS552	50081	59623	50123						Noted circa 10/19816
TS552	50081	59617	50123						Noted circa 05/19826
TS552	50081	59543	50123						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS552	53081	59543	53123						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS601	53081	59543	53123						Noted circa 10/19836
TS601	53081	59543	53123						Noted 10/02/1984 - at Birmingham New Street 7
TS601	53081	59543	53123						Noted circa 10/19846
TS601	53081	59543	53123						Noted circa 01/19856
TS601	53081	59543	53123						Listed at TS - May-85
	53081	59543	53123						Noted 07/12/85
TS601	53081	59543	53123						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS601	53081	59543	53123						Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich4
TS601	53081	59120	53123						Formation change - TS - circa Nov-86 - 59120 replaced 59543
TS353	53081	59120	53123						Noted circa 02/19876
T353	53081	59120	53123						Listed at TS - Jul-87
CH287	53081	53904							Listed at CH - May 1988
CH297	53081	53904							Listed at CH - May 1988
CH287	53081	53904							Noted circa Jul-88

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Chris Moxon
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Martin Lumley

Images:

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25th April 1983

Set number: TS552

Class 116/101/116 DMU set TS552 (53081 and presumably 59543 + 50123) in Derby station on Monday 25 April 1983. David Russon.

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September 1984

A 116/101/116 hybrid set, 53081/59543 and presumably 53123, at Chester circa September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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27th June 1985

Set number: TS601

A Class 116/101/116 hybrid at Chinley on 27 June 1985. It seems to be set TS601, 53081 leads presumably with 59543 + 53123. Chris Thorp.

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18th November 1985

Set number: TS601

TS601 53081+59543+53132 at Stourbridge Junction with the 16:00 service to Birmingham New Street. Monday 18th November 1985. Photo by the late Rob Simpson. Ian Hazlehurst.

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1986

Set number: TS601

Class 116 / 101 DMU vehicles 53081 59543 53123 are unusual visitors to Doncaster station in 1986... an arrival from the Midlands would have been more likely to be a Class 114. Graeme Phillips Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 16th May 1976

Set number: T306

Class 116 units on Chester depot, 16/5/76, they later formed the 18.20 Chester-Manchester Victoria. The vehicles were 50123 + 59486 (a Class 117 TCL) + 50081 coupled to 50866 + 59374 + 50919, which had just been transferred from Cardiff to Newton Heath, and for some reason the C on the set number has been replaced by a T. Anthony Griffiths.

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Date: 10th August 1978

Set number: TS552

On August 10, 1978, hybrid Class 116/101 set TS552 (presumably 50123 + 59543 + 50081) leads another Class 116 set south of Erdington Station with the 5.59pm Longbridge - Lichfield City service. Michael Mensing.

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Date: 5th March 1986

Set number: TS601

The original subject of this image was 56 048 arriving at Small Heath on 5 March 1986 to collect a train of scrap metal but the 2 DMU sets made the picture in retrospect. The train receding from the camera and going towards Birmingham Moor Street was a hybrid set of classes 116 and 101 (thought to be TS601, 53123 + 59543 + 53081) with a 122 attached and the furthest away a class 116 on its way to either Dorridge or Leamington Spa. Peter Tandy.

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Date: 19th July 1986

A fairly poor image showing hybrid parcel set 53081 & 51786 in use on the Saturdays Only 10.07 Llandudno-Manchester Victoria, passing Dunham Hill, 19/7/86. Anthony Griffiths.