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Vehicle 50082 / 53082

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

Aug-57 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 01/05/77 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
04/12/90 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50082 - original number
53082 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Feb-76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 05/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50082 59032 50124 As delivered to WR - August 1957
CAT344 50082 50124 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
CTN344 50082 59340 50124 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50082 59340 50124 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
344 50082 59340 50124 Noted 02/11/72
C344 50082 59340 50124 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot2
50082 59492 50916 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff3
T313 50082 59492 50916 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central2
TS550 50082 59492 50124 Noted 12/09/77 - at Aberystwyth, showing signs of having been T3442
TS550 50082 59366 50124 Noted circa 01/19784
TS550 50082 59366 50124 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS550 50082 59366 50124 Noted circa 01/19814
TS550 50082 59115 50124 Noted circa 10/19814
TS550 50082 59115 50124 Noted circa 09/19824
TS550 50082 59115 50124 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS550 53082 59115 53124 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS606 53082 59115 53124 Noted circa 12/19834
TS606 53082 59602 53124 Noted 28/07/84 - at Norwich2
TS606 53082 59602 53124 Noted circa 09/19844
TS606 53082 59602 53124 Noted circa 10/19844
TS606 53082 59602 53124 Listed at TS - May-85
TS606 53082 59602 53124 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS606 53082 59602 53124 Noted 30/08/86 - at Norwich2
T602 53082 59610 53886 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T333 51131 59617 53082 Formed at TS Aug-87
T333 51131 59617 53082 Noted circa 08/19874
53827 59617 53082 Noted circa 09/1987 - 53827 marked "T335", 53082 marked "T333"4
T333 51131 59617 53082 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
51131 59617 53082 Noted 03/08/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
T333 51131 59617 53082 Noted circa 03/19894
T333 51131 59617 53082 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T333 51131 59617 53082 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51131 59617 53082 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot1
T333 51131 59617 53082 Listed at TS - mid May-90

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Spring Road

circa 1981

Set number: TS50

Class 116 set TS550 in Spring Road station, undated. Closest is presumably 50082 which was painted into blue/grey in September 1980. The centre car, the the white/blue stripe refurbished livery, is probably 59366. It was replaced in the set sometime in 1981 by Class 101 59115. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

Class 116 DMU at Tyseley

7th March 1987

Class 116 DMBS 53082 is seen in the snow at Tyseley on 07.03.1987 between a brake van and a Class 08. Andy Cole.

Class 116 DMU at Leamington Spa

6th May 1987

Set number: TS602

53082/59610/53886 running 25 minutes late on the 12.59 Reading to Birmingham New Street at Leamington Spa on 06/05/87. Steve Jones.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New Street

12th March 1988

A DMU formed of 53082, 59617 and 51131 (Class 116 power cars and a 127 centre car) arriving at Birmingham New Street station on 12 March 1988. Keith Miller.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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