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Vehicle 50826 / 53826


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

Dec-57 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Jul-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
2w/e 12/11/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
Dec-66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
Dec-66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
2w/e 29/04/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
01/10/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
19/11/89 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
12/05/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
05/06/91 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) PLOX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50826 - original number
53826 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 11/05/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50826 59334 50879 As delivered to WR - December 1957
50826 50879 Noted 30th March 1958
CAT309 50826 50879 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
149 50826 59345 50879 Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69
149 50826 59345 50879 Listed at 66C - Jul-70
149 50826 59345 50879 Listed at 66C - 1972
50826 59345 50879 Noted 29/06/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
50826 59345 50879 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
50826 59345 50879 Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central3
50826 59345 50876 Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1
50826 59375 50867 Noted 04/04/1977 - 11:00 Glasgow Central to Edinburgh via Shotts4
50826 59329 50879 Noted 13/08/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley3
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Noted circa 01/19815
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Noted circa 10/19815
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Noted circa 05/19825
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS555 53826 59360 53905 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS555 53826 59360 53905 Noted circa 09/19835
TS555 53826 59617 53905 Noted circa 03/19845
TS555 53826 59617 53905 Noted 29/09/84 - on 10.45am Cheltenham Spa - Swindon
TS555 53826 59617 53905 Noted circa 10/19845
TS555 53826 59617 53905 Noted circa 12/19845
TS520 53826 59617 53905 Noted circa 03/1985 - Set number formerly TS5555
TS520 53826 59617 53905 Noted circa 10/19855
TS520 53826 59617 53905 Noted circa 03/19865
TS520 53826 59617 53905 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS520 53826 59617 53905 Noted 30/08/86 - at Norwich3
TS520 53826 59329 53905 Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with TS5986
53826 59329 53905 Noted 31/05/1987 - Coalville Depot open day shuttle running to/from Leicester and Burton on Trent.
TS520 53826 59329 53905 Noted 18/06/19875
T520 53826 59329 53905 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T340 53826 59719 53837 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
TS340 53837 59719 53826 Noted circa 05/19885
53826 59719 53837 Noted 23/07/88 - at Norwich3
T340 53826 59719 53837 Noted circa 05/19895
T340 53826 59719 53837 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
CH340 53826 59719 53837 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
T340 53826 59719 53837 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
53826 59719 53837 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2
T043 53826 53171 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T043 53826 53171 Noted circa 10/19905
T043 53826 53171 Noted 30/03/1991 - At Llandudno Junction.7
T043 53826 53171 Noted 20/04/91 - at Manchester Piccadilly
LO643 53826 53171 Noted circa 05/19915

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Dave Warby

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Bournville

1978

Set number: TS534

Class 116 set TS534 at Bournville with a Redditch service in 1978, led by 50826. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Wilmcote

1978

Set number: TS555

Tyseley Class 116 set TS555 heading away from Wilmecote station displaying Burton on Trent on the destination blind in 1978. The DMBS 50826 was a recent transfer from Hamilton and has the vehicle number prefix painted over, and there are signs of the former set number under the driver's window. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

July 1978

Set number: TS534

A 116 set arrives into Stratford-upon-Avon in July 1978. The leading car, 50826, had recently been transferred to Tyseley from Hamilton, and is missing the region prefix on the number - unusual at the time - and carries a temporary set number. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Nottingham

9th June 1984

DMBS M53826 leads a Class 116 into the far platform while a Class 114 sits in the platform nearest. Nottingham 9 June 1984. Unfortunately there's a bit of camera shake here. It must have been the excitement of so many DMUs coming and going. We were on a leg stretching break on the Ruddington Requiem Railtour. Alistair Ness.

Class 116 DMU at Nottingham

9th June 1984

A Class 116 DMU with M53826 closest departs from Nottingham on 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

Class 116 DMU at Nottingham

9th June 1984

Class 116 M53826 in Nottingham station on 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

Class 116 DMU at Nottingham

9th June 1984

Set number: TS555

Class 116/127 hybrid DMU set TS555 (M53826 + M59617 + M59305) in Nottingham station on 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

Class 116 DMU at Gloucester

29th September 1984

Set number: TS555

The 10.45am Cheltenham Spa - Swindon service awaits departure from Gloucester station on 29th September 1984. Formed of Tyseley set TS555, containing Class 116 power cars 53826 and 53905 and Class 127 centre car 59617. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Warwick

10th July 1987

Set number: TS520

M53826 is the DMBS on the rear of set TS520 seen departing from Warwick station on July 10, 1987. Malcolm Clements.

Class 116 DMU at Henley-in-Arden

circa July 1988

Set number: T340

Tyseley based Class 116 DMU, unit T340 pulls into Henley in Arden from the Stratford direction in the summer of 1988. It is presumably formed 53826 + 59719 + 53837. Bob Belcher.

Class 116 DMU at Llandudno Junction

30th March 1991

Set number: T043

Class 116 DMBS 53826 from set T043 seen in Llandudno Junction station on 30 March 1991. Dave Warby.

Class 116 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

20th April 1991

Set number: T043

T043 (53826 + 53171) on the blocks at Manchester Piccadilly, having arrived as the 08:47 ex-Chester via Northwich. (This diagram was booked a TS 2-car set for a year or two and produced some huge machines!). 20/4/91. Gazza Prescott.

Class 116 DMU at Snailwell

15th June 1991

Class 116 DMBS M53826 at Snailwell on 15th June 1991. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th September 1981

Set number: TS555

A London Midland Region publicity image (negative D9724/7) captioned "Three-car diesel multiple unit in West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive livery at Kings Norton on 4 September 1981." It is set TS555 with M50905 and presumably M59360 and M50826, originally a Cardiff then Hamilton set moving to Tyseley in 1978. British Rail.

DMU

Date: 29th September 1984

Set number: TS555

Tyseley set TS555 leaving Gloucester with the 10.45am Cheltenham Spa - Swindon service on 29th September 1984. It has Class 116 power cars 53905 and 53826, the centre car is Class 127 59617. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 23rd December 1984

From left to right: Class 116 53826, Class 104 53439 and Class 105 54417. Seen at Leicester on the 23rd December 1984. Dennis Taylor.

DMU

Date: mid-1987

Set number: TS520

I am not able to date this photograph other than it was taken sometime in mid-1987 because the negative was in the folder for that year but without a corresponding entry in any notebook. The location is clearly Sutton Coldfield station and the class 116 set TS520 (presumably 53905 + 59329 + 53826) was leaving to cross through the heart of Birmingham on its way to Redditch in Worcestershire. The driver's side of the cab has received a bit of a clout, probably in the crowded Tyseley depot. Peter Tandy.