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Vehicle 50836 / 53836


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

4w/e 25/01/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
4w/e 06/05/72 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
18/06/72 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
2w/e 11/11/78 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
5w/e 12/05/79 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
circa Aug-82 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
circa Sep-83 Stored U. ED (Eastfield)
circa Oct-83 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50836 - original number
53836 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Jul-84 - buried at Paterson's Tip, Mount Vernon (Glasgow)

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50836 59344 50889 As delivered to WR - January 1958
CAT337 50836 59344 50889 Listed at Cathays - circa Sep-60
CAT337 50836 50889 Listed at Cathays - Jul-62 - and centre car
50836 59344 50889 Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN337 50836 59344 50889 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50836 59344 50919 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
50836 59344 50889 Noted 13/11/71 - at Gloucester1
50836 59344 50889 Transfer to 82A - 4w/e 06/05/72
50836 59344 50889 Noted 03/08/19723
50836 59344 50889 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
50836 59344 50889 Noted 26/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
50836 59344 50889 Noted 27/08/74 - on Hamilton depot4
158 50836 59344 50889 Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot4
165 50836 59344 50889 Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - gangwayed set
50836 59344 50889 Transfer to ED - 2w/e 11/11/78
391 50836 59347 50889 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
116391 50836 59347 50889 Listed at HN - 13/06/82

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Derby C&amp;W Works

December 1957

An official image (Derby Works negative 57/1177) showing W50836, with a board on the roof proclaiming '500th Diesel Railcar built at the Carriage & Wagon Works Derby'. The Brake Overhaul date on the solebar is 15.12.57 so probably taken soon after. British Railways.

Class 116 DMU at Derby C&amp;W Works

December 1957

An official image (Derby Works negative 57/1185) showing W50836, with a board on the roof proclaiming '500th Diesel Railcar built at the Carriage & Wagon Works Derby', in a different style to the one photographed on the other side. British Railways.

Class 116 DMU at Derby C&amp;W Works

December 1957

An official image (Derby Works negative 57/1186) showing W50836, with a board proclaiming '500th Diesel Railcar built at the Carriage & Wagon Works Derby', one of several variations taken in December 1957. British Railways.

Class 116 DMU at Kilmacolm

Unknown date

Set number: 116391

Set 116 391 seen in Kilmacolm station, date unknown. The DMBS closest is presumably 50836. Stuart Rankin.

Class 116 DMU at Glasgow Central

Unknown date

Set number: 116391

DMBS SC50836 leads a sic-car Class 116 DMU formation in to Glasgow Central station circa early 1980s. Paul Redmond.