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Vehicle 50842 / 53842


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 22/02/58 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 15/10/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
2w/e 14/11/87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
17/07/88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50842 - original number
53842 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated circa 05/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50842 59350 50895 As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58
CAT328 50842 50895 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
CTN328 50842 59350 50895 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50842 59350 50895 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
50842 59350 50895 Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central2
50842 59350 50895 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1
C328 50842 59350 50895 Noted 12/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2
C328 50842 59350 50895 Noted 26/08/75 - at Cardiff working with C351
C310 50842 59350 50133 Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3
C311 50842 59350 50895 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C311 50842 59350 50895 Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot, refurbished livery3
C311 50842 59350 50895 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C311 50842 59350 50895 Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central4
50842 59350 50895 Noted 15/07/1979 - Special Train Wolverhampton to Coalbrookdale and return
TS543 50842 59350 50895 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS543 50842 59350 50895 Noted circa 01/19815
TS543 50842 59350 50895 Noted circa 10/19815
TS543 50842 59350 50895 Noted circa 05/19825
TS543 50842 59350 50895 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS543 53842 59350 53895 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS543 53842 59350 53895 Noted circa 09/19835
TS621 53842 59350 53895 Noted circa 03/19845
TS614 53842 59609 53895 Noted circa 11/19845
TS614 53842 59609 53895 Noted circa 01/19855
53842 59609 53895 Noted 17/01/85 - at Norwich3
TS614 53842 59609 53895 Listed at TS - May-85
TS614 53842 59609 53895 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
53842 59609 53895 Noted 30/05/87 - at Norwich strengthening by 51938 59794 52038 on a Birmingham NS – Norwich service3
TS357 53842 59527 53895 Noted circa 06/19875
T357 53842 59527 53895 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS357 53842 59527 53895 Noted 08/08/87 - at Norwich3
TS357 53842 59527 53895 Noted 31/10/19875
TS257 53842 53895 Noted circa 01/19885
T207 53842 53895 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill

Unknown date

Set number: TS543

Refurbished Class 116 set TS543 with M50842 closest at Worcester Shrub Hill. Date unknown. John Law.

Class 116 DMU at Leceister London Road

9th May 1981

Set number: TS543

Class 116 set TS543 (50842 presumably leading) departs from Leicester London Road with a Birmingham New Street service on May 19, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Gloucester

September 1984

Set number: TS614

53842 leads set TS614 (with a Met-Camm centre car) at Gloucester in September 1984. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Reading

18th December 1984

Set number: TS614

53842 (TS614) is in the centre road at Reading while mail bags are being loaded onto 47 471's train, 18th December 1984. 54A South Dock.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

circa September 1987

Set number: T357

Tyseley Hybrid set formed of Class 116 Driving power cars 53842 (50842) + Class 101 Centre car 59527 + Class 116 53895 (50895) at Birmingham Moor Street in September 1987 with a service to Shirley Don Taggart.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 5th June 1976

Set number: C311

Two Class 116 DMUs at Cardiff Central with what is thought to be the 10:42 (SO) Rhymney-Penarth service on 6 June 1976. Closest is refurbished C311, presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1976

Set number: C311

Refurbished Class 116 DMU set C311 (presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842) passes Kidderminster Junction signalbox on 8 August 1976. It is displaying 'Special' on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 13th June 1987

M53895 + M59527 + M53842 + M51146 seen at Ely North Junction, June 13, 1987. Class 101 middle cars were often used on Tyseley sets. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: TS357

Class 116 set TS357 (presumably M53895 + M59527 + M53842) - with a Met-Camm centre car - pass by at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1987. The passengers at the windows and people on the lineside ahead suggest there may be a(nother) train of interest about to pass. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1990

Golden light at Newton Heath Depot at dawn as the sun illuminated first generation DMU cars stabled on September 15th 1990. In the foreground are withdrawn Class 104s, M53421 & M53464, with out-of-service M53493 & M53444 on a parallel siding, the units being separated by a 20 Ton Brake Van. In the left background is a split 2-Car Class 101, with the DMBS having some bodyside damage. Also present were two Class 116 Suburban DMU cars, 53839 & 53842. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1990

Withdrawn and damaged first generation DMU sets awaiting their fate, were stabled at the side of Newton Heath Depot on September 15th 1990. A pair of weary-looking Derby built Class 116 Suburban Driving Motor Brake Seconds 53842 & 53839 were keeping company with a fire-damaged BRCW Class 104 two-car set formed of cars 53532 & 53487. The adjacent sidings with diesel soaked trackwork have clearly been the resting place for other withdrawn units, the ground being strewn with various fittings and components including an wooden emergency evacuation ladder from a brake compartment. Martyn Hilbert.