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Vehicle 50854 / 53854

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

w/e 01/03/58	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-65	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
May-73	Depot code change	LA
2w/e 20/03/76	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
p/e 10/11/90	Sector Change to	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ
11/06/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RDTS

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50854 - original number
53854 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

w/e 16/10/71 - Dual AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 23/05/1980 released in blue/grey livery - BR records show inter-vehicle gangways removed as part of refurbishment.

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50854	59362	50907	As delivered to 88A - February 1958
CAT334	50854	50907		Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
	50854	59362	50907	Transfer to 84A - Jan-65
	50854	59346	50907	Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with small yellow panel
LA311	50854	59346	50907	circa Feb-70 84A - Same formation, renumbered from LA309
	50854	59346	50907	Noted 29/08/1970 - Worked 15.25 Ilfracombe to Exeter St Davids with 51329-59481-51314¹
LA311	50854	59346	50907	Listed at Laira - circa May-71
P355	50854	59346	50907	Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth²
P355	50854	59372	50907	Noted 06/07/1973 - at Exeter²
	50854	59372	50907	Noted 08/07/1973 - at Laira depot²
P355	50854	59346	50907	Noted 02/09/74 - at Exeter³
P355	50854	59346	50907	Noted 11/07/75 - on 13:50 St. Ives - St Erth
	50854	59346	50907	Noted 30/04/1976 - at Birmingham ⁴
	50854	59346	50907	Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon³
	50854	56296	50907	Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham³
TS544	50854	59346	50907	Noted circa 01/1978¹
	50854	56296	50907	Noted 04/01/78
TS544	50854	59192	50907	Noted 16/04/1978 - Seen at Leamington Spa¹
C310	50854	59038	50887	Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central⁵
	50854	59192	50907	Noted 01/08/79 - at Norwich, 59192 still with E prefix³
TS544	50854	59192	50907	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS544	50854	59192	50907	Noted circa 01/1981¹
TS544	50854	59336	50907	Noted circa 10/1981¹
TS544	50854	59336	50907	Noted circa 05/1982¹
TS544	50854	59336	50907	Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS544	53854	59336	53907	Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS544	53854	59604	53907	Noted circa 09/1983¹
TS544	53854	59604	53907	Noted circa 11/1983¹
TS619	53854	59598	53907	Noted circa 11/1984¹
TS619	53854	59518	53907	Noted 01/02/85 - at Norwich³
TS619	53854	59592	53907	Listed at TS - May-85
TS619	53854	59592	53907	Noted circa 05/1985¹
	53854	59592	53907	Noted 08/01/86 - on 13:10 Birmingham Moor Street - Stratford-on-Avon service⁶
TS619	53854	59592	53907	Noted circa 02/1986¹
	53854	59592	53907	Noted 14/03/86 - on 14:25 Birmingham Moor Street - Leamington⁶
TS619	53854	59592	53907	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS619	53854	59592	53907	Noted 29/07/1986 - at Kidderminster⁷
T321	53854	59528	53907	Noted circa 06/1987¹
	53854	59528	53907	Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich³
T321	53854	59528	53907	Listed at TS - Jul-87
T321	53854	59723	53907	Formation change - TS - Aug-87 - 59723 replaced 59528
T321	53854	59723	53907	Noted 31/10/1987¹
T321	53854	59723	53907	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
	53854	59723	53907	Noted 09/07/88 - on 10:05 Nottingham - Derby
T321	53854	59723	53907	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T321	53854	59723	53907	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	53854	59723	53907	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot²
T321	53854	59723	53907	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T321	53854	59723	53907	Noted 29/06/90 - on 08:32 Lichfield TV - Longbridge
T321	53854	59723	53907	Noted circa 10/1990¹
T321	53854	59753	53907	Noted 06/04/1991 - At Stafford, possibly in multiple with T073 but not certain.⁸
T321	53854	59753	53907	Noted circa 05/1991¹
T321	53854	59753	53907	Noted circa 08/1991¹
T321	53854	59753	53907	Listed at TS - Dec-91
T321	53854	59753	53886	Noted circa 01/1992¹

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Baumann
7: Robert Chilton
8: Dave Warby

Images:

30th June 1969

A Class 116 DMU set in St Ives station with the 09:35 to St Erth on 30 June 1969. The power cars are W50854 (closest) and W50907. Robert Thomas.

20th May 1972

Set number: P355

Set P355 at St. Ives with a St. Erth train on the 20th May 1972. According to the Hugh Longworth book the vehicles would be 50854, 59346 and 50907. Hamish Stevenson.

11th July 1975

Set number: P355

Derby Works bullt Class 116 DMU with coach nos. 50854, 59346 + 50907 waits at St. Ives before transporting holidaymakers (and the odd basher) back to St Erth with the 1350 departure on July 11, 1975. Note the patches under the cab windows. Suthen Softy.

10th April 1976

Set number: P355

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, on 10th April 1976. The Great Western Railway station at Stratford remained intact into the mid-1970s when the Down platform buildings were demolished. The covered footbridge remained and a Birmingham Moor Street-bound dmu waits alongside it. At this time the line south to Honeybourne and Cheltenham was still open for freight. However shortly afterwards a derailment at Winchcombe gave British Railways an excuse to close the through line completely. The closest vehicle, a DMBS, is marked as set P355 and is presumably 50854, transferred from Laira to Tyseley a few weeks previously. Pete LG99.

June 1976

A Class 116 DMU heads away from Solihill station in mid-June 1976. The DMBS is not carrying the usual Tyseley set number in the cab window but seems to be a recent transfer from further south judging by the remains of a set number under the drivers window and lack of destination blind and is presumably 50854. Michael Mensing.

26th January 1985

Set number: TS619

A Class 116 DMU with a blue centre car in Leamington Spa station on 26 January 1985. It is thought to be set TS619 formed of 53854 + 59598 + 53907. Nicholas T Smith.

10th June 1985

Set number: TS619

Class 116/127 hybrid set TS619 (presumably 53854 + 59592 + 53907) with the 13:10 Birmingham Moor St - Stratford-upon-Avon approaching Stratford-upon-Avon at 13:50 on Monday 10th June 1985. Colin Brooks.

28th May 1986

Set number: TS619

Tyseley Class 116/127/116 set TS619 (53854 + 59592 + 53907) departs Oxford for Reading at 08:40 on 28 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

27th June 1987

Set number: T321

A hybrid 3 car DMU, comprising Class 116 driving vehicles and a Class 101 trailer, set T321 (presumably 53854 + 59528 + 53907), heading north towards Hereford at Coedmoor crossing. 27th June 1987. It was unusual to see a Tyseley set south of Hereford. John Crooks.

18th July 1987

Set number: T321

T321 (53854 closest, 53907 furthest, Met-Camm centre car is probably 59528) heads for Canton Sidings from Cardiff Central after working the 15:30 ex-Hereford on Saturday 18th July 1987. PJ Evans.

29th June 1990

Set number: T321

T321 (53854 + 59723 + 53907) “Dusty Bin” (a nickname the set received after the catchphrase from a TV show) leaves King’s Norton with the 08:32 Lichfield TV - Longbridge, 29th June 1990. Gazza Prescott.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: April 1975

Set number: P355

DMU set P355 (presumably 50907 + 59346 + 50854) at Exmouth terminus before returning to Exeter, August 1975. Tony Watson.

Date: May 1989

Set number: T321

Two suburban sets in Butterley station (Midland Railway Centre) in May 1989, probably on a railtour. Closest is T321, 53907 and presumably 59723 + 53854. Ian Francis.

Date: May 1989

Set number: T321

Two suburban sets in Swanwick station (Midland Railway Centre) in May 1989. See images 4628/9. Closest is set T321 with 53907 and presumably 59723 + 53854. Walter Burt.

Date: 26th July 1991

Set number: T321

Class 116 DMS no. 53907 at the head of Tyseley's 3-car suburban set T321, formed with 59753 & 53854 out of sight in the gloom of Birmingham New Street. This was a hybrid set, containing a class 115, a common practice at Tyseley. Waiting to leave for Longbridge on 26/Jul/1991. Robert Chilton.

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