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Vehicle 50866 / 53866


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

3w/e 17/05/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Nov-66 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Nov-66 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 22/05/76 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
3w/e 30/10/77 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
02/10/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
08/03/89 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50866 - original number
53866 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Mar-76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 17/08/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50866 59374 50919 As delivered to 88A - 3w/e 17/05/58
CAT350 50866 50919 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
50866 59374 50919 Transfer to 84A - Nov-64
50866 59374 50919 Transfer to 86A - Nov-66
50866 59374 50919 Noted 30/10/70 - on Cardiff Canton depot1
CTN327 50866 59374 50919 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50866 59374 50919 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
327 50866 59374 50919 Noted 02/11/72
50866 59374 50919 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2
50866 59374 50919 Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3
C327 50866 59374 50919 Noted 13/07/75 - on 2C72 (unknown service, included Cardiff-Barry Island section) with C347
C327 50866 59374 50919 Noted 24/04/76 - on 2C75 1030 Treherbert-Cardiff with C331
50866 59374 50919 Noted 16/05/1976 - 18.20 Chester-Man Vic with 50123/59486/500814
50866 59143 50919 Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot3
50866 59374 50919 Noted 16/09/1977 - on 11:02 Dorridge to Birmingham Moor Street 5
50866 59374 50919 Transfer to TS - 3w/e 30/10/77
TS548 50866 59374 50919 Noted circa 01/19786
50866 59374 50919 Noted 04/01/78
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted 09/08/1980 - Barmouth, on return working to the West Midlands area6
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted circa 01/19816
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted circa 10/19816
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted 12/06/82 - at Norwich3
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS548 50866 59352 50919 Noted circa 01/19836
spare 53866 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS624 53866 59352 53919 Noted circa 10/19836
TS624 53866 59352 53919 Noted circa 05/19846
TS527 53866 59632 53108 Noted circa 09/19846
TS527 53866 59632 53108 Noted circa 10/19846
TS621 53866 59604 53919 Noted circa 01/19856
TS621 53866 59604 53919 Listed at TS - May-85
53866 59604 53919 Noted 01/09/1985 - 17.10 Chester-Wolverhampton4
TS621 53866 59604 53919 Noted circa 12/19856
Spare 53866 Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86
TS511 53866 59608 53105 Formation change - TS - circa Mar-86 - All from spare.
TS511 53866 59608 53105 Noted 22/03/19866
TS511 53866 59608 53105 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS511 53866 59608 53105 Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with TS6237
TS600 53866 59130 51142 Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53866 & 51142 replaces 53857 & 53910
TS612 53866 59593 53902 Noted 18/06/19876
T612 53866 59593 53902 Listed at TS - Jul-87
53866 59593 53902 Noted 16/08/87 - at Norwich3
T349 53866 59114 53887 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T212 53866 54401 Formed at TS circa May-88

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Chester Road

March 1978

Set number: TS548

Tyseley Class 116 set TS548 (50866 and presumably 59374 + 50919) seen at Chester Road with Birmingham New Street on the destination blind during March 1978. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill

8th May 1987

Set number: TS612

53866/59593/53902 at Worcester Shrub Hill on 08/05/87. Steve Jones.

Class 116 DMU at Porthmadoc

July 1987

Set number: TS612

Class 116/127 hybrid set TS612 (53866 + 59593 + 53902) arriving into Porthmadoc in July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Parthmadoc

July 1987

Set number: TS612

DMU set TS612 (53866 leads with 59593 and presumably 53902) in Porthmadoc station in July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Snow Hill

7th April 1988

M53866 at Birmingham Snow Hill 7th April 1988. Keith Long.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Snow Hill

7th April 1988

Stabled at Birmingham Snow Hill waiting it's next working is West Midlands Class 116 No 53866 on 7 April 1988. Keith Long.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 16th May 1976

Set number: T306

Class 116 units on Chester depot, 16/5/76, they later formed the 18.20 Chester-Manchester Victoria. The vehicles were 50123 + 59486 (a Class 117 TCL) + 50081 coupled to 50866 + 59374 + 50919, which had just been transferred from Cardiff to Newton Heath, and for some reason the C on the set number has been replaced by a T. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 1978

Set number: TS548

Tyseley Class 116 set TS548 (possibly 50919 + 59352 + 50866) at Five Ways in 1978. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1st September 1985

Suburban 3-car formed 53919, 59604 & 53866 departing Chester working the 17.10 Chester-Wolverhampton, 1/9/85. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: July 1987

Class 127 TS 59593 in between Class 116 power cars 53866 and 53902 as set TS612 at Porthmadoc in July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: July 1987

Set number: TS612

Set TS612 is a Class 116 / 127 hybrid set formed of 53902 + 59593 + 53866 when seen at Porthmadoc in July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1988

Set number: TS349

M53887 M59114 M53866 (set TS349) at Birmingham Snow Hill 7th April 1988. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 17th September 1988

Set number: T230

T230 (54011 + 53030) on the 09:53 Skegness - Grantham taken from T212 (M53866 + 54401) at Sleaford, 17th September 1988. Hamish Stevenson.