Vehicle 50877
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: 30364
Diagram: 554
Allocations
| Dec-57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Oct-64 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| 4w/e 03/12/66 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 14/07/68 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 06/02/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 2w/e 11/11/78 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | - HN closed |
| 27/11/82 | Stored | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 27/01/83 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50824 | 59332 | 50877 | As delivered to WR - December 1957 | ||||||
| CAT308 | 50824 | 50877 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50824 | 59332 | 50877 | Transfer to 84A - Oct-64 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50877 | Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross1 | ||||||
| 50828 | 59336 | 50877 | Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross1 | ||||||
| 50828 | 59361 | 50877 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50859 | 59027 | 50877 | Transfer to HN - 2w/e 11/11/78 | ||||||
| 393 | 50841 | 59331 | 50877 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 116393 | 50841 | 59331 | 50877 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
circa 1986
Set number: 394
Sc50877 at Millerhill Yard, circa 1986, which had become a bit of a dumping ground for old railway stock in the mid-1980's. The Class 116 DMS had been withdrawn in January 1983, and was boarded up because of its blue asbestos content. S Saunders.