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Vehicle 50899 / 53899

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

w/e 01/02/58	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
19/05/68	Transferred to	30A (Stratford)
May 1973	Depot code change	SF
23/04/77	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
p/e 29/01/83	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
Nov-84	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
18/03/86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50899 - original number
53899 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50846	59354	50899		As delivered to Cathays - w/e 01/02/58
CAT326	50846	59354	50899		Listed at CAT - circa Sep-60
CAT326	50846	50899			Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
	50846	59354	50899		Transfer to 30A - 19/05/68 - from WR
	50846	59367	50899		Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot¹
	50853	59354	50899		Noted 04/08/73 - at Ipswich²
	50846	59367	50899		Noted 21/07/74 - at Ipswich³
	50899	50543	59214	50553	Noted 30/04/75 - in Liverpool St around 4am³
	50841	59367	50899		Noted 11/07/76 - on Colchester depot³
	50841	59354	50899		Noted 05/03/1977 - Stratford⁴
	50841	59354	50899		Transfer to HN - 23/04/77
168	50846	59354	50899		Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set
	50846	59354	50899		Noted 16/09/1978 - Glasgow Central⁴
	50825	59329	50899		Noted 08/09/1979 - Glasgow Central⁴
396	50859	59349	50899		Listed at HN - 01/02/81
	50859	59349	50899		Noted 29th May 1981
	50859	59349	50899		Noted 27/06/1981 - at Glasgow Central⁴
116396	50859	59349	50899		Listed at HN - 28/11/81
116396	50859	59349	50899		Listed at HN - 13/06/82
	53859	59349	53899		Noted circa 11/1983⁵
116396	53859	59349	53899		Listed at ED - 17/06/84
116396	53859	59349	53899		Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED
116396	53859	59349	53899		Listed at AY - 25/03/85
	53090	59349	53899		Noted circa 10/1985⁵
116396	53859	59349	53899		Noted circa 05/1987 - Withdrawn, stored in Glasgow Works.⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

17th August 1971

A Class 116 DMU with E50899 closest in North Woolwich station. It had arrived with the 12:25 from Tottenham Hale on 17 August 1971. Robert Thomas.

December 1976

Blue Class 116 dmu (closest seems to be E50899), semaphore signal, tail lamp and blue enamel signs - Braintree in December 1976 looked like a branch terminus in decline. Tony Watson.

December 1976

Blue Class 116 dmu (closest seems to be E50899), semaphore signal, tail lamp and blue enamel signs - Braintree in December 1976 looked like a branch terminus in decline. Tony Watson.

27th August 1977

Set number: 162

Largs station on 27 August 1977 contains a Class 116 (right - set 162, SC50899) and a Class 107 (left, set 146, SC52000). Tom Burnham.

21st July 1983

Set number: 116396

116 396 (presumably 50899 + 59349 + 50859) waits at Dunblane on 21/7/83. David Christie.

1984

Set number: 116396

Derby suburban Set 116396 (presumably 53859 + 59349 + 53899) stabled on Haymarket depot in 1984. S Saunders.

1984

Set number: 116396

Derby suburban Set 116396 (presumably 53899 + 59349 + 53859) stabled on Haymarket depot in 1984. S Saunders.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa early 1984

Class 116 TS SC59349 awaiting its next turn at East Kilbride, circa early 1984. The power cars are presumably 53899 and 53859. John Horne.

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