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Vehicle 50904 / 53904


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

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 01/05/77 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
18/10/87 Transferred to CH (Chester)
30/10/88 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

Notes

1st May 1959 - W50851 and W50904 were noted in Southall.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50904 - original number
53904 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-77 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 16/12/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50851 59359 50904 As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58
CAT351 50851 50904 Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car
CTN331 50851 59359 50904 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50851 59359 50904 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
C331 50851 59359 50904 Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
50851 59359 50904 Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central2
50851 59359 50904 Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff1
50851 59359 50904 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1
C331 50857 59359 50904 Noted 26/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3
C331 50851 59359 50904 Noted 14/01/76 - at Cardiff
C331 50851 59359 50904 Noted 24/04/76 - on 2C75 1030 Treherbert-Cardiff with C327
50851 59504 50904 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3
50851 59504 50904 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff4
C331 50851 59504 50904 Noted 07/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads3
TS508 50851 59376 50904 Noted circa 01/19785
TS508 50851 59376 50904 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS508 50851 59376 50904 Noted circa 01/19815
TS508 50851 59376 50904 Noted circa 10/19815
TS508 50851 59376 50904 Noted circa 01/19825
TS508 50851 59376 50904 Noted circa 09/19825
TS508 50851 59376 50904 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS508 53851 59376 53904 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS508 53851 59376 53904 Noted circa 09/19835
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 12/19835
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 01/19855
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Listed at TS - May-85
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 06/19855
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 11/19855
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 02/19865
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 06/19865
TS605 51138 59527 53904 Formation change - TS - circa Nov-86 - 51138 replaced 53851
TS320 51138 59527 53904 Noted circa 02/19875
T320 51138 59720 53904 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T354 53904 59054 53910 Formation change - TS - Aug-87 - 53904 (ex-T320) replaced 53890 (to T320)
TS320 51138 59720 53904 Noted 01/08/87 - at Norwich3
CH297 53847 53904 Noted 31/03/88
CH287 53081 53904 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH297 53081 53904 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH287 53081 53904 Noted circa Jul-88
53929 53904 Noted 9th September 1989 - part of 3-car set (with 55991) hauling BG 94124

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Whitacre

25th May 1977

Tyseley set TS48 is seen passing the site of Whitacre station with the 6.14pm Leicester - Birmingham New Street on 25 May 1977. It is a hybrid set, the centre car is a Class 117, Tyseley received two of these from Cardiff Canton a few weeks previous - 59492 and 59502. The power cars are Class 116s, closest is thought to be 50904 which also moved from Canton with the centre cars. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham New Street

8th May 1980

Set number: TS508

Set TS508 at Birmingham New Street on May 8, 1980, M50904 is closest. Steve Jones.

Class 116 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

1983

Set number: TS508

A pair of Class 116 DMUs at Birmingham Moor Street station in 1983. TS508 is on the right, 50904 presumably closest, TS537 (presumably 50108) on the left. John Law.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 5th September 1981

Set number: TS508

In refurbished white with blue stripe livery, a Derby built Class 116 three-car DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50851 leading (TS508 presumably also contains 59376 + 50904), was passing over Barnt Green Junction as it diverged from the former Midland Railway Birmingham to Bristol main line with a Four Oaks to Redditch service on September 5th 1981. The short Redditch branch is 4.73 Miles in length from its junction at Barnt Green. Martyn Hilbert.