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Vehicle 50053 / 53053


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: 30211
Diagram: 553

Allocations

May-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
4w/e 27/05/95 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50053 - original number
53053 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

9w/e 13/11/76 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 06/08/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50053 59003 50095 As delivered to WR - May 1957
TYS328 50053 59015 50106 Listed at - circa Oct-60
50053 59027 50119 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
TY527 50053 59027 50119 Noted circa Jun-69
TY527 50053 59027 50119 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 - 50859 (from TY534) noted running in place of 50053 at the time.
TY534 50053 59342 50914 Listed at Tyseley - circa Sep-71
50053 59342 50886 Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1
50053 59342 50886 Noted 02/09/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly2
50053 59342 50886 Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3
50053 59342 50886 Noted 30/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3
50053 59342 50886 Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station2
TY534 50053 59342 50886 Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon2
TS534 50053 59342 50914 Noted circa 01/19784
TS534 50053 59342 50886 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS534 50053 59342 50886 Noted circa 01/19814
TS534 50053 59342 50886 Noted circa 10/19814
TS534 50053 59342 50886 Noted circa 09/19824
TS534 50053 59342 50886 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS534 53053 59342 53886 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS534 53053 59342 53886 Noted circa 09/19834
TS534 53053 59629 53886 Noted circa 01/19844
TS534 53053 59629 53886 Noted circa 02/19844
TS534 53053 59629 53886 Noted circa 07/19844
TS534 53053 59107 53886 Noted circa 03/19854
TS628 53053 59614 53886 Noted circa 10/19854
TS628 53053 59614 53886 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS628 53053 59614 51146 Noted 16/08/86 - at Norwich2
TS628 53053 59614 51146 Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 51146 (ex-TS602) replaces 53886 (to TS602)
TS628 53053 59614 51146 Noted 05/03/19874
TS628 53053 59614 51146 Noted circa 04/19874
TS324 53053 59672 53101 Noted circa 06/19874
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich2
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted circa 10/19874
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 16/04/1988 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Trelewis Bog Railtour T303+T324
T337 53053 59751 53838 Noted 17/09/88 - at Norwich2
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 24/07/89 - being hauled by 31408 on 2P82 1727 Llandudno-Derby
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 10/12/1989 - Branch Line Society South Midlands Railtour T421+T324
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 03/06/1990 - 14.40 Leicester to Burton-on-Trent via Coalville (Depot Open Day)
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 19/03/91 - at Crewe5
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted circa 05/19914
T324 53053 59609 53101 Noted 12/06/91 - at Doncaster2
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T055 53053 53181 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T039 53053 52044 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T039 53053 52044 Listed at TS - Nov-92
T039 53053 52044 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
53053 51142 Noted 01/05/93 - On 20:53 Redditch - Birmingham New Street6
T333 53053 51142 Listed at TS - Nov-93
117333 53053 53921 53132 Noted 21/09/94
117023 53053 53132 Listed at TS - late Nov-94

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
6: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Knowle &amp; Dorridge

August 1961

A Derby suburban triple DMU (W50053 closest) is seen at Knowle & Dorridge in mid-August 1961. Honeybourne is displayed on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Knowle &amp; Dorridge

27th April 1963

Set number: 327

A Derby suburban DMU at Knowle & Dorridge with a Birmingham - Lapworth service, 27/04/1963. DMBS W50053 leads. Nigel Walls.

Class 116 DMU at Bordesley Junction

late August 1975

Set number: TY534

Class 116 DMU set TY534 led by M50053 is seen at Bordesley Junction (Birmingham) in late August 1975. Birmingham New Street is displayed on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

Class 116 DMU at Stratford upon Avon

Unknown date

Set number: TS543

Two Tyseley 116 dmus (TS543 in plain blue (with 50053 presumably closest) and a refurbished set) waits their next working from platform 3 at Stratford upon Avon. Date unknown. Stephen Burdett.

Class 116 DMU at Bearley Junction

9th June 1985

A suburban DMU formed of 53053 + 59629 + 53886 (116/127/116) at Bearley Junction on 9 June 1985. Keith Miller.

Class 116 DMU at Bromsgrove

4th March 1990

Set number: T324

Class 116 DMBS 53053 leading set T324, with 59672 and 53101 on the Lickey Incline near Bromsgrove on 4/Mar/1990. The centre trailer is a class 115 TCL. The leading vehicle still retains it's top marker light - originally the earliest batches of class 116s had four marker lights, one above the destination box and three across the cab front. Later the lower centre marker light was removed leaving just the two standard marker lights on the cab front; in most cases the top light was removed at the same time. Robert Chilton.

Class 116 DMU at Hereford

2nd January 1992

Set number: T324

T324 (53053 + 59672 + 53101) with T027 (53019 + 54006) at Hereford, having arrived as the 17:30 ex-Birmingham New Street on the 2nd January 1992. Gazza Prescott.

Class 116 DMU at Small Heath, Birmingham

Unknown date

Set number: T333

An interesting formation (116 DMBS, 116 DMS, 116 DMS, 115 DMBS (smaller brake compartment) and 116 DMS), seen at Small Heath, Birmingham. Emitting a great plume of smoke as it passes... destination blind reads Longbridge, but it's not clear if this is a passenger service or an ECS move. The leading car is M53053, and set T333, which dates it around late 1993. Graeme Phillips Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 20th July 1983

Set number: TS534

Class 116 DMU set TS534 (presumably 53886 + 59342 + 53053) in Birmingham Moor Street station on 20 July 1983. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 20th July 1983

Set number: TS562

Class 116 DMUs in Birmingham Moor Street station on 20 July 1983. On the right is set TS562 (presumably 53893 + 59634 + 53075) and on the left TS534 (presumably 53886 + 59342 + 53053). Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 13th September 1987

Set number: T324

Class 116 DMS 53101 at the rear of set T324 formed with class 115 TC 59672 and class 116 DMBS 53053 at Sleaford on 13/Sep/1987. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: T324

Class 116 set T324 is caught on the Coalville branch. Presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053, date unknown but possibly on the 1988 open day shuttles? Tom Clift.

DMU

Date: 5th June 1988

Set number: T324

A Coalville - Leicester DMU shuttle led by T324 (presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053), run in connection with Coalville Open Day, passes Bagworth and Ellistown. The track looks as if it has been affected by mining subsidence. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 10th July 1988

Set number: T324

Class 116 3-car DMU (with a Class 115 centre car) Tyseley set T324 (53101 + 59672 + 53053) arriving at Rhyl with service for Chester 10-7-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1991

Set number: T324

T324 (53101 + 59672 + 53053) leaves Old Hill working the 17:09 Worcester F St-Birmingham New St. on the 11th May 1991. Gazza Prescott.