Vehicle 50860 / 53860

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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

2w/e 05/04/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
by Jun-61	Transferred to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
3w/e 01/02/64	Transferred to	2A (Tyseley)
May-73	Depot code change	TS
Mar-87	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50860 - original number
53860 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-77 - AWS fitted
Oct-77 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 28/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50860	59438	50913						Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
TY535	50860	59438	50913						Noted circa Jun-69
TY535	50860	59438	50913						Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	50860	59438	50913						Noted 06/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
	50860	59438	50913						Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
	50860	59438	50913						Noted 25/05/1974 - at Worcester2
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted 17/09/1977 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C1R (Refurbishment) Overhaul 10/773
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted circa 01/19784
	50860	59438	50913						Noted 04/01/78
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted 01/07/1978 - Tyseley3
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley3
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot3
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted circa 01/19814
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted circa 10/19814
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted circa 05/19824
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted 27/07/1982 - on Tyseley depot3
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted 28/07/1982 - in Swindon Works3
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS535	50860	59438	50913						Noted circa 01/19834
TS535	53860	59438	53913						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS535	53860	59438	53913						Noted circa 09/19834
TS535	53860	59438	53913						Noted 18/11/1983 - at Birmingham New Street3
TS535	53860	59438	53913						Noted circa 06/19844
TS535	53860	59438	53913						Noted circa 01/19854
TS535	53860	59438	53913						Noted circa 03/19854
TS535	53860	59438	53913						Noted circa 09/19854
TS535	53860	59757	53913						Noted circa 02/19864
TS535	53860	59757	53913						Noted circa 05/19864
TS500	53860	59757	53913						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS500	53860	59757	53103						Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53103 (ex-TS515) replaces 53913 (to TS515)
TS359	53860	59114	53887						Noted 03/10/87 - at Norwich5

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

Images:

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28th April 1969

Set number: TY535

Class 116 set TY535 (presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913) stopping at Tyseley on April 28, 1969. Despite what the destination blind shows this is the 5.25pm service to Shirley. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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31st August 1973

Set number: TY535

A nine-car DMU formation working a Special at Warley on Friday 31 August 1973. The Class 116 leading seems t be set TY535 (and so presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913), with two Class 101s on the rear. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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February 1975

Set number: TY535

Class 116 sets TY535 (50860 at the front, presumably with 59438 + 50913) and TY531 arriving at Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.

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mid-1976

Set number: TY535

Class 116 DMU set TY535 (presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913) seen south of Blake Street in mid-1976. Michael Mensing.

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23rd August 1978

Set number: TY535

A nine-car Class 116 formation leaves Tyseley with the 8.44am Birmingham Moor St - Leamington Spa service on August 23, 1978. Set TY535 is closest, presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913. Michael Mensing.

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autumn 1986

Set number: TS500

Three Cars at Four Oaks. A Derby class 116 suburban set (TS500, presumably 53860 closest) leaves Four Oaks on a Cross City service in autumn 1986. Murray Liston.

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1987

Two 116 vehicles, with 53860 on the left, awaiting disposal at Vic Berrys, Leicester, circa February 1987. Ian Francis.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: February 1975

Set number: TY531

Class 116 sets TY531 and TY535 (50860 at the far end, presumably with 59438 + 50913) in the staggered platforms of Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.

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Date: 22nd May 1976

Set number: TY535

Tyseley Class 116 set TY535 (presumably 50913 + 59438 + 50860) at Hall Green on May 22, 1976. Michael Mensing.

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Date: 1977

Set number: TY535

Two Class 116 sets at Four Oaks station on a Lichfield City service in the summer of 1977. Closest is set TY535 formed 50913 + 59438 and presumably 50860. Michael Mensing.

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Date: 1979

Set number: TY535

Refurbished Class 116 set TY535 (50913 leads, presumably with 59438 + 50860) south of Selly Oak in the spring of 1979. Michael Mensing.