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Vehicle 50824 / 53824

Class 116

BR Diagram 553

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

Dec-57 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
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-73Depot code changeFP
06/02/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
20/11/87 Transferred to CH (Chester)
12/06/88 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) - possibly in April?

Notes

early Dec-87 - Chester driver training set 53824 + 53906 was noted as being occasionally used for parcel work (RO 2/88 p54)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50824 - original number
53824 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 08/01/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

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 50906 Noted circa May-68 - in blue livery
50824 59361 50883 Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1
50824 59361 50880 Noted 05/04/71 - at Kings Cross2
50824 59343 50877 Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross3
50824 59343 50883 Noted 27/10/1972 - Finsbury Park4
50824 59343 50880 Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross3
50824 59332 50883 Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross3
50824 59332 50883 Noted 05/1975 - at Kings Cross 3
50824 59343 50883 Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 3
50824 59361 50883 Noted 18/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds on the out and back from Cambridge1
50824 Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1
50824 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1
50824 59361 50906 Noted 27/01/77 - on Cambridge depot1
50824 59361 50906 Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot1
TS517 50824 59343 50906 Noted 01/03/1978 - Birmingham New Street4
TS517 50824 59343 50906 Noted 25/06/1978 - Birmingham New Street4
TS517 50824 59343 50906 Noted 31/01/1979 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C3 Overhaul 2/794
TS517 50824 59343 50906 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS517 50824 59343 50906 Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot4
TS517 50824 59343 50906 Noted circa 01/19815
TS517 50824 59716 50906 Noted circa 10/19815
TS517 50824 59741 50906 Noted circa 05/19825
TS517 50824 59741 50906 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS517 53824 59741 53906 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS517 53824 59741 53906 Noted circa 09/19835
TS517 53824 59741 53906 Noted 10/10/1983 - at Birmingham New Street4
TS517 53824 59640 53906 Noted circa 12/19835
TS517 53824 59640 53906 Noted circa 02/19845
TS517 53824 59640 53906 Noted circa 12/19845
TS517 53824 59640 53906 Noted circa 03/19855
TS517 53824 59640 53906 Noted circa 03/19865
TS517 53824 59640 53906 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS517 53824 59640 53906 Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street6
TS517 53824 59640 53906 Noted 18/06/19875
T517 53824 59640 53906 Listed at TS - Jul-87
53824 54091 Listed at CH - circa Apr-88

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th April 1987

A Class 116 formed of 53906 + 59640 + 53824 arrives into Birmingham New Street on April 28, 1987, past 86 241 'Glenfiddich'. Steve Jones.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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