Vehicle 50883 / 53883
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
| Dec-57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Nov-66 | On loan to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| Dec-66 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 16/06/68 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 06/02/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50883 - original number
53883 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 19/05/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50830 | 59338 | 50883 | As delivered to WR - December 1957 | ||||||
| CAT315 | 50830 | 50883 | Listed at CAT - Jul-62 - and centre car | ||||||
| 50830 | 59343 | 50883 | Transfer to 34G - 16/06/68 - from NER | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50883 | Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59343 | 50883 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59361 | 50883 | Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50883 | Noted 27/10/1972 - Finsbury Park3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50883 | Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross4 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross4 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross4 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50883 | Noted 09/02/1975 - at Kings Cross 4 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 05/1975 - at Kings Cross 4 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50883 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 4 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59361 | 50883 | Noted 18/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds on the out and back from Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50883 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1 | ||||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 03/03/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 24/03/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59336 | 50883 | Noted 29/10/1977 - Kings Cross5 | ||||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 09/04/1978 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C1R (Refurbishment) Overhaul 5/783 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 22/12/1978 - Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley3 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot3 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted circa 01/19816 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted circa 10/19816 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Noted circa 05/19826 | |||||
| TS525 | 50830 | 59332 | 50883 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59332 | 53883 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59332 | 53883 | Noted circa 09/19836 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 12/19836 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted 10/02/1984 - at Birmingham New Street 3 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 06/19846 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 11/19846 | |||||
| TS525 | 55000 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 03/19856 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 10/19856 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted 25/01/1986 - at Duddeston 3 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59533 | 53883 | Noted circa 02/19866 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59533 | 53883 | Noted circa 05/19866 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59353 | 53883 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59353 | 53883 | Noted circa 06/19866 | |||||
| TS525 | 53870 | 59353 | 53883 | Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53870 replaces 53835 | |||||
| 53870 | 59653 | 53883 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with 53822-59345-538817 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Martin Lumley
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st March 1968
E50830/59343/50883 with 2N73 the 1125 Carlisle to Newcastle departing from Brampton Fell signalbox after picking up a C&W inspector who had come from Hexham to examine a wagon detached in the refuge siding with a hot box, 1st March 1968. Keith Long.
Date: August 1978
Set number: TS525
Refurbished Class 116 set TS525 (presumably 50830 + 59332 + 50883) with Class 122 55003 on the rear at Small Heath Bridge with a Moor Street service in August 1978. Michael Mensing.