Vehicle 59001
Class 116
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30212
Diagram: 555
Allocations
| Apr-57 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| p/e 24/12/83 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 22/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50051 | 59001 | 50093 | As delivered to WR - April 1957 | ||||||
| 50051 | 59001 | 50093 | Noted 17th April 1957 | ||||||
| TYS305 | 50051 | 59001 | 50055 | Noted March 1958 | |||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 25/03/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 29/06/74 - on 15:25 Birmingham NS-Stratford On Avon | ||||||
| TY501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Leicester3 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS501 | 50057 | 59001 | 50097 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS501 | 53057 | 59001 | 53097 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS501 | 53057 | 59001 | 53097 | Noted circa 10/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1969
Set number: TY501
At Widney Manor in mid-1969 is a three-car Derby suburban DMU, displaying "Special" on the destination blind. The three vehicles are presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1974
Set number: TY501
In 1974 two Derby suburban sets are seen at Four Oaks with a Lichfield City service. Leading is 50097 in set TY501, presumably with 59001 + 50057. Michael Mensing.
Date: April 1974
Set number: TY501
A 3-car class 116 DMU is seen at Warwick in April 1974. This is Tyseley set TY501, presumably 50057 + 59001 + 50097. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: mid-1974
Set number: TY501
Two Class 116 DMUs pass by at Butler's Lane with a Lichfield City service in mid-1974. Leading is set TY501, presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057. Michael Mensing.
Date: February 1975
Set number: TY501
Tyseley Class 116 set TY501 (presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057) at Cradley Heath in February 1975. Michael Mensing.
Date: February 1975
Set number: TY501
Tyseley Class 116 set TY501 (presumably 50057 + 59001 + 50097) entering Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.
Date: June 1978
Set number: TS501
Class 116 set TS501 arrives into Five Ways on a Longbridge service with M50097 at the front (presumably with 59001 + 50057), June 1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: January 1979
Set number: TS501
TS501 (presumably 50097 + 59001 + 50057) is seen in a snowy Hatton station in January 1979. Michael Mensing.