Vehicle 59013
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
| Jun-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 | |
| 15/10/83 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 12/11/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50063 | 59013 | 50105 | As delivered to WR - June 1957 | ||||||
| 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY513 | 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY513 | 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50837 | 59013 | 50890 | Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY513 | 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Small Heath3 | |||||
| TS513 | 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS513 | 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS513 | 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS513 | 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS513 | 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS513 | 50077 | 59013 | 50120 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS513 | 53077 | 59013 | 53120 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS513 | 53077 | 59013 | 53120 | Noted circa 09/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
A blue 116 set is seen awaiting departure from Stratford-upon-Avon, date unknown. The centre car seems to be M59013. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: mid-1974
Set number: TY513
In mid-1974 Class 116 set TY513 (50120 at the front, presumably with 59013 + 50077) leads a Swindon Cross-Country set at Wylde Green heading for Lichfield City. Michael Mensing.
Date: 22nd May 1976
Set number: TS513
Class 116 DMU set TS513 (presumably 50120 + 59013 + 50077) with a Class 120 on the rear seen in Smethwick West station on 22 May 1976. Michael Mensing.
Date: 23rd September 1978
Set number: TS513
A class 116 dmu (set TS513, presumably 50077 + 59013 + 50120) rattles over the junction at Water Orton with a Derby to Birmingham New Street service 23/9/1978. Hams Hall power station dominates. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 20th April 1980
Set number: TS513
Nuneaton 20 April 1980. Despite having "Special" as a destination, this three-car class 116 diesel set is heading to a fairly normal destination in the form of Coventry. The formation of set TS513 at this time was 50120/59013/50077, a formation it held from 1969 to 1983. Jeremy Chapter.