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Vehicle 59028


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

Aug-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
p/e 10/07/83 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 21/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50078 59028 50120 As delivered to WR - August 1957
TYS301 50065 59028 50101 Listed at Tyseley - circa Oct-60
50062 59028 50117 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
TY528 50062 59028 50117 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50062 59028 50117 Noted 22/05/71 - at Kidderminster1
50062 59028 50117 Noted 19/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston1
50062 59028 50117 Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2
50062 59028 50117 Noted 24/12/73 - in Birmingham New Street1
50069 59028 50117 Noted 31/05/1975 - at Tysley3
50062 59028 50117 Noted 30/04/77 - on 2F76 1236 Birmingham New Street-Leicester with 50448 + 59280 + 50709
TS528 50062 59028 50117 Noted circa 01/19784
TS528 50062 59028 50117 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS528 50062 59028 50117 Noted circa 01/19814
TS528 50062 59028 50117 Noted circa 10/19814
TS528 50062 59028 50117 Noted circa 05/19824
TS528 50062 59028 50117 Listed at TS - Jan-83

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1975

Set number: TY528

Set TY528 at Earlwood in 1975, led by 50062, possibly with 59028 + 50117. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: May 1976

Set number: TY528

Class 116 DMU set TY528 (presumably 50117 + 59028 + 50062) seen at Saltley in May 1976. Tamworth is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 21st August 1976

Set number: TY528

As the driver opens up a cloud of thick exhaust smoke blots out the background. The leading set comprises 50062, 59028 & 50117 The train will be on the way to New Street to work a Birmingham to Kidderminster service, it has just left Tyseley Carriage sidings. The houses on the left were on Byron Road they were sturdy Victorian tunnel back houses but they fell victim to Small Heath Highway which was built to relieve traffic through Small Heath on the Coventry Road (it didn't) The houses on the right are off Armoury Road, they were owned by BSA Motorcycles and the houses could be rented by employees, sadly by this time BSA had closed and the houses would soon follow the factory into oblivion, it is now an industrial estate. The station platform may not have anywhere to sit or shelter but it certainly was well lit, the wonky gradient post remains! Image by Peter Shoesmith 21 August 1976. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.

DMU

Date: 27th May 1983

Class 103 Park Royal 2-car DMU 50395 + 56165 boarded up and ready for the scrap man, Tyseley 27-5-83. On the left is Class 116 TC 59028, and the boarded up refurbished car at the far end is also probably a Class 116. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.