Vehicle 59341
Class 116
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30365
Diagram: 555
Allocations
| 4w/e 25/01/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| circa late 1960 | Transferred 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| p/e 24/12/83 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |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 15/04/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50833 | 59341 | 50886 | As delivered to WR - January 1958 | ||||||
| TYS330 | 50833 | 59341 | 50886 | Formed at TYS circa late 1960 - was CAT317 | |||||
| TY531 | 50861 | 59341 | 50886 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50861 | 59341 | 50886 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50886 | Listed at Tyseley - circa Sep-71 | |||||
| 50052 | 59341 | 50886 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50052 | 59341 | 50886 | Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot1 | ||||||
| TS531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50914 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| TY531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50914 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham Moor Street4 | |||||
| TS531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50914 | Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot4 | |||||
| TS531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50886 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50914 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50914 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50914 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50914 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50914 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| TS531 | 50052 | 59341 | 50914 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS531 | 53052 | 59341 | 53914 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th March 1961
A Derby suburban triple DMU set in Birmingham Snow Hill station on 28 March 1961. Lapworth is on the destination blind. Closest is DMBS W50833, recorded as being delivered to Cardiff in early 1958 and re-allocated to Tyseley circa late 1960 where it would remain until withdrawn in 1988. The centre car seems to be W59341. Michael Mensing.
Date: 2nd October 1982
Set number: TS531
A Derby Class 116 trio passes Smethwick Rolfe Street on Saturday 2nd October 1982 with the 14:00 Birmingham New Street to Kidderminster service. Driving Motor Brake 2nd M50052 is the leading car (set TS531, presumably with 59341 + 50914). Why was I at Smethwick Rolfe Street? This was the nearest station to where the Warley Model Railway Club used to hold their annual exhibition prior to it moving to the NEC. At the time Snow Hill was an abandoned wasteland and the prospect of it ever reopening seemed highly unlikely. Fortunately, trains for Kidderminster have reverted to the former Great Western lines within Birmingham and no longer pass through Smethwick Rolfe Street. Brian McDevitt.