Vehicle 59343
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) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Dec-66 | On loan to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 4w/e 31/12/66 | 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) | |
| p/e 24/12/83 | Withdrawn |
59343 was involved in the following incident:
24/11/60 - Between Pontrhydyfen and Cwmavon, WR
Collision involving Class 116 / Steam
Info from Bill Read, Railway Observer January 1961 p14
A 3-car DMU (set CAT343, 50125 + 59343 + 50083) working the 4.55pm Swansea High Street to Barry Island was in a head-on collision with an unfitted goods train (weighing 620 tons) hauled by a Class 57XX Tank locomotive (9737) running bunker first. 2 persons killed and 26 injured. The point of collision was on a single-line section with a gradient of 1 in 42. The locomotive drove some five feet into the leading power car which telescoped some ten feet into the intermediate trailer. The locomotive was also extensively damaged and 8 wagons were wrecked. The goods train was travelling too fast down the gradient and had an insufficient number of wagon brakes applied to enable it to stop at the Pontrhydyfen signal.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50835 | 59343 | 50888 | As delivered to WR - 4w/e 25/01/58 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted circa May-68 - in blue livery | ||||||
| 50830 | 59343 | 50883 | Transfer to 34G - 16/06/68 - from NER | ||||||
| 50827 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50830 | 59343 | 50883 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50877 | Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50880 | Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 50380 | 59343 | 50880 | Noted 13/12/73 - in Kings Cross3 | ||||||
| 50824 | 59343 | 50883 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 2 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot3 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59343 | 50880 | Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot3 | ||||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59343 | 50906 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS517 | 50824 | 59343 | 50906 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59343 | 50111 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59343 | 50111 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59343 | 50111 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59343 | 50111 | Noted circa 01/19834 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59343 | 53108 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59343 | 53108 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59343 | 53108 | Noted circa 10/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
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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.