Vehicle 59350
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 22/02/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 15/10/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Jul-85 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated circa 05/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58 | ||||||
| CTN328 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59350 | 50123 | Noted 16/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central2 | ||||||
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C328 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 12/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2 | |||||
| C328 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Cardiff working with C351 | |||||
| C310 | 50842 | 59350 | 50133 | Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C311 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C311 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot, refurbished livery3 | |||||
| C311 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C311 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted 15/07/1979 - Special Train Wolverhampton to Coalbrookdale and return | ||||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS543 | 50842 | 59350 | 50895 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS543 | 53842 | 59350 | 53895 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS543 | 53842 | 59350 | 53895 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS621 | 53842 | 59350 | 53895 | Noted circa 03/19845 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
7th August 1976
Set number: C311
Class 116 DMU set C311 heads towards Kidderminster station with a special on 7 August 1976. Another Class 116 (TY527) is in the station and another with a 101 in the sidings. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 5th June 1976
Set number: C311
Two Class 116 DMUs at Cardiff Central with what is thought to be the 10:42 (SO) Rhymney-Penarth service on 6 June 1976. Closest is refurbished C311, presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842. Robert Thomas.
Date: 7th August 1976
Set number: C311
Refurbished Class 116 DMU set C311 (presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842) passes Kidderminster Junction signalbox on 8 August 1976. It is displaying 'Special' on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
Date: 15th July 1979
Set number: TS543
In 1979 a series of special trains was arranged over the Coalbrookdale branch to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the building of the Ironbridge. A temporary platform was set up at Coalbrookdale (just past mp161) and here is the 11.45 ex-Wolverhampton at that temporary platform on 15 July 1979; it will return to Wolverhampton as the 16.20 from Coalbrookdale. The train is formed of a Tyseley-based Class 116 dmu, set TS543, with coaches 50895/59350/508942. Lewis Bevan.