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Vehicle 59019


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)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
circa Sep-83 Withdrawn

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 05/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50069 59019 50111 As delivered to WR - June 1957
TYS319 50071 59019 50102 Listed at - circa Oct-60
50064 59019 50115 Noted 14/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
TY519 50064 59019 50115 Noted circa Jun-69
TY519 50064 59019 50115 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50064 59019 50115 Noted 29/10/71 - in Birmingham New Street1
TY519 50064 59019 50111 Noted 14/09/74 - on 1200 Kidderminster-Lichfield City with TY513
TS519 50064 59019 50115 Noted 05/08/1975 - at Solihull2
TY519 50064 59019 50115 Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot3
TS519 50064 59019 50115 Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon3
TS519 50064 59019 50115 Noted 28/08/76 - on 1300 Birmingham New Street-Derby
TS519 50064 59019 50115 Noted circa 01/19784
TS519 50064 59019 50115 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
50064 59019 50115 Noted 24/05/80
TS519 50064 59019 50111 Noted circa 01/19814
TS523 50055 59019 50116 Noted circa 05/19824
TS523 50055 59019 50116 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS500 53061 59019 53092 Listed at TS - 14/07/83

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Leicester

April 1983

Class 116 centre car M59019 seen in Leicester station in April 1983. Ian Francis.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 19th October 1974

Set number: TY519

Derby suburban set TY519 (M50064 leading presumably with 59019 + 50115) arrives into Worcester Shrub Hill station on 19th October 1974 with a service from Birmingham. The station was opened by the Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway in 1850 but the present Great Western & Midland Railway station building was designed by Edward Wilson and built in 1865. Pete LG99.

DMU

Date: 9th April 1977

Set number: TS519

Two Class 116 DMUs arrive into Smethwick West station on 9 April 1977. Leading is set TS519, presumably 50064 + 59019 + 50115. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1978

Set number: TS519

In the spring of 1978 refurbished Class 116 set TS519 (presumably 50064 + 59019 + 50111) is seen at Lichfield City. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1982

Set number: 523

Class 116 DMBS M50055 formed with refurbished TS, possibly 59019, and DMS M50116 of Tyseley set 523 at Redditch, Saturday 7th August 1982. Visible in the background is 56 003 waiting to continue the 'Grid Iron Grice' railtour back to London Bridge Iain Reid.