Vehicle 59020
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) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 2w/e 08/11/69 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CW | |
| 4w/e 28/07/79 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| p/e 10/07/83 | Withdrawn |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 05/12/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50070 | 59020 | 50112 | As delivered to WR - August 1957 | ||||||
| 50074 | 59020 | 50094 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50074 | 59020 | 50094 | Noted 14/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY520 | 50061 | 59020 | 50117 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TS558 | 50102 | 59020 | 50850 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - in works, en-route CW to TS | |||||
| TS558 | 50850 | 59020 | 50102 | Noted circa 01/19812 | |||||
| TS520 | 50827 | 59020 | 50880 | Noted circa 10/19812 | |||||
| TS558 | 50850 | 59020 | 50102 | Noted circa 05/19822 | |||||
| TS558 | 50850 | 59020 | 50102 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS558 | 53850 | 59020 | 53102 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: April 1967
Set number: 124
BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (later Class 116) Nos.W50094 (116/1), W59020 (175), W50074 (116/2) in BR green with small yellow warning panel entering Birmingham (Snow Hill) station, 04/67. The set number in the cab window is possibly 124. Note the Met-Camm on the left. Hugh Llewelyn.