Vehicle 59031

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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

w/e 05/10/57	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
03/10/82	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
15/05/83	Stored S.	LA (Laira)
16/05/85	Withdrawn from	LA (Laira)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 07/04/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50081	59031	50123						As delivered to WR - w/e 05/10/57
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN306	50081	59031	50123						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central 3
C306	50081	59031	50123						Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport4
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 22/01/78 - on Cardiff Canton6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 16/07/78 - in Cardiff Central6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 02/12/78 - on Cardiff Canton6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 20/01/1980 - on Cardiff Canton depot 6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 06/07/1980 - at Barry 6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 09/09/1980 - at Cardiff Central 6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 01/03/81
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 28/11/81
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 24/03/1982 - in Swindon Works 6
C321	50083	59031	50820						Formation change - circa Aug-82 - may be running with centre car other than this official listing, and may be marked as C307
C307	50083	59031	50820						Listed at LA - 15/12/1982

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Lumley

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: unknown

Set number: C450

Set C450 heads out of Barry Island. The curved top to the headcode box indicates that the vehicles should be 51334, 59031, and 51376. Undated. Ian Francis.

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Date: February 1981

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450 (51334 + 59031 + 51376) at Merthyr Tydfil sometime in February 1981. Rob Paterson.

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Date: mid-1982

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450, presumably 51376 + 59031 (a 116) + 51334, arriving into Heath station in mid-1982. Michael Mensing.