Vehicle 59031
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| 16/05/85 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) |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 liveryDisposal
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 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 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
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.
Date: February 1981
Set number: C450
Class 117 DMU set C450 (51334 + 59031 + 51376) at Merthyr Tydfil sometime in February 1981. Rob Paterson.
Date: unknown
Set number: C450
Class 117 DMU set C450 (51376 and presumably 59031 + 51334) at Worcester (Foregate Street). Date unknown - this would be between painting into blue/grey after having white/blue stripe livery and moving to Bristol in May 1982. Paul Redmond.
Date: unknown
Set number: C450
Class 117 DMU set C450 (51334 and presumably 59031 + 51376) at Worcester (Foregate Street). Date unknown - this would be between painting into blue/grey after having white/blue stripe livery and moving to Bristol in May 1982. Paul Redmond.