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Vehicle 59039

Class 116

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30385
Diagram: 600

Allocations

Sep-57	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
27/02/61	Transferred to	88B (Cardiff Cathays)
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
30/04/62	Transferred to	83D (Laira)
Sep-63	Depot code change	84A
Jan-65	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
p/e 12/12/87	Transferred to	LE (Swansea Landore)
03/11/88	Withdrawn from	LE (Swansea Landore)

Notes

Oct-87 - 59039 and 59552 published as W then W cancelled
19/12/88 - withdrawn vehicles 51063/9/91/7, 51302/17, 59039, 59422/69/79 (for Snailwell) and 59030/6, 59363, 59474 (for V Berry) departed Canton leaving 51322 as the only condemned vehicle there

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 04/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50089	59039	50131	As delivered to WR - September 1957
	50089	59039	50131	Transfer to 86A - Jan-65
	50089	59039	50131	Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff¹
	50089	59039	50131	Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff¹
CTN412	50089	59039	50131	Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50089	59039	50131	Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff²
	50089	59039	50131	Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport²
	50089	59039	50131	Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central ³
	50089	59039	50131	Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff²
C318	50089	59039	50131	Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff⁴
C305	50089	59039	50131	Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot⁴
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central⁴
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 17/10/1976 - Bristol Temple Meads⁵
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central⁶
C305	50089	59039	50131	Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 02/12/1978 - Cardiff Canton⁵
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 24/06/1979 - Cardiff Canton⁵
	50089	59039	50131	Noted 10th September 1979
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 10/09/1979 - 1655 Merthyr to Barry Island
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 04/02/1980 - At Cardiff Central forming 0955 to Bristol Temple Meads⁶
C305	50089	59039	50131	Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 06/07/1980 - on Cardiff Canton depot⁵
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 09/09/1980 - at Cardiff Central⁵
C305	50089	59039	50131	Listed at - 01/03/81
C305	50059	59039	50131	Listed at CF - 28/11/81
C305	50089	59039	50131	Noted 28/03/1982 - on Cardiff Canton depot⁵
C305	50089	59039	50131	Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C305	53089	59039	53131	Noted circa 09/1983⁷
C305	53089	59039	53131	Listed at CF - 01/01/85
	51799	59039	53131	Noted 26/04/1986⁷
C305	53089	59039	53131	Listed at CF - Summer 1986
C305	53089	59039	53131	Noted 05/06/1986⁷
C305	53089	59039	53131	Noted 05/03/1987⁷
C305	53089	59039	53131	Listed at CF - Aug-87
S950	53926	59039	52061	Formation change - LE - w/e 07/02/88 - 53926 (ex-S948), 59039 replaced 53928 (to S948)
S947	53942	59039	51567	Formation change - LE - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59039 added (ex-S950)

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 12th August 1979

Set number: C305

Class 116 DMU set C305 (Presumably 50131 + 59039 + 50089) passes under the Highfield Road bridge, just south of Heath stations at Heath Junction in Cardiff. With Rhymney on the destination blind, this is likely a Rhymney - Cardiff service. Undated, the unpainted cab window surround dates it to around autumn 1979, and, given the two photographers, possibly on the 12th August 1979 as the RPPR Welsh Warrior railtour would pass this way. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 16th October 1979

Set number: C305

Derby 3 car Suburban, with 50089 leading (and presumably 59039 + 50131), stands at Cardiff Bute Road on 16th October 1979. David Scott.

Date: unknown

Set number: C305

Set C305 (53131 + 59039 + 53089) waits at Bargoed with a train for Penarth, circa 1983. Mac Winfield.

Date: circa 1984

Set number: C305

C305 (53089 + 59039 + 53131) at Cardiff Queen St circa 1984. Mac Winfield.

Date: 18th August 1984

Set number: C305

Class 116 sets C305 (presumably 53089 + 59039 + 53131) + C300 (presumably 53122 + 59030 + 53080) approaching Radyr station with the 12:19 Treherbert - Barry Island service on 18 August 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: circa October 1984

Set number: C305

Class 116 sets C305 (presumably 53089 + 59039 + 53131) and C312, likely inside Cardiff Canton depot. The slide process date was October 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1986

Set number: C305

Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53131 + 59039 + 53089) at Cardiff Bute Road station in 1986, before much of the development which has transformed the Cardiff Bay area over the last 20 years. On the left can be seen the former station building, which also served as the headquarters of the Taff Vale Railway before 1923. In 1986 it had recently been renovated and was in use as a museum (including an excellent model of the station in the late 19th century). Tom Burnham.

Date: 11th April 1986

Set number: C305

Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53131 + 59039, the DMBS could to be a 108) in Cardiff Bute Road on April 11, 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Date: 24th April 1986

Set number: C806

At Cardiff Central on 24 April 1986 Class 101 DMBS 51799 is seen working with two Class 116 vehicles 59039 + 53131. Keith Miller.

Date: 23rd July 1986

Set number: C305

Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53131 + 59039 + 53089) approaching Radyr station with the Porth - Barry Island service on 23 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 23rd July 1986

Set number: C305

Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53089 + 59039 + 53131) approaching Radyr station with the Porth - Barry Island service on 23 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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