Vehicle 59329
Class 116
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30365
Diagram: 555
Allocations
| Nov-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) | |
| Oct-66 | On loan to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 2w/e 12/11/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Nov-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Feb-86 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 24/02/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 06/12/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 29/05/1982 released in blue/grey livery59329 was involved in the following incident:
11/6/74 - Pollokshields East Jct, ScR
Collision involving Class 116 / EMU
Info from Bill Read and Peter Mullen
A Class 116 bound for Glasgow was in a sidelong collision on crossover with a Class 311 EMU. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | As delivered to WR - November 1957 | ||||||
| 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/11/66 - from WR | ||||||
| 145 | 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69 | |||||
| 145 | 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Listed at HN - Jul-70 | |||||
| 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1 | ||||||
| 145 | 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 50821 | 59329 | 50874 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 153 | 50832 | 59329 | 50875 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Hamilton depot3 | |||||
| 50821 | 59329 | 55002 | Noted 30/03/1977 - at Glasgow Central 4 | ||||||
| 50826 | 59329 | 50879 | Noted 13/08/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 160 | 50820 | 59329 | 50873 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 389 | 50825 | 59329 | 50873 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 116389 | 50825 | 59329 | 50873 | Noted 25th August 1981 | |||||
| 116389 | 50825 | 59329 | 50873 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 116389 | 53825 | 59329 | 53873 | Noted circa 11/19835 | |||||
| 116389 | 53825 | 59329 | 53873 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 116389 | 53825 | 59329 | 53873 | Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED | |||||
| 116389 | 53825 | 59329 | 53873 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 116389 | 53825 | 59329 | 53873 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| 116389 | 53825 | 59329 | 53873 | Transfer to ED - 3w/e 17/02/86 - from AY | |||||
| 53825 | 59329 | 53873 | Noted 30/03/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours Highland Fling 2 51532-59554-51467+53873-59329-53825 | ||||||
| 116389 | 53825 | 59329 | 53873 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 59329 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard5 | ||||||||
| TS520 | 53826 | 59329 | 53905 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with TS5986 | |||||
| 53826 | 59329 | 53905 | Noted 31/05/1987 - Coalville Depot open day shuttle running to/from Leicester and Burton on Trent. | ||||||
| TS520 | 53826 | 59329 | 53905 | Noted 18/06/19875 | |||||
| T520 | 53826 | 59329 | 53905 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th March 1986
Set number: 116389
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Highland Fling II' was primarily a loco hauled long weekend land cruise tour from London to Scotland but on Easter Sunday 30/03/86 there was a DMU tour aimed at enthusiasts rather than the wine and dine passengers. It left Edinburgh Waverley at 09.00 formed of 2x3-car DMU sets 116 389 (53825+59329+53873) and 101 346 (51467+59554+51532). The 3hr 20min mini tour was billed as going to RNAD Crombie, Longannet Power Station and the Inverkeithing north curve avoiding line. The traversal of the power station branch was as far as the signal box as the MGR loop was deemed too tight to take passenger stock without a risk of buffer locking. The branch to Crombie didn't have a photo stop but only reached Charlestown Foundry Level Crossing which was a quarter mile short of the line end at Braeside Jcn where the MOD took over. The tour then did the curve at Inverkeithing before returning to Edinburgh at lunchtime for most participants to rejoin the main t Adrian Nicholls.
Date: mid-1987
Set number: TS520
I am not able to date this photograph other than it was taken sometime in mid-1987 because the negative was in the folder for that year but without a corresponding entry in any notebook. The location is clearly Sutton Coldfield station and the class 116 set TS520 (presumably 53905 + 59329 + 53826) was leaving to cross through the heart of Birmingham on its way to Redditch in Worcestershire. The driver's side of the cab has received a bit of a clout, probably in the crowded Tyseley depot. Peter Tandy.