Vehicle 59338
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
| Dec-57 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| By Jun-62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| Jun-82 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50830 | 59338 | 50883 | As delivered to WR - December 1957 | ||||||
| 50085 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY529 | 50085 | 59338 | 50127 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50085 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50085 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 17/12/71 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50085 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 19/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50085 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 12/08/72 - at March3 | ||||||
| 50085 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| TY529 | 50085 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury3 | |||||
| TY529 | 50085 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 05/09/74 - in Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| TS529 | 51110 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted circa Oct-75 | |||||
| 50343 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 22/03/1976 - 16:02 Birmingham New Street to Stourbridge Junction4 | ||||||
| TY529 | 50343 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| TS529 | 50828 | 59338 | 50127 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS529 | 50828 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted circa 01/19815 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1969
Set number: TY529
M50127 leads set TY529 (presumably with 59338 + 50085) entering Shirley station circa 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th April 1969
Set number: TY529
Class 116 set TY529 (presumably 50085 + 59338 + 50127) is seen in Small Heath station with the 5.15pm ex-Moor Street service on April 30, 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.