Vehicle 59356
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
| w/e 01/03/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Dec-64 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Jan-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| 4w/e 04/05/68 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Aug-68 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| May-86 | Stored S. | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 24/02/87 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
Notes
circa Oct-79 - 50237 + 59356 downgraded to 2nd class only
circa Feb-86 - Stored location: LJ Llandudno Junction for 59326, 59342, 59440, 59623 and 59641.
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 28/07/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | As delivered to 88A - w/e 01/03/58 | ||||||
| 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Transfer to 84A - Dec-64 | ||||||
| 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 01/03/68 - in Paddington in blue livery | ||||||
| 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted circa May-68 | ||||||
| 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN320 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| 320 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 02/11/72 | |||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 04/04/73 - on 2C51 0821 Rhymney-Cardiff | |||||
| C320 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot3 | |||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 21/08/74 - on 2B26 1015 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C338 + C510 | |||||
| 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C320 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3 | |||||
| C320 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C320 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 24/03/76 - on 2C17 1953 Swansea-Cardiff with C603 | |||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 19/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Noted 06/01/1978 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C314 | 50848 | 59356 | 50901 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C314 | 53848 | 59356 | 53901 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| C314 | 53848 | 59356 | 53901 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C315 | 53855 | 59356 | 53908 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C314 | 53848 | 59356 | 53901 | Listed at CF - 04/01/86 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
14th December 1986
Class 116 TC 59356 is seen boarded up at Landore Depot, with yellow asbestos warning stickers applied. Taken on Sunday 14th December 1986 and on the left is C577 and on the right 51523. PJ Evans.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th February 1975
Set number: C320
Class 116 DMU set C320 (50901 and presumably 59356 + 50848) in Cardiff Bute Road station on February 28th 1975. Image by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.
Date: 25th March 1978
Set number: C314
Unit C314 at Cardiff Bute Road on 25 March 1978 on the 13.02 to Coryton. The vehicles are presumably 50848 + 59356 + 50901. Tom Burnham.
Date: 25th March 1978
Set number: C314
Class 116 DMU set C314 (presumably 50901 + 59356 + 50848) at Coryton station on the 13.25 departure for Cardiff Queen Street (destination blind notwithstanding) on 25 March 1978. Tom Burnham.
Date: 25th September 1979
Set number: C314
Class 116 set C314 (50848 + presumably 59356 + 50901) arriving at Cardiff Central on September 25, 1979. Steve Jones.
Date: 6th March 1981
Set number: C314
Two Class 116 sets at Taff Wells on May 6, 1981. The closest is C314, presumably 50848 59356 50901. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 30th December 1981
Set number: C314
50848 at the head of C314 at Treherbert, presumably 59356 + 50901), 30/12/81. Chris Lings.
Date: 1982
Set number: C314
Cardiff Canton based Class 116 set C314 seen at Taffs Well in 1982. DMBS 50848 is closest, presumably with TS 59356 and DMS 50901. Michael Mensing.
Date: 3rd July 1982
Set number: C314
In Merthyr station on 3 July 1982 is Class 116 DMU set C314 (presumably 50848 + 59356 + 50901) on the 15.55 to Cardiff. Tom Burnham.
Date: March 1985
Set number: C314
Class 116 set C314 (presumably 53848 + 59356 + 53901) arriving into Treforest Estate station in March 1985. Michael Mensing.
Date: March 1985
Set number: C314
Class 116 set C314 (presumably 53848 + 59356 + 53901) departs from Pontypridd station in March 1985. Michael Mensing.
Date: circa early 1988
A Class 116 centre car is shunted under the crane at Snailwell for its bogies to be removed. Image 1 of 6, probably early 1988. The last digit in the number is obscured, five 5935x vehicles cut there (1/5/6/7/8), 5/6/7 in that period. The latter is believed to still have had a W prefix, 59356 did leaving 59355. A row of Met-Camms is on the left and the cab of a Class 116 can be seen in the distance by the cab of the 03. RichardMid67.