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Vehicle 59360


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

4w/e 22/03/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
2w/e 29/04/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
p/e 24/12/83 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 27/04/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50852 59360 50905 As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/03/58
50852 59360 56292 55009 Noted mid-1958
50852 59360 50905 Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
50852 59360 50905 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 31/05/69 - from WR, ex-set 338
150A 50852 59360 50905 Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69
150A 50852 59360 50905 Listed at HN - Jul-70
150A 50852 59360 50905 Listed at 66C - 1972
50852 59360 80905 Noted 29/07/1972 - at Glasgow Central2
50852 59360 50905 Noted 26/07/1973 - at Hamilton depot3
162 50852 59360 50905 Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot4
50852 59360 50905 Noted 13/12/75 - on 10.30 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh diverted over the 'Sub' from Slateford to Portobello because of engineering works.1
50852 59360 50905 Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1
162 50852 59360 50905 Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 508524
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Noted circa 01/19815
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Noted circa 10/19815
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Noted circa 05/19825
TS555 50826 59360 50905 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS555 53826 59360 53905 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS555 53826 59360 53905 Noted circa 09/19835

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th September 1981

Set number: TS555

A London Midland Region publicity image (negative D9724/7) captioned "Three-car diesel multiple unit in West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive livery at Kings Norton on 4 September 1981." It is set TS555 with M50905 and presumably M59360 and M50826, originally a Cardiff then Hamilton set moving to Tyseley in 1978. British Rail.