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Vehicle 59366


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

3w/e 19/04/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
2w/e 11/11/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
Jul-85 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 31/12/1975 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50858 59366 50911 As delivered to 88A - 3w/e 19/04/58
50858 59366 50911 Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN346 50858 59366 50911 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50858 59366 50911 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
C346 50858 59366 50911 Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot3
50858 59366 50911 Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2
50827 59366 51299 Noted 17/03/75 - at Cambridge3
C346 50858 59366 50911 Noted 13/08/75 - on 2C15 1850 Barry Island-Newport with C353
C346 50858 59366 50911 Noted 26/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3
C317 50858 59366 50911 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
50086 59366 50128 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1
C317 50858 59366 50911 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
C317 50858 59366 50911 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
TS550 50082 59366 50124 Noted circa 01/19785
TS550 50082 59366 50124 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
51136 59366 51149 Noted 24/05/80
TS550 50082 59366 50124 Noted circa 01/19815
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Noted circa 10/19815
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Noted circa 05/19825
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS549 51136 59366 51149 Noted circa 09/19835
TS620 53834 59366 53887 Noted circa 09/19835
TS620 53834 59366 53887 Noted circa 04/19845

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

Images:

Inside a Class 116 DMU

circa January 1976

An official image (9 of 13, negative D3054/9) from a internal BR photo album titled "Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype". It shows the interior of freshly refurbished Class 116 TS W59366, with declassified first class seating, circa January 1976. British Rail.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 27th April 1974

Set number: C346

Class 116 DMU set C346 (presumably 50911 + 59366 + 50858) on the 10.47 from Cardiff at Penarth on 27 April 1974. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: circa 1981

Set number: TS50

Class 116 set TS550 in Spring Road station, undated. Closest is presumably 50082 which was painted into blue/grey in September 1980. The centre car, the the white/blue stripe refurbished livery, is probably 59366. It was replaced in the set sometime in 1981 by Class 101 59115. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

DMU

Date: 28th May 1984

Kemble station on 28th May 1984. The Class 116 DMU is 53887/59366/53834 working the 16.30 Gloucester-Swindon. The set number is displayed in the drivers window and may be TS616. The track leading away to the right of the picture is the former branch line from Kemble to Cirencester, closed to passengers on 6 April 1964 and to goods from 4 October 1965. Lewis Bevan.