Vehicle 59368
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
| 2w/e 05/04/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| by Oct-60 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-65 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Jan-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| 4w/e 04/05/68 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 07/04/76 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| circa Jul-84 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 15/09/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50860 | 59368 | 50913 | As delivered to 86C - 2w/e 05/04/58 | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Transfer to 84A - Jan-65 | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Transfer to 86A - 4w/e 04/05/68 | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa May-68 | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport2 | |||||
| 305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot3 | |||||
| C305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3 | |||||
| C305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 19/10/1974 - Branch Line Society South Wales Wanderer No.2 Railtour | |||||
| C305 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham3 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS547 | 50857 | 59368 | 50910 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS547 | 53857 | 59368 | 53910 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS547 | 55005 | 59368 | 53910 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS623 | 53857 | 59368 | 53910 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| TS600 | 53863 | 59368 | 53916 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| TS625 | 53863 | 59368 | 53916 | Noted circa 05/19844 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: June 1977
Set number: TS547
With DMS M50910 leading, Tyseley Class 116 set TS547 (presumably with 59368 + 50857) arrives into Vauxhall (Duddeston) station with a Lichfield service on June 1977. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1979
Set number: TS547
A refurbished Class 116 (set TS547, M50910 closest, presumably with 59368 + 50857) and another set - possibly a Class 120 - form a railtour seen in Derby station in 1979. John Law.
Date: 12th April 1983
Set number: TS547
TS547 M53857 (presumably with 59368 + 53910) leans into the curve at Wood End on the 16:20 Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Moor Street while TS542 arrives on a Stratford service, Tuesday 12th April 1983. PJ Evans.
Date: 30th March 1984
Set number: TS604
A nine-car DMU formation arriving into Shenstone with the 09:29 Longbridge - Lichfield City service on 30 March 1984. All are suburban vehicles except one Met-Camm centre car. They are 51142 + 59101 + 51129 / 53863 + 59368 + 53916 / 53831 + 59713 + 53884. Stuart Mackay Collection.