Vehicle 59438
Class 116
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30448
Diagram: 555
Allocations
| 2w/e 12/07/58 | New to | ? | |
| by Nov-58 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | - or was new there? |
| Nov-58 | Transferred to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Mar-59 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-59 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| Dec-63 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 14/02/86 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 16/02/86 | Stored S. | - at Cathays | |
| 01/12/87 | Withdrawn |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 28/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Goldpawn Limited, on location at Margam Yard
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51128 | 59438 | 51141 | As delivered to 82B - 2w/e 12/07/58 | ||||||
| 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Worcester2 | ||||||
| 55004 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 04/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3 | ||||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 17/09/1977 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C1R (Refurbishment) Overhaul 10/774 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Tyseley4 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley4 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot4 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 27/07/1982 - on Tyseley depot4 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted 28/07/1982 - in Swindon Works4 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS535 | 50860 | 59438 | 50913 | Noted circa 01/19835 | |||||
| TS535 | 53860 | 59438 | 53913 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS535 | 53860 | 59438 | 53913 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS535 | 53860 | 59438 | 53913 | Noted 18/11/1983 - at Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| TS535 | 53860 | 59438 | 53913 | Noted circa 06/19845 | |||||
| TS535 | 53860 | 59438 | 53913 | Noted circa 01/19855 | |||||
| TS535 | 53860 | 59438 | 53913 | Noted circa 03/19855 | |||||
| TS535 | 53860 | 59438 | 53913 | Noted circa 09/19855 | |||||
| 59438 | Listed at WR - Summer 1986 - stored at Cardiff Cathays |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th April 1969
Set number: TY535
Class 116 set TY535 (presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913) stopping at Tyseley on April 28, 1969. Despite what the destination blind shows this is the 5.25pm service to Shirley. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 31st August 1973
Set number: TY535
A nine-car DMU formation working a Special at Warley on Friday 31 August 1973. The Class 116 leading seems t be set TY535 (and so presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913), with two Class 101s on the rear. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: February 1975
Set number: TY535
Class 116 sets TY535 (50860 at the front, presumably with 59438 + 50913) and TY531 arriving at Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.
Date: February 1975
Set number: TY531
Class 116 sets TY531 and TY535 (50860 at the far end, presumably with 59438 + 50913) in the staggered platforms of Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.
Date: 22nd May 1976
Set number: TY535
Tyseley Class 116 set TY535 (presumably 50913 + 59438 + 50860) at Hall Green on May 22, 1976. Michael Mensing.
Date: mid-1976
Set number: TY535
Class 116 DMU set TY535 (presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913) seen south of Blake Street in mid-1976. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1977
Set number: TY535
Two Class 116 sets at Four Oaks station on a Lichfield City service in the summer of 1977. Closest is set TY535 formed 50913 + 59438 and presumably 50860. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1977
Set number: TY535
Class 116 set TY535 in Four Oaks station with a Lichfield City service in the summer of 1977. Visible are 50913 and 59438. Michael Mensing.
Date: 23rd August 1978
Set number: TY535
A nine-car Class 116 formation leaves Tyseley with the 8.44am Birmingham Moor St - Leamington Spa service on August 23, 1978. Set TY535 is closest, presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1979
Set number: TY535
Refurbished Class 116 set TY535 (50913 leads, presumably with 59438 + 50860) south of Selly Oak in the spring of 1979. Michael Mensing.