Vehicle 59444
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
| w/e 06/09/58 | New to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| circa Jun-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Oct-66 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 17/07/90 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PZQZ |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 09/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | As delivered to 82B - w/e 06/09/58 | ||||||
| 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Transfer to 86A - Oct-66 | ||||||
| 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Noted 30/10/70 - on Cardiff Canton depot1 | ||||||
| CTN307 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C307 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot3 | |||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot3 | ||||||
| 51245 | 59444 | 50290 | Noted 07/07/77 - on 1615 Edinburgh-Dundee with 50746 + 59557 + 51232 | ||||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C333 | 51135 | 59444 | 51148 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Noted 31/01/19875 | |||||
| 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Noted 09/06/87 | ||||||
| C332 | 51134 | 59444 | 51147 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59603 | 59444 | 53893 | Noted circa 01/19885 | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59444 | 59603 | 51146 | Formation change - TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 51146 (ex-T402) replaced 53893 (to T402) | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59444 | 59603 | 53893 | Formation change - TS - circa early Apr-88 - 51146 (to T402) replaced by 53893 (ex-T402) | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59603 | 59444 | 53893 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59603 | 59444 | 53893 | Noted circa 05/19885 | ||||
| T | 51071 | 59444 | 51101 | Noted circa 05/19895 | |||||
| T327 | 51071 | 59444 | 51101 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T327 | 51071 | 59444 | 51101 | Noted circa 11/19895 | |||||
| 51859 | 59444 | 59592 | 53114 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2 | |||||
| T408 | 51859 | 59444 | 59592 | 53114 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1987
Class 116 W59444 in Cardiff Central in 1987. Shayne Lewis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th October 1958
51147 + 59444 + 51134 in Bristol Temple Meads station on the 6th October 1958. It's working an Avonmouth service, this is the first day of diesel services on the line. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa 1959
A Derby suburban triple DMU at Swindon circa 1959. W51134 is closest, presumably with W59444 + W51147, this was a Bristol Marsh Junction set and Bristol (T.M.) is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 2nd April 1972
Set number: C307
Two Class 116 DMUs seen in Penarth Station on the 2nd of April 1972. The closest is carrying set number C307, the vehicles are presumably 51134 + 59444 + 51147. The KDH Archive.
Date: 2nd April 1972
Set number: C307
Two Class 116 DMUs in Penarth Station on the 2nd of April 1972. Closest is set number C307, the vehicles are presumably 51134 + 59444 + 51147, with the driver out giving the DMBS closest some attention. The KDH Archive.
Date: 2nd May 1979
Set number: C332
Class 116 dmu set C332 (W51134 + W59444 + W51147) at Merthyr on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.
Date: 6th August 1979
Set number: C332
The 11.48 Barry Island to Treherbert service calls at Cardiff Central 6/8/79. Class 116 dmu set C332, W51134 + W59444 + W51147. Note the cab end has one cut and one oval buffer. Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 19th July 1984
Set number: C332
Class 116 Derby DMU C332 with DMS 51147 closest (and presumably 59444 + 51134) at Barry Island with the 16:47 to Merthyr on 19-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: circa 1985
Set number: C332
Cardiff-based Class 116 DMU set C332 (presumably 51147 + 59444 + 51134) leaves Reading heading west. Circa 1985. Ian Docwra.
Date: unknown
Set number: C332
Class 116 set C332 (presumably 51134 + 59444 + 51147) and another set departs from Cardiff Central with a Treherbert service - date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: 1987
Set number: C332
Set C332 sits at Cardiff Central in 1987, with 51134 closest and presumably 59444 + 51147. Shayne Lewis.
Date: 1989
Set number: T327
Set T327, formed of Class 119 power cars and a high density centre car, enters Langley Green in 1989. Records show that the set at this time was formed of 51071 + 59444 + 51101. John Law.
Date: 4th July 1989
Set number: T327
Hybrid st T327 51101 + 59444 + 51071 departing from Walsall on 04/07/89. Steve Jones.
Date: 4th July 1989
Set number: T327
51101/59444/51071 at Ryecroft Junction, Walsall on 04/07/89. The service is the the 10.48 arrival at Walsall from Hednesford. Steve Jones.
Date: 4th July 1989
Set number: T327
51101/59444/51071 at Walsall on 04/07/89. The service is the 11.02 departure for Hednesford. Steve Jones.
Date: 4th July 1989
Set number: T327
51071/59444/51101 at Ryecroft Junction, Walsall on 04/07/89. The service is the 10.48 arrival at Walsall from Hednesford. Steve Jones.
Date: 4th July 1989
Set number: T327
Hybrid set T327 51071 + 59444 + 51101 arriving into Walsall on 04/07/89. Steve Jones.
Date: 4th July 1989
Set number: T327
119/116 hybrid T327 (51101 + 59444 + 51071) arriving at Walsall on 04/07/89. Steve Jones.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: T327
Hybrid Class 119/116/119 DMU set T327 - presumably 51101 + 59444 + 51071 - in Hednesford station circa summer 1989. Brian Ward.
Date: circa August 1989
Set number: T327
Tyseley's hybrid class 119/116 unit T327, believed at the time to comprise cars 51071, 59444 and 51101, is seen near Budbrooke Junction, Hatton, Warwickshire in the summer of 1989. Bob Belcher.