Vehicle 59448
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
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | New to | ? | |
| by Nov-58 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | - or new there? |
| Jan-59 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| circa Jun-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Jun-65 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 07/04/76 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 14/02/86 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 16/02/86 | Stored S. | - at Cathays | |
| May-86 | Reinstated | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 11/06/90 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PZQZ |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 13/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | As delivered to 82B - 4w/e 04/10/58 | ||||||
| 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Transfer to 86A - Jun-65 | ||||||
| 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN353 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 27/02/1971 - Treforest on 2F78 14.50 SO Barry Island-Merthyr2 | ||||||
| 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| 353 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 22/07/1972 - Branch Line Society Glamorgan Railtour | |||||
| 353 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 02/11/72 | |||||
| 353 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 06/09/73 - at Severn Tunnel Junction4 | |||||
| 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| C353 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff4 | |||||
| C353 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 13/08/75 - on 2C15 1850 Barry Island-Newport with C346 | |||||
| 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot4 | ||||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 28/10/1977 - Birmingham New Street5 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted circa 01/19786 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 08/04/1978 - Leicester5 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Tyseley5 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 15/10/1978 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C1R (Refurbishment) Overhaul 10/785 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley5 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 01/06/1980 - at Leicester 5 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot5 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted circa 01/19816 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted circa 10/19816 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted circa 05/19826 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 19/02/1983 - on Tyseley depot5 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS546 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted circa 09/19836 | |||||
| TS622 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted circa 12/19836 | |||||
| TS622 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted 10/02/1984 - at Birmingham New Street 5 | |||||
| TS622 | 51138 | 59448 | 51151 | Noted circa 04/19846 | |||||
| TS510 | 55002 | 59448 | 53093 | Noted circa 10/19846 | |||||
| TS510 | 53056 | 59448 | 53093 | Noted circa 01/19856 | |||||
| TS510 | 53054 | 59448 | 53093 | Noted circa 02/19856 | |||||
| TS510 | 53054 | 59448 | 53107 | Noted circa 06/19856 | |||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59448 | 53118 | Formation change - TS - Jul-85 - 59448 replaced 59631 (now spare) | |||||
| 53076 | 59448 | 53118 | Noted 30/07/85 - on Birmingham New Street - Kidderminster services7 | ||||||
| TS503 | 53076 | 59448 | 53118 | Noted circa 09/19856 | |||||
| C334 | 51139 | 59448 | 51152 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C334 | 51139 | 59448 | 51152 | Noted circa 06/19866 | |||||
| C334 | 51139 | 59448 | 51152 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| T408 | 51859 | 59448 | 59592 | 53114 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||
| T408 | 51859 | 59448 | 59592 | 53114 | Noted circa 10/19886 | ||||
| T408 | 51859 | 59448 | 59592 | 53114 | Noted circa 03/19896 | ||||
| T412 | 51867 | 59448 | 59592 | 53114 | Noted 18/03/89 - on the Railway Development Society "Trent Train Tour", and seems to be mainly vehicles from T408. | ||||
| T408 | 51859 | 59448 | 59592 | 53114 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | ||||
| T408 | 51859 | 59448 | 59592 | 53114 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | ||||
| spare | 59448 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Alan N Walker
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 22nd July 1972
Set number: 353
The BLS Glamorgan railtour at Cwm Llantwit 22 July 1972, formed of Class 116 set 353 (W51151 and presumably W59448 + W51138). Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 22nd July 1972
Set number: 353
Class 116 set 353 (W51151 and presumably W59448 visible) at Tondu. This is thought to be the BLS Glamorgan railtour on 22 July 1972. Stuart Davies Collection.
Date: 22nd July 1972
Set number: 353
Class 116 set 353 (W51151 and presumably W59448 + W51138) at Tondu. This is thought to be the BLS Glamorgan railtour on 22 July 1972. Stuart Davies Collection.
Date: 20th March 1975
Set number: C353
Class 116 DMU set C353 (presumably 51151 + 59448 + 51138) for Cardiff Bute road at Queen St station with brand new BR Brunel House in Background on March 20th 1975. Photograph by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.
Date: Autumn 1976
Set number: TS546
In Autumn 1976 Tyseley allocated Class 116 DMU set TS546 (51138 and presumably 59448 + 51151) is seen between Warwick and Leamington. Michael Mensing.
Date: Autumn 1976
Set number: TS546
In the autumn of 1976 Tyseley Class 116 set TS546 (presumably 51151 + 59448 + 51138) is seen west of Leamington. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1978
Set number: TS546
M51138 is at the front of set TS546 (presumably with 59448 + 51151) when seen at East Whitacre in 1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: 31st January 1981
Set number: TS546
Tyseley 116 unit TS546 (presumably 51138 + 59448 + 51151) is bound for Birmingham Moor Street at Hall Green on 31/1/81. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 30th March 1987
Set number: C334
Class 116 set C334 (presumably 51139 + 59448 + 51152) arrives into Abercynon on March 30, 2987. Michael Mensing.
Date: 30th March 1987
Set number: C334
Class 116 set C334 (51152 closest, presumably with 59448 + 51139) comes to a halt in Abercynon station on March 30, 1987. Michael Mensing.
Date: 30th March 1987
Set number: C334
Class 116 set C334 (presumably 51139 + 59448 + 51152) seen at Merthyr Tydfil on 30 March 1987. Michael Mensing.
Date: 30th March 1987
Set number: C334
51152 (presumably with 59448 + 51139) sits at the front of the 2.32pm to Cardiff Central at Merthyr Tydfil on March 30, 1987. Michael Mensing.
Date: August 1987
Set number: C334
Class 116 set C334 (presumably 51139 + 59448 + 51152) in Newport station in August 1987. Michael Mensing.
Date: circa July 1988
Set number: T408
Tyseley based four car class 116 DMU unit number T408 (presumably 53114 + 59592 + 59448 + 51859) arriving at Henley in Arden from the Birmingham direction in the summer of 1988. Bob Belcher.
Date: 2nd July 1988
Set number: T408
Tyseley based T408 (presumably 53114 + 59592 + 59448 + 51859) approaches Cradley Heath station on 2 July 1988 working the 14.32 Birmingham New Street-Great Malvern. Lewis Bevan.