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<- 59442 | 59443 | 59444 ->

Vehicle 59443

Class 116

BR Diagram 555

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

3w/e 31/08/58 New to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
3w/e 01/02/64 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
May-73Depot code changeTS
14/02/86 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
16/02/86 Stored S. - at Cathays
May-87 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) - also noted as 01/12/87

Disposal

Scrapped by Goldpawn Limited, on location at Margam Yard

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51133 59443 51146 As delivered to 82B - 3w/e 31/08/58
BL307 51135 59443 59447 51148 Noted circa Oct-59
BL305 51133 59443 51146 Listed at BL - circa Sep-60
51133 59443 51146 Noted 01/04/69 - at Tyseley1
TY539 51133 59443 51146 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
51133 59443 51146 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
51133 59443 51146 Noted 06/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
51133 59443 51146 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
51133 59443 51146 Noted 14/07/1973 - at Worcester Shrub Hill2
51133 59443 51146 Noted 30/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2
TY539 51131 59443 51146 Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3
TS539 51133 59443 51146 Noted 20/06/76 - on Tyseley depot
51133 59443 51146 Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street3
TS539 51133 59443 51146 Noted 09/04/77 - at Ely3
TS539 51133 59443 51146 Noted circa 01/19784
51133 59443 51146 Noted 04/01/78
TS539 50119 59443 51133 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS539 51133 59443 50119 Noted circa 01/19814
TS560 50063 59443 51146 Noted circa 10/19814
TS560 51133 59443 51146 Noted circa 09/19824
TS560 51133 59443 51146 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS560 51133 59443 51146 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS525 53830 59443 53883 Noted circa 12/19834
TS525 53830 59443 53883 Noted circa 06/19844
TS525 53830 59443 53883 Noted circa 11/19844
TS525 55000 59443 53883 Noted circa 03/19854
TS525 53835 59443 53883 Noted circa 10/19854

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:

DMU

Date: unknown

A Derby suburban triple DMU in Bristol Temple Meads, date unknown. W51146 is closest, its partners are presumably W59443 + W51133. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: mid-1975

Set number: TY539

Class 116 DMU set TY539 (M51146 and presumably 59443 + 51133) arriving into Yardley Wood station with a Henley-in-Arden service in mid-1975. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 20th June 1976

Set number: TS539

Tyseley set TS 539 - formed of 51146 59443 51133 - sits in its home depot on 20 June 1976. Robert Frise.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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