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Set C305

These formations have been noted:

50857 59368 50910 Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff1
50857 59368 50910 Noted 19/10/1974 - Branch Line Society South Wales Wanderer No.2 Railtour
50857 59368 50910 Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central1
50089 59039 50131 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
50089 59039 50131 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central1
50089 59039 50131 Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot1
50089 59039 50131 Noted 17/10/1976 - Bristol Temple Meads2
50089 59039 50131 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central3
50089 59039 50131 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
50089 59039 50131 Noted 02/12/1978 - Cardiff Canton2
50089 59039 50131 Noted 24/06/1979 - Cardiff Canton2
50089 59039 50131 Noted 10/09/1979 - 1655 Merthyr to Barry Island
50089 59039 50131 Noted 04/02/1980 - At Cardiff Central forming 0955 to Bristol Temple Meads3
50089 59039 50131 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
50089 59039 50131 Noted 06/07/1980 - on Cardiff Canton depot2
50089 59039 50131 Noted 09/09/1980 - at Cardiff Central2
50089 59039 50131 Listed at - 01/03/81
50059 59039 50131 Listed at CF - 28/11/81
50089 59039 50131 Noted 28/03/1982 - on Cardiff Canton depot2
50089 59039 50131 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
53089 59039 53131 Noted circa 09/19834
53089 59039 53131 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
53089 59039 53131 Listed at CF - Summer 1986
53089 59039 53131 Noted 05/06/19864
53089 59039 53131 Noted 05/03/19874
53089 59039 53131 Listed at CF - Aug-87
53089 53131 Formation change - CF - circa 10/87 - 59039 removed

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Martin Lumley
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn

Class 116 DMU at Treherbert

January 1975

Treherbert Station, 01/75, on a typical South Wales Valleys damp day. Note that the platform and station building (on extreme left) are completely seperate. In the platform is a BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C305 on a service to Cardiff and Barry Island. The station was built in 1901 by the Taff Vale Railway at its end-on junction with the Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 116 DMU at Treherbert

January 1975

Treherbert Station, 01/75, on a typical South Wales Valleys damp day. In the island platform is a BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C305 on a service to Cardiff and Barry Island. The station was built in 1901 by the Taff Vale Railway at its end-on junction with the Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 116 DMU at Treherbert

January 1975

Treherbert Station, 01/75, on a typical South Wales Valleys damp day. Note that the platform and station building (on extreme left) are completely seperate. In the platform is a BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C305 on a service to Cardiff and Barry Island. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 116 DMU at Heath Junction

12th August 1979

Class 116 DMU set C305 (Presumably 50131 + 59039 + 50089) passes under the Highfield Road bridge, just south of Heath stations at Heath Junction in Cardiff. With Rhymney on the destination blind, this is likely a Rhymney - Cardiff service. Undated, the unpainted cab window surround dates it to around autumn 1979, and, given the two photographers, possibly on the 12th August 1979 as the RPPR Welsh Warrior railtour would pass this way. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Bute Road

16th October 1979

Derby 3 car Suburban, with 50089 leading (and presumably 59039 + 50131), stands at Cardiff Bute Road on 16th October 1979. David Scott.

Class 116 DMU at Bargoed

Unknown date

Set C305 (53131 + 59039 + 53089) waits at Bargoed with a train for Penarth, circa 1983. Mac Winfield.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Queen Street

circa 1984

C305 (53089 + 59039 + 53131) at Cardiff Queen St circa 1984. Mac Winfield.

Class 116 DMU at Radyr

18th August 1984

Class 116 sets C305 (presumably 53089 + 59039 + 53131) + C300 (presumably 53122 + 59030 + 53080) approaching Radyr station with the 12:19 Treherbert - Barry Island service on 18 August 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Canton depot

circa October 1984

Class 116 sets C305 (presumably 53089 + 59039 + 53131) and C312, likely inside Cardiff Canton depot. The slide process date was October 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Bute Road

1986

Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53131 + 59039 + 53089) at Cardiff Bute Road station in 1986, before much of the development which has transformed the Cardiff Bay area over the last 20 years. On the left can be seen the former station building, which also served as the headquarters of the Taff Vale Railway before 1923. In 1986 it had recently been renovated and was in use as a museum (including an excellent model of the station in the late 19th century). Tom Burnham.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Bute Road

11th April 1986

Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53131 + 59039, the DMBS could to be a 108) in Cardiff Bute Road on April 11, 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 116 DMU at Radyr

23rd July 1986

Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53131 + 59039 + 53089) approaching Radyr station with the Porth - Barry Island service on 23 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Radyr

23rd July 1986

Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53089 + 59039 + 53131) approaching Radyr station with the Porth - Barry Island service on 23 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Central

11th October 1987

With the centre car recently removed Class 116 set C305 (53089 and presumably 53131 is now running as a two-car. It is seen arriving at Cardiff Central from the valleys at 12:54 on 11 October 1987. Robert Thomas.


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