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Vehicle 59004


Class 116

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30212
Diagram: 555

Allocations

May-57 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
19/11/83 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 15/02/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50054 59004 50096 As delivered to WR - May 1957
TY504 50059 59004 50104 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50059 59004 50116 Noted 09/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1
TY504 50059 59004 50104 Noted 06/07/74 - on 1055 Birmingham NS-Leamington
TY504 50059 59004 50104 Noted 20/07/74 - on 1700 Birmingham NS-Lichfield City between TY503 50076 + 59003 + 50118 and TY527 50116 + 59027 + 50061
TY504 50059 59004 50104 Noted 14/09/74 - on 1314 Lichfield City-Kidderminster with TY500
TY504 50059 59004 50104 Noted 14/06/75 - on 1730 Nottingham-Birmingham NS
TS504 50059 59004 50104 Noted circa 01/19782
TS504 50059 59004 50104 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
50059 59004 50104 Noted 24/05/80
TS504 50059 59004 50104 Noted circa 01/19812
TS504 50059 59004 50104 Noted circa 10/19812
TS504 50059 59004 50104 Noted circa 05/19822
TS504 50059 59004 50104 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS504 53059 59004 53104 Listed at TS - 14/07/83

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: August 1964

Set number: 304

Derby suburban triple set 304 seen at Widney Manor with a Leamington service in early August 1964. DMBS 50059 leads, presumably with 59004 + 50104. The set would become TY504 and then TS504, retaining the same vehicles until 1983 when Class 127 TSL 59610 replaced 59004 as a means of reducing the number of vehicles containing asbestos. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: June 1972

Set number: TY504

With the DMBS M50059 recently repainted, Class 116 set TY504 is seen stabled at Leicester in June 1972. The other vehicles are presumably 59004 + 50104. Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1972

Set number: TY530

Two Class 116 DMU sets depart from Erdington on 15 September 1972. On the right set TY530 (50884 visible) is on the 18:10 Sutton Coldfield - Birmingham New Street, on the left set TY504 (presumably 50059 + 59004 + 50104) is working the 18:05 Birmingham - Lichfield. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: May 1974

Set number: TY504

Class 116 DMU set TY504 (50104 and presumably 59004 + 50059) at Dorridge in May 1974. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: late 1974

Set number: TY504

In late 1974 M50104 leads set TY504 (presumably with 59004 + 50059) into Rowley Regis with a Kidderminster service. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1975

Set number: TS504

Tyseley set TS504 seen at Sutton Coldfield in mid-1975. It is probably formed 50059 + 59004 + 50104. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 11th February 1976

Set number: TS504

Class 116 DMU set TS504 (presumably 50059 + 59004 + 50104) is seen with a Class 101 on the rear on Hatton Bank at 09:15 on Wednesday 11 February 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: April 1977

Set number: TS504

Class 116 DMU set TS504 (presumably 50059 + 59004 + 50104) at Lye station in early April 1977 displaying Birmingham New Street on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1978

Set number: TY504

Class 116 set TY504 (presumably 50059 + 59004 + 50104) at Hatton in the summer of 1978. Michael Mensing.