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Vehicle 59005


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
p/e 24/12/83 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 11/06/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50055 59005 50097 As delivered to WR - May 1957
50065 59005 50102 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
50065 59005 50094 Noted 20/11/69 - at Stratford-upon-Avon1
TY505 50065 59005 50094 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50065 59005 50094 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50065 59005 50094 Noted 26/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston1
50065 59005 50094 Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1
50065 59005 50094 Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2
50065 59005 50094 Noted 08/09/76 - on Soho depot, DMBS not noted but probably 500653
TS505 50065 59005 50094 Noted circa 01/19784
TS505 50065 59005 50094 Noted 10/02/1979 - at Birmingham New Street5
TS505 50065 59005 50094 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS505 50065 59005 50094 Noted circa 01/19814
TS505 50065 59005 50094 Noted circa 08/19814
TS505 50065 59005 50094 Noted circa 10/19814
TS505 50065 59005 50094 Noted circa 09/19824
TS524 50068 59005 50103 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS524 53068 59005 53103 Listed at TS - 14/07/83

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Wood End

4th September 1976

Set number: TS505

M59005 is the centre car in this refurbished Class 116 set arriving at Wood End on September 4th, 1976, with the 2.10pm Birmingham (Moor St) - Stratford-upon-Avon. The power car appears to be M50094 which would make it set TS505, refurbished in June 1976. Michael Mensing.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: May 1974

Set number: TY505

Tyseley Class 116 set TY505 (presumably M50094 + M59005 + M50065) at Coleshill in May 1974 with Birmingham New Street on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 14th May 1975

Set number: TY505

M50094 is at the front of Class 116 DMU set TY505 seen at Gravelly Hill working a Kidderminster service on 14 May 1975. The other two vehicles are presumably M59005 + M50065. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 26th June 1976

A freshly refurbished Class 116 DMU outside Swindon Works on 26 June 1976. The vehicles are thought to be 50065 + 59005 + 50094 which form Tyseley set TS505. Nicholas T Smith.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1976

Set number: TS505

Freshly refurbished Class 116 DMU set TS505 (presumably 50094 + 59005 + 50065) seen in Small Heath station on 12 July 1976. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: September 1976

Set number: TS505

Refurbished Class 116 set TS505 (presumably 50065 + 59005 + 50094) at Dungay in early September 1976 heading for Birmingham Moor Street. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: June 1977

Set number: TS505

A service heading for Kidderminster is seen at Sutton Coldfield in June 1977, formed of refurbished Class 116 set TS505 (M50094 and presumably M59005 + M50065). Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: August 1978

Set number: TS505

Refurbished Class 116 set TS505 led by 50065 (and presumably with 59005 + 50094) seen at Small Heath Bridge in August 1978. Michael Mensing.