Vehicle 59006

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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)
01/01/63	Boundary change	84E	transferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63	Depot code change	2A
May-73	Depot code change	TS
Mar-75	On loan to	CW (Cricklewood)
p/e 04/01/76	Transferred to	CW (Cricklewood)
w/e 05/11/76	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
p/e 10/07/83	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 27/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50056	59006	50098						As delivered to WR - May 1957
306	50051	59006	50117						Noted Aug-601
TY506	50058	59006	50112						Noted circa Jun-69
	50058	59006	50112						Noted 20/11/69 - at Stratford-upon-Avon2
TY506	50058	59006	50112						Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	50058	59006	50112						Noted 02/10/1971 - at Tyseley3
	50058	59006	50112						Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3
	50058	59006	50112						Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot2
	50058	59006	50112						Noted 03/11/72 - in Birmingham New Street2
	50058	59006	50112						Noted 09/06/73 - at Ely4
TS506	50058	59006	50112						Noted circa 01/19785
TS506	50058	59006	50112						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS506	50058	59006	50112						Noted circa 01/19815
TS506	50058	59006	50112						Noted circa 10/19815
TS506	50058	59006	50112						Noted circa 05/19825

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

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Date: 25th January 1971

Set number: TY506

Birmingham Moor Street station. W50058 leads 59006 and 50112. James Hardwick.