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Vehicle 59006


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
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p/e 10/07/83 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)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
TY506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa Jun-69
50058 59006 50112 Noted 20/11/69 - at Stratford-upon-Avon1
TY506 50058 59006 50112 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50058 59006 50112 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Tyseley2
50058 59006 50112 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
50058 59006 50112 Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot1
50058 59006 50112 Noted 03/11/72 - in Birmingham New Street1
50058 59006 50112 Noted 09/06/73 - at Ely3
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa 01/19784
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa 01/19814
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa 10/19814
TS506 50058 59006 50112 Noted circa 05/19824

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: 25th January 1971

Set number: TY506

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