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Vehicle 59007


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
15/10/83 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 11/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50057 59007 50099 As delivered to WR - May 1957
TY507 50069 59007 50099 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50069 59007 50099 Noted 07/07/74 - at Birmingham New Street1
50069 59007 50099 Noted 23/08/75 - in Wolverhampton High Level2
50069 59007 50099 Noted 12/06/76 - on Tyseley depot2
50069 59007 50099 Noted 21/08/76 - on 1438 Leicester-Derby
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Noted circa 01/19783
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Noted circa 01/19813
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Noted circa 10/19813
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Noted circa 05/19823
TS507 50069 59007 50099 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS507 53069 59007 53099 Listed at TS - 14/07/83

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1970

Set number: TY507

Class 116 set TY507 (presumably 50069 + 59007 + 50099), circa 1970, probably at Birmingham New Street station. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: summer 1974

Set number: TY507

Two Class 116 sets led by TY507 (M50099 at the front, presumably with 59007 + 50069) at Four Oaks on a Lichfield City service in the summer of 1974. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 14th June 1975

Set number: TY507

Class 116 DMU set TY507 - presumably 50099 + 59007 + 50069 - at Langley Green with a Lichfield City service on 14 June 1975. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1976

Set number: TS507

M50099 leads set Class 116 set TS507 (presumably with 59007 + 50069) at Sutton Coldfield in Autumn 1976, with a Swindon Cross Country set on the rear. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 2nd April 1977

Set number: TY507

Class 116 DMU set TY507 (presumably 50069 + 59007 + 50099) is seen at Rowley Regis on Saturday 2 April 1977 heading for Lichfield City. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 2nd April 1977

A Class 116 DMU heads for Lichfield City at Rowley Regis on 2 April 1977. The centre car is 59007, the DMBS is presumably 50069, they form set TY507. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1978

Set number: TS507

A recently refurbished Derby class 116 unit at Swindon 19/8/78, containing 50099 + 59007 + 50069 which formed set TS507. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 14th September 1978

Set number: TS507

My note says "Last train of the day at Redditch". Taken on September 14, 1978, the timetable was similar to that three years earlier, this makes it the 18.35 to Birmingham, the fourth and final train of the day. Set TS507, presumably 50069 + 59007 + 50099. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: TS507

Tyseley DMU set TS507 Class 116 catches the setting sun approaching Bescot station. Presumably 50099 + 59007 + 50069. Ian Charles.