Vehicle 59009
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
| Aug-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 | |
| w/e 12/10/74 | On loan to | RG (Reading) | |
| 04/05/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | - LMR date, on WR list as w/e 12/04/75 |
| 15/10/83 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Notes
4w/e 28/12/74 - 50072 + 59009 + 50105 listed as transferred to CF, later cancelled as vehicles remained at RG.
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 06/08/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50059 | 59009 | 50101 | As delivered to WR - August 1957 | ||||||
| TY509 | 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY509 | 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Noted 19/09/71 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| TY509 | 50071 | 59009 | 50101 | Noted 20/07/74 - on 1707 Lichfield City-Kidderminster | |||||
| 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Transfer to RG - w/e 12/10/74 - on loan from TS | ||||||
| L370 | 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Transfer to TS - 04/05/75 - from WR | ||||||
| TY509 | 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham Moor Street3 | |||||
| TS509 | 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Noted 06/08/77 - on 0635 Birmingham New Street-Derby | |||||
| TS509 | 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS509 | 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS509 | 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS509 | 50072 | 59009 | 50105 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS524 | 50068 | 59009 | 50103 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| TS557 | 50840 | 59009 | 50100 | Noted circa 01/19834 | |||||
| TS557 | 53840 | 59009 | 53100 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa 1975
Set number: L370
Class 116 trailer composite M59009 seen at Southall. It is working with DMBS M50072 labelled as L370. Date unknown, but the normally Tyseley based vehicles were at Reading 10/74 to 5/75. Note the GRC&W parcels car working with a suburban vehicle, probably one of the Class 116 parcel conversions. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th April 1969
Set number: TY509
Class 116 set TY509 (presumably 50072 + 59009 + 50105) is seen in Spring Road station with the 6.05pm ex-Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th April 1969
Set number: TY509
Tyseley Class 116 set TY509 (presumably 50105 + 59009 + 50072) at Hall green station on April 30, 1969, with the 17:25 Birmingham Moor Street - Shirley service. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: late 1973
Set number: TY509
Tyseley-based Class 116 DMU set TY509 arrives into Blake Street station in late 1973. M50072 leads, presumably with 59009 + 50105. Michael Mensing.
Date: 7th May 1974
Set number: TY509
Two Class 116 DMUs are seen at Shenstone with a Birmingham New Street bound service on 7 May 1974. Closest is set TY509, DMBS M50072 leading, presumably with M59009 + M50105. Michael Mensing.
Date: circa 1974
Set number: L370
Class 116 M50072 at Southall carrying set number L370 in the cab window, TC M59009 is the centre car. Date unknown, they spent some time in 1974/5 allocated to Reading. In the upper right is a Class 128/116 parcel combo. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa September 1976
A Class 116 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill. The slide process date is September 1976. Closest is 50105, the other cars are presumably 59009 and 50072, all three have a refurbished date of 6 August 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 9th November 1976
Set number: TS509
Refurbished Class 116 set TS509 (presumably 50072 + 59009 + 50105) at Tyseley on 9 November 1976. Michael Mensing.
Date: August 1978
Set number: TS509
Refurbished Class 116 set - presumably 50105 + 59009 + 50072 - has Burton on Trent on the destination blind when seen at Wichnor Jct in August 1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: 12th December 1981
Set number: TS509
Commuters, Yardley Wood station, 12/12/1981. Then, as now, Yardley Wood station is a busy local station on the Stratford - Birmingham Line. The 09.19 Stratford - Birmingham Moor Street is being worked by a Derby Class 116 containing DMBS 53072, it partners are presumably TS509 regulars 50105 + 59009. Geoff Dowling.
Date: 30th June 1982
Set number: TS524
Tyseley set TS524 comprising Gloucester Class 100, M51119, Class 116 TCL M59009 and Cl 116 DMS, probably M50103, arrive in platform 1 at Birmingham New St, 30th June 1982. Paul James.