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Vehicle 59015


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

Jun-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15/10/83 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)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 02/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50065 59015 50107 As delivered to WR - June 1957
TYS328 50053 59015 50106 Listed at - circa Oct-60
TY515 50050 59015 51143 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50050 59015 50108 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50050 59015 51143 Noted 03/06/1975 - at Solihull2
50050 59015 51143 Noted 03/06/1975 - at Solihull2
50050 59015 51143 Noted 04/09/76 - on 15.40 Derby – Leicester3
TS515 50050 59015 51143 Noted 12/09/1977 - at Birmingham New Street2
TS515 50050 59015 51143 Noted circa 01/19784
TS515 50050 59015 51143 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS515 50050 59015 51143 Noted circa 01/19814
TS515 50050 59015 51143 Noted circa 10/19814
TS515 50050 59015 51143 Noted circa 05/19824
TS515 50050 59015 51143 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS515 53050 59015 51143 Listed at TS - 14/07/83

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1968

Set number: TY515

Tyseley-based Derby suburban set TY515 (presumably 50050 + 59015 + 51143) arrives into Widney Manor station during 1969. It is displaying "Special" on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 3rd May 1969

Set number: TY515

M51143 is at the head of the 4.10pm Birmingham Moor St - Stratford-upon-Avon (presumably with 59015 + 50050) seen leaving Whitlock's End station on the 3rd May 1969. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: mid-1974

Set number: TY515

In mid-1974 Class 116 set TY515 (presumably 50050 + 59015 + 51143) arrives into Sutton Coldfield with a service bound for Lichfield City. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: summer 1974

Set number: TY515

Class 116s at Lichfield City in the summer of 1974. Closest is TY515, presumably 50050 + 59015 + 51143. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1979

Set number: TS515

Refurbished Class 116 set TS515 (presumably 51143 + 59015 + 50050) is seen on the Abbey St spur at Nuneaton Trent Valley in 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1982

Set number: TS515

Displaying Burton on Trent on the destination blind, Tyseley Class 116 set TS515 is seen in Yatton station during 1982. M50050 is closest, presumably with 59015 + 51143. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1982

Set number: TS515

Tyseley Class 116 set TS515 is seen in Weston-super-Mare station during 1982. M50050 is closest, presumably with 59015 + 51143. Burton on Trent is displayed on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.