Vehicle 59019
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) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| circa Sep-83 | Withdrawn |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 05/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50069 | 59019 | 50111 | As delivered to WR - June 1957 | ||||||
| TYS319 | 50071 | 59019 | 50102 | Listed at - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Noted 14/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Noted 29/10/71 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50111 | Noted 14/09/74 - on 1200 Kidderminster-Lichfield City with TY513 | |||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Noted 05/08/1975 - at Solihull2 | |||||
| TY519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot3 | |||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon3 | |||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Noted 28/08/76 - on 1300 Birmingham New Street-Derby | |||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 50064 | 59019 | 50115 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| TS519 | 50064 | 59019 | 50111 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS523 | 50055 | 59019 | 50116 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| TS523 | 50055 | 59019 | 50116 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS500 | 53061 | 59019 | 53092 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
April 1983
Class 116 centre car M59019 seen in Leicester station in April 1983. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 19th October 1974
Set number: TY519
Derby suburban set TY519 (M50064 leading presumably with 59019 + 50115) arrives into Worcester Shrub Hill station on 19th October 1974 with a service from Birmingham. The station was opened by the Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway in 1850 but the present Great Western & Midland Railway station building was designed by Edward Wilson and built in 1865. Pete LG99.
Date: 9th April 1977
Set number: TS519
Two Class 116 DMUs arrive into Smethwick West station on 9 April 1977. Leading is set TS519, presumably 50064 + 59019 + 50115. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1978
Set number: TS519
In the spring of 1978 refurbished Class 116 set TS519 (presumably 50064 + 59019 + 50111) is seen at Lichfield City. Michael Mensing.
Date: 7th August 1982
Set number: 523
Class 116 DMBS M50055 formed with refurbished TS, possibly 59019, and DMS M50116 of Tyseley set 523 at Redditch, Saturday 7th August 1982. Visible in the background is 56 003 waiting to continue the 'Grid Iron Grice' railtour back to London Bridge Iain Reid.
Date: 7th August 1982
Set number: TS523
The Grid Iron Grice railtour of August 1982 offered the novelty of class 56 haulage from the Southern Region for a tour of the West Midlands on 7 August 1982. 56 003 has backed onto the rear of the train at Redditch, as one of Tyseley’s mixed up class 116 sets (TS523, M50055 and possibly M59019 + M50116) arrives and has to use the adjacent platform. Murray Liston.