Vehicle 59022
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 | |
| p/e 10/07/83 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 27/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50072 | 59022 | 50114 | As delivered to WR - June 1957 | ||||||
| TY522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Tyseley depot1 | ||||||
| 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 19/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| TS522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 04/07/1975 - at Solihull3 | |||||
| TY522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station4 | |||||
| TS522 | 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 08/09/76 - at Tyseley4 | |||||
| 50066 | 59022 | 50103 | Noted 14/09/1977 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
| TS522 | 50078 | 59022 | 50119 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS522 | 50078 | 59022 | 50109 | Noted 01/08/78 | |||||
| TS522 | 50078 | 59022 | 50109 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS522 | 50078 | 59022 | 50109 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS522 | 50078 | 59022 | 50109 | Noted circa 10/19815 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
7th August 1976
A Class 116 DMU with centre car 59022 heads away from Kidderminster on 7 August 1976. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1970
Set number: TY522
Class 116 DMU set TY522 (presumably 50103 + 59022 + 50066) is seen on the North Warwick line at Tyseley sometime in 1970. Michael Mensing.
Date: May 1974
Set number: TY522
Class 116 set TY522 (presumably 50066 + 59022 + 50103) at Chester Road station heading for Lichfield City in May 1974. Michael Mensing.
Date: 7th August 1976
A Class 116 DMU (centre car is 59022) heads away from Kidderminster station on 7 August 1976. Another 116 set and a 101 are stabled in the sidings. Michael Mensing.
Date: 20th April 1978
A publicity image (Central Photographic Unit negative W8378-5) showing many DMUs on Tyseley depot on 20 April 1978. Most are 116s, in the distance is a 101 and to its left a 116 with 101 centre car and a 120 behind. The only identifiable vehicle is 59022 on the left of the frame. British Rail.
Date: 1st August 1979
Set number: TS522
Class 116 set TS522 (M50078, M59022, M50109) with the 16:41 Birmingham Moor Street service at Stratford-upon-Avon on August 1st, 1979. Met-Camm 50312 is on the left. John Carter.