Vehicle 59026
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 | |
| 15/10/83 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 06/05/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50076 | 59026 | 50118 | As delivered to WR - August 1957 | ||||||
| 326 | 50062 | 59026 | 50099 | Noted Aug-601 | |||||
| TY526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| TY526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot4 | |||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS526 | 50070 | 59026 | 50095 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59026 | 53095 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS526 | 53070 | 59026 | 53095 | Noted circa 09/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Andrew Cope
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
15th March 1961
A Derby suburban triple DMU departing Acocks Green with the 12.20pm Birmingham Moor Street - Leamington service on 15 March 1961. The centre car is W59026. Michael Mensing.
17th April 1965
A Derby suburban triple set approaches Bromsgrove with the 1.40pm Gloucester Eastgate - Birmingham New Street service on April 17, 1965. The trailer composite is M59026, and so the DMBS is probably M50070. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 29th August 1962
Set number: 326
A nine-car DMU formation working the 4.40pm Wolverhampton Low Level to Didcot seen at Aynho Troughs on 29 August 1962. At the front and rear are Derby-built suburban sets (later Class 116s), with a GRC&W Cross-Country set in the middle. Leading is DMBS W50070 displaying 'Birmingham (Old Hill)' on the destination blind. It has set number 326 in the cab window, meaning the centre car is presumably 59026, the set would later become TY526/TS526. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1976
Set number: TS526
Tyseley based Class 116 set TS526 (presumably 50095 + 59026 + 50070) at Sutton Coldfield in the Autumn of 1976. Lichfield City is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1977
Set number: TS526
Two refurbished Class 116 DMUs arrive into Lye station in the summer of 1977. Several doors are wide open towards the centre of the formation despite there being at least two coach lengths to go before the train stops. At the front is set TS526, presumably 50070 + 59026 + 50095. Michael Mensing.
Date: 30th May 1978
Set number: TS526
Refurbished Tyseley Class 116 set TS526 (presumably 50095 + 59026 + 50070) is seen arriving into Four Oaks with the 6.29pm Longbridge - Lichfield service on the 30th May 1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: 27th January 1979
Set number: TS526
Refurbished Class 116 set TS526 (50070 closest, presumably with 59026 + 50095) at Hatton on January 27, 1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: 24th May 1980
Set number: TS526
Class 116s at Manchester Victoria on 24 May 1980, working one of the shuttles to the Rainhill 150 celebrations. Closest is set TS526 and M50095 presumably with M59026 + M50070. Nigel Menzies.