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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)
01/01/63Boundary 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15/10/83 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)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 06/05/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50076 59026 50118 As delivered to WR - August 1957
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 Street1
50070 59026 50095 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
50070 59026 50095 Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2
TY526 50070 59026 50095 Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot3
TS526 50070 59026 50095 Noted circa 01/19784
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 01/19814
TS526 50070 59026 50095 Noted circa 10/19814
TS526 50070 59026 50095 Noted circa 05/19824
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 09/19834

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Acocks Green

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.

Class 116 DMU at Bromsgrove

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.