Vehicle 59031

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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

w/e 05/10/57	New to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
03/10/82	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
15/05/83	Stored S.	LA (Laira)
16/05/85	Withdrawn from	LA (Laira)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 07/04/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50081	59031	50123						As delivered to WR - w/e 05/10/57
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN306	50081	59031	50123						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
	50081	59031	50123						Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central 3
C306	50081	59031	50123						Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport4
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 22/01/78 - on Cardiff Canton6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 16/07/78 - in Cardiff Central6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 02/12/78 - on Cardiff Canton6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 20/01/1980 - on Cardiff Canton depot 6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 06/07/1980 - at Barry 6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 09/09/1980 - at Cardiff Central 6
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 01/03/81
C450	51334	59031	51376						Listed at CF - 28/11/81
C450	51334	59031	51376						Noted 24/03/1982 - in Swindon Works 6
C321	50083	59031	50820						Formation change - circa Aug-82 - may be running with centre car other than this official listing, and may be marked as C307
C307	50083	59031	50820						Listed at LA - 15/12/1982

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Lumley

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 28th May 1978

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450 (51376 + 59031 + 51334) stabled at Treherbert on 28 May 1978. On the left in the platform is Class 116 set C303, 50087 visible, and another Class 116 is in the sidings to the right. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: unknown

Set number: C450

Set C450 heads out of Barry Island. The curved top to the headcode box indicates that the vehicles should be 51334, 59031, and 51376. Undated. Ian Francis.

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Date: February 1981

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450 (51334 + 59031 + 51376) at Merthyr Tydfil sometime in February 1981. Rob Paterson.

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Date: mid-1982

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450, presumably 51376 + 59031 (a 116) + 51334, arriving into Heath station in mid-1982. Michael Mensing.