Vehicle 59035
Class 116
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30385
Diagram: 600
Allocations
| Aug-57 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| by Jun-61 | Transferred to | 88B (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| 09/07/62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| Jan-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Dec-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 06/09/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 25/10/87 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 17/01/88 | Reinstated | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 02/06/88 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Notes
2nd June 1988 - Hauled from Newton Heath depot to Humberstone Yard via Toton depot by 31 230
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 21/05/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50085 | 59035 | 50127 | As delivered to WR - August 1957 | ||||||
| 50085 | 59035 | 50127 | Noted 13th October 1957 | ||||||
| CTN406 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C309 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot2 | |||||
| 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C309 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff2 | |||||
| C309 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Noted 12/07/75 - on 2B60 1715 Cardiff-Highbridge | |||||
| C320 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 59035 | Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot, loose, in refurbished livery2 | ||||||||
| C320 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Noted 09/11/1977 - Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C320 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C320 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C320 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C320 | 50869 | 59035 | 50922 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C320 | 53869 | 59035 | 53922 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| C320 | 53869 | 59035 | 53922 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| 53084 | 59035 | 53126 | Noted 24/02/86 - on 15:17 Caerphilly - Barry Island with 51313 + 59478 + 513285 | ||||||
| 53084 | 59035 | 53126 | Noted 24/02/86 - on 16:25 Barry Island - Bargoed with 51313 + 59478 + 513285 | ||||||
| C320 | 53869 | 59035 | 53922 | Noted 26/04/19864 | |||||
| C320 | 53869 | 59035 | 53922 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C320 | 53869 | 59035 | 53922 | Noted 05/06/19864 | |||||
| C320 | 53869 | 59035 | 53922 | Noted 03/05/87 - in Cardiff Central at 17:00 | |||||
| C320 | 53869 | 59035 | 53922 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| 53869 | 59035 | 53922 | Noted October 1987 | ||||||
| N359 | 53869 | 59035 | 53922 | Listed at NH - May-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1975
Set number: C309
Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) in Treherbert station circa 1975. Tony Watson.
Date: circa 1975
Set number: C309
A Class 116 DMU in Treherbert station circa 1975, probably set C309 (50869 + 59035 + 50922). Tony Watson.
Date: circa 1975
Set number: C309
Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) in Treherbert station circa 1975. Tony Watson.
Date: circa 1975
Set number: C309
Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) in Treherbert station circa 1975. Tony Watson.
Date: circa 1975
Set number: C309
Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50922 + 59035 + 50869) in Treherbert station circa 1975. The seats have dark red headrests and the moquette is a vertical stripe pattern, possibly Trojan. Tony Watson.
Date: circa 1975
Set number: C309
Class 116 DMU set C309 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) departs from Taffs Well circa 1975. Tony Watson.
Date: 27th May 1975
Set number: C309
Class 116 unit C309 comprising 50869 + 59035 + 50922 at Merthyr, 27 May 1975. David Clegg.
Date: 12th March 1976
Set number: C320
According to my scant notes from this day in 1976 (March 12th), I took a TP photo of DMU C320 (presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) at Cardiff Central (looking east). Though the details are lacking, It's a captured moment, despite the grainy Kodak plus-X film and my shoddy development of it! Arnie Furniss.
Date: unknown
Set number: C320
Two refurbished Class 116 sets seen at Cardiff, date unknown. Closest is set C320 - W50922 and presumably 59035 + 50869. Paul Redmond.
Date: 11th April 1979
Set number: C320
A Treherbert bound class 116 DMU (set C320, presumably 50869 + 59035 + 50922) approaches Taffs Well on an inclement 11th April 1979. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 15th May 1979
Set number: C320
Refurbished Class 116 DMU set C320 stabled in the sidings at Treherbert on 15 May 1979. W50869 is closest, the other two vehicles are presumably 59035 + 50922. Robert Thomas.
Date: 4th March 1982
Set number: C320
Set C320 (50922 + 59035 + 50869) at Cardiff Queen Street, 4th March 1982. Chris Lings.
Date: 1984
Set number: C320
Class 116 set C320 (53922 and presumably 59035 + 53869) arriving into Cardiff Central in 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1984
Set number: C320
A Class 116 DMU (Cardiff-based set formation C320, presumably 53922 + 59035 + 53869) at Severn Tunnel Junction, Gwent in 1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 1984
Set number: C320
Class 116 set C320 (presumably 53869 + 59035 + 53922) at Caerphilly in early 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1984
Set number: C320
Class 116 set C320 (53869 and presumably 59035 + 53922) seen at Ystrad Mynach in 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: 11th April 1986
Set number: C320
Class 116 set C320 at Coryton on April 11 1986 presumably formed 53869 + 59035 + 53922. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 11th April 1986
Set number: C320
A Class 116 DMU with the "Valley Train" branding at Penarth, on 11th April 1986. Set C320 is presumably formed 53922 + 59035 + 53869. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 11th April 1986
Set number: C320
Class 116 set C320 at Rhymney on April 11 1986 presumably formed 53869 + 59035 + 53922. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: September 1986
Set number: C320
BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu Class 116 Set No.C320 - presumably 53869 + 59035 + 53922 - in BR Rail Blue & Grey and all yellow front ends with Welsh Dragon symbol, with another 3-car unit, at Chepstow on a Gloucester - Cardiff service, 09/86. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: August 1987
Set number: C320
Valleys branded Class 116 set C320 led by W53922 (presumably with 59035 + 53869) is seen north of Pontypridd in August 1987. Michael Mensing.
Date: 6th August 1987
Set number: C320
Class 116 set C320 (W53922 + W59035 + W53869) in Barry Island station after the termination of the 11:06 ex-Ystrad Mynach on August 6th, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 19th August 1987
Set number: C320
Class 116 set C320 (presumably 53922 + 59035 + 53869) departs from Radyr with an early afternoon Merthyr - Cardiff Central service on Wednesday 19th August 1987. Colin Brooks.
Date: 19th August 1987
Set number: C320
Class 116 set C320 (presumably 53869 + 59035 + 53922) at Radyr, Wednesday 19th August 1987. Colin Brooks.