Vehicle 59038
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
| Sep-57 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| 27/02/61 | Transferred to | 88B (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Jun-63 | Transferred to | 83D (Laira) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 15/10/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 24/07/83 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated circa 04/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50088 | 59038 | 50130 | As delivered to WR - September 1957 | ||||||
| CDF406 | 50088 | 59038 | 50130 | Listed at - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 51140 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN413 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 27/02/1971 - Cardiff General on 2F30 13.53 SO to Treherbert2 | ||||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff Canton3 | ||||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport4 | ||||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 08/08/1976 - at Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 09/11/1977 - Cardiff Central6 | |||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C310 | 50854 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central6 | |||||
| C310 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 21/05/1978 - at Barry Docks Station6 | |||||
| 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Transfer to TS - 2w/e 15/10/78 | ||||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 28/10/1978 - Derby, on special service to Kings Cross.7 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 24/06/1979 - Worcester Shrub Hill7 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot7 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted circa 01/19818 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted circa 10/19818 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted circa 05/19828 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS527 | 50834 | 59038 | 50887 | Noted 14/04/1983 - at Birmingham New Street7 | |||||
| TS527 | 53834 | 59038 | 53887 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Alan N Walker
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Martin Lumley
8: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th March 1987
Set number: C304
Passing some fine GWR lower quadrant semaphores as it pulls away from Radyr on 10th March 1986 is Derby Class 116 3 car DMU set C304. Allocated to CF and wearing "Valley Lines" branding it is formed of W53088 + W59362 + W53130 and is working the 1213 Treherbert - Barry Island service. Delivered new to CF (86A) in September 1957 in its original formation of W50088 + W59038 + W50130 it was to remain working on the Western Region for just over 30 years with spells at CF, Cardiff Cathays and LA. It swapped its original trailer car for W59362 sometime around 1971 and became set C304 in 1974 after previously carrying set no's CDF 406, CTN 314, 314 and C314. The trailer vehicle 59362 was transferred away to TS on 19th April 1987 (where it lasted just under two weeks before being withdrawn) while both of the Driving vehicles were withdrawn from CF also on 19th April 1987 before being scrapped at Vic Berry's at Leicester. Nigel Mack.