Vehicle 59330
Class 116
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30365
Diagram: 555
Allocations
| Nov-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) | |
| 2w/e 12/11/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 4w/e 31/12/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Nov-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 3w/e 17/02/86 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 20/02/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/03/89 | Withdrawn from | CP PXXZ |
Notes
28th November 1986 - Seen with roof ventilators removed
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 16/07/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50822 | 59330 | 50875 | As delivered to WR - November 1957 | ||||||
| 50822 | 59330 | 50875 | Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/11/66 - from WR | ||||||
| 50822 | 59330 | 50875 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 31/12/66 | ||||||
| 146 | 50822 | 59330 | 50875 | Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69 | |||||
| 146 | 50822 | 59330 | 50875 | Listed at HN - Jul-70 | |||||
| 50821 | 59330 | 50875 | Noted Jul-70 - at Hamilton depot with no set number | ||||||
| 50822 | 59330 | 50875 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Motherwell1 | ||||||
| 146 | 50822 | 59330 | 50875 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 50822 | 59330 | 50875 | Noted 25/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 50822 | 59330 | 50875 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 161 | 50822 | 59330 | 50876 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 387 | 50822 | 59330 | 50881 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 50841 | 59330 | 50870 | Noted 7th November 1981 | ||||||
| 116387 | 50822 | 59330 | 50881 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 387 | 53822 | 59330 | 53881 | Noted circa 11/19833 | |||||
| 116387 | 53822 | 59330 | 53881 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 116387 | 53822 | 59330 | 53881 | Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED | |||||
| 116387 | 53822 | 59330 | 53881 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 116387 | 53822 | 59330 | 53881 | Transfer to ED - Feb-86 - from AY | |||||
| 116387 | 53822 | 59330 | 53881 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 387 | 53822 | 59330 | 53881 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 394 | 53846 | 59330 | 53873 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 53846 | 59330 | 53873 | Noted 28th November 1986 | ||||||
| 116394 | 53846 | 59330 | 53873 | Noted circa 12/19863 | |||||
| TS822 | 51853 | 59330 | 59622 | 53923 | Noted 17/06/19873 | ||||
| T822 | 51853 | 59622 | 59330 | 53923 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th November 1982
Set number: 387
A Class 116 dmu (50822 presumably leading with 59330 + 50881) northbound on the Troon avoiding line, Lochgreen Jn. on 07-11-82. Image by A.Wilson. This view shows a train probably an empty stock working avoiding Troon on the loop line. Lochgreen Junction with its signal box is in the background. This was the original main line and was superseded in 1892 when the loop was built, bringing the passenger station into the town. This avoiding line closed shortly after this, on 28-11-1982, in preparation for re-signalling and electrification. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 9th July 1985
Set number: 387
Class 116 DMU set 116 387 (formed 53090 + 59330 + 53881) is seen at East Kilbride station having arrived with the 10.00 from Glasgow Central on 09.07.1985. This line survived as a branch as it formed part of the Glasgow suburban network but was once a through route to Hamilton. The line that once extended beyond where the buffer stops are used to go through to Hunthill Junction on the Hamilton & Strathaven line. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 9th July 1985
Set number: 387
DMU set 116 387 is seen waiting to leave East Kilbride with the 11.12 to Glasgow Central on July 9th 1985. The DMBS (far end) is 53090, the other two vehicles are believed to be 53881 + 59330. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: July 1986
Set number: 116387
116387 (presumably 53881 + 59330 + 53822) departs from Edinburgh Waverley with a Commonwealth Games shuttle to Meadowbank in July 1986. S Saunders.
Date: 26th July 1986
Set number: 116387
116387 (presumably 53822 + 59330 + 53881) arrives into Meadowbank Stadium station with a shuttle from Edinburgh Waverley on July 26th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 9th August 1986
Set number: 116394
Two Class 116 DMUs - 116394 (53846 + 59345 + 59873) and 116387 (53881 + 59330 + 53822) arrive at Nitshill with the 18:15 Glasgow Central - Barrhead on 9 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.