Vehicle 59340

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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: 30365
Diagram: 555

Allocations

4w/e 25/01/58	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
3w/e 17/05/82	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
03/10/82	Stored S.	ZL
by 01/01/85	Stored S.	CF (Cardiff Canton)
16/05/85	Withdrawn from	CF (Cardiff Canton)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 01/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50832	59340	50885						As delivered to WR - January 1958
	50851	59340	50124						Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN344	50082	59340	50124						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50082	59340	50124						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
344	50082	59340	50124						Noted 02/11/72
C344	50082	59340	50124						Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot3
C453	51348	59340	51390						Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
	51348	59340	51390						Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1
C453	51348	59340	51390						Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C453	51348	59340	51390						Noted 02/01/1978 - Cardiff Central4
C453	51348	59340	51390						Listed at CF - 03/03/80

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: unknown

Set number: C453

'C453 at Cardiff, August 1974'. However this is too early to contain a refurbished liveried set. C453 (51348 + 59340 + 51390) moved to Cardiff in April 1976 and was refurbished in July 1977. Is C453 the blue or the refurbished set in the image? Steve Davies Collection.

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Date: 15th May 1979

Set number: C453

Class 117 DMU set C453 (51390 and presumably 59340 + 51348) at Treherbert after arriving from Barry Island on 15 May 1979. Robert Thomas.