Vehicle 59340
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| 16/05/85 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |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 liveryDisposal
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:
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.