Vehicle 59342
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 | |
| Dec-63 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| circa Sep-84 | Stored S. | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 01/09/85 | Stored U. | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 22/03/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Notes
circa Feb-86 - Stored location: LJ Llandudno Junction for 59326, 59342, 59440, 59623 and 59641.
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 11/06/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50834 | 59342 | 50887 | As delivered to WR - 4w/e 25/01/58 | ||||||
| TY534 | 50859 | 59342 | 50912 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY534 | 50859 | 59342 | 50912 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 - At the time 50859 was noted running in set TY527 in place of 50053, and 50912 was in set TY502 in place of 50107. | |||||
| TY534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50914 | Listed at Tyseley - circa Sep-71 | |||||
| 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 02/09/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | ||||||
| 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station2 | ||||||
| TY534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon2 | |||||
| TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50914 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| TS534 | 50053 | 59342 | 50886 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS534 | 53053 | 59342 | 53886 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS534 | 53053 | 59342 | 53886 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| Stored | 59342 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 - at Tyseley |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 4th March 1967
The now demolished Birmingham (Snow Hill) Station, on the last day of through Paddington - Birkenhead services, 04/03/67. Brush Type 4 (Class 47) No.D1605 (later No.47 028) enters the station with a Paddington-bound express from Wolverhampton (Low Level) whilst in the centre road are two BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu's (Class 116) Nos.M50885, M59342, M50912 & M50859, M59334, M50888 (note: one too many DMS listed and one DMBS short) idling quietly amidst diesel fumes as the sunlight streams through the stygian gloom. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 20th July 1983
Set number: TS534
Class 116 DMU set TS534 (presumably 53886 + 59342 + 53053) in Birmingham Moor Street station on 20 July 1983. Brian Daniels.
Date: 20th July 1983
Set number: TS562
Class 116 DMUs in Birmingham Moor Street station on 20 July 1983. On the right is set TS562 (presumably 53893 + 59634 + 53075) and on the left TS534 (presumably 53886 + 59342 + 53053). Brian Daniels.