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Vehicle 59345


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 22/02/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Jul-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Nov-66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
Dec-66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
Dec-66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
circa Aug-82 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Nov-84 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Feb-86 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
11/05/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
20/02/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
17/01/88 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50837 59345 50890 As delivered to 88A - February 1958
149 50826 59345 50879 Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69
149 50826 59345 50879 Listed at 66C - Jul-70
149 50826 59345 50879 Listed at 66C - 1972
50826 59345 50879 Noted 29/06/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
50826 59345 50879 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
50826 59345 50879 Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central3
50826 59345 50876 Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1
164 50829 59345 50882 Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set
164 50829 59345 50882 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
165 50841 59345 50873 Noted 22/06/80 - at Hamilton
394 50846 59345 50882 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
116394 50846 59345 50882 Listed at HN - 13/06/82
116394 53846 59345 53892 Noted circa 11/19834
116394 53846 59345 53882 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
116394 53846 59345 53882 Transfer to AY - circa Nov-84 - from ED
116394 53846 59345 53882 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
116394 53846 59345 53882 Transfer to ED - Feb-86 - from AY
116394 53846 59345 53882 Noted circa 02/19864
116394 53846 59345 53882 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
116394 53846 59345 53873 Noted 3rd July 1986
394 53846 59345 53873 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53846 59345 53873 Noted 9th August 1986
387 53822 59345 53881 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
53822 59345 53881 Noted 19th November 1986
116387 53822 59345 53881 Noted circa 02/19874
53822 59345 53881 Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with 53870-59653-538835
TS534 53822 59345 53881 Noted 18/06/19874
T534 53822 59345 53881 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T807 51897 59666 59345 53871 Formation change - TS - Jul-87 - 59345 replaced 59668
TS807 51897 59666 59345 53871 Noted circa 09/19874
TS807 51897 59666 59345 53871 Noted 03/10/19874
TS807 51897 59666 59345 53871 Noted 09/01/19884

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Vic Berrys

22nd February 1988

M59345 seen to the centre right.Seen trailing in on the left is M53100 at Vic Berry Leicester on 22nd February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd June 1980

Set number: 165

Class 116 vehicles 50873 59345 50841 at Hamilton on 22nd June 1980. It has set number 165 on a board in the left cab window. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: August 1982

Set number: 116394

116 394 is seen departing Paisley Gilmour Street on a wet day in August 1982. It also carries set number 385 inside one of the cab windows on the rear vehicle (closest) which is presumably 50882 with 59345 + 50846. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 23rd February 1984

Set number: 116394

116 394 (presumably 53882 + 59345 + 53846) at East Kilbride on 23-2-84. Spannerman37025.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1985

Set number: 116394

Class 116 DMU, set 116 394 (53882 + 59345 + 53846) departing Glasgow Central, possibly on 12-10-85. Note the clocks on the platform to the left. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: circa late 1986

Set number: 116394

116 394 leaves Glasgow Central, 53873 on the rear, presumably with 59345 + 53846. circa late 1986. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 9th April 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.

DMU

Date: circa late 1986

Set number: 116394

116 394 rolls into Platform 13 of Glasgow Central Station, led by 53873, presumably with 59345 + 53846. Circa late 1986. Andrew McConnell.