Vehicle 59350

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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 22/02/58	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
w/e 15/10/78	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
Jul-85	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated circa 05/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50842	59350	50895						As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58
CTN328	50842	59350	50895						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50842	59350	50895						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
C328	50842	59350	50895						Noted 20/05/1973 - Treherbert - Sunday 13.45 to Barry Island with unid similar set2
	50081	59350	50123						Noted 16/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3
	50842	59350	50895						Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central3
	50842	59350	50895						Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1
C328	50842	59350	50895						Noted 12/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3
C328	50842	59350	50895						Noted 26/08/75 - at Cardiff working with C351
C310	50842	59350	50133						Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central4
C311	50842	59350	50895						Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C311	50842	59350	50895						Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot, refurbished livery4
C311	50842	59350	50895						Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C311	50842	59350	50895						Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central5
C311	50842	59350	50895						Noted 25/06/1978 - Cardiff Canton6
	50842	59350	50895						Transfer to TS - 2w/e 15/10/78
	50842	59350	50895						Noted 15/07/1979 - Special Train Wolverhampton to Coalbrookdale and return
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted 15/06/1980 - at Birmingham New Street6
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted circa 01/19817
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted circa 10/19817
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted 25/04/1982 - at Gloucester6
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Noted circa 05/19827
TS543	50842	59350	50895						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS543	53842	59350	53895						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS543	53842	59350	53895						Noted circa 09/19837
TS621	53842	59350	53895						Noted circa 03/19847

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Alan N Walker
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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7th August 1976

Set number: C311

Class 116 DMU set C311 heads towards Kidderminster station with a special on 7 August 1976. Another Class 116 (TY527) is in the station and another with a 101 in the sidings. Michael Mensing.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 5th June 1976

Set number: C311

Two Class 116 DMUs at Cardiff Central with what is thought to be the 10:42 (SO) Rhymney-Penarth service on 5 June 1976. Closest is refurbished C311, presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842. Robert Thomas.

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Date: 7th August 1976

Set number: C311

Refurbished Class 116 DMU set C311 (presumably 50895 + 59350 + 50842) passes Kidderminster Junction signalbox on 7 August 1976. It is displaying 'Special' on the destination blind but Michael recorded the train as the 16:50 Hereford - Birmingham New Street. Michael Mensing.

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Date: 15th July 1979

Set number: TS543

In 1979 a series of special trains was arranged over the Coalbrookdale branch to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the building of the Ironbridge. A temporary platform was set up at Coalbrookdale (just past mp161) and here is the 11.45 ex-Wolverhampton at that temporary platform on 15 July 1979; it will return to Wolverhampton as the 16.20 from Coalbrookdale. The train is formed of a Tyseley-based Class 116 dmu, set TS543, with coaches 50895/59350/50842. Lewis Bevan.