Vehicle 59352

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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	84A (Laira)
May-73	Depot code change	LA
2w/e 20/03/76	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
Jul-85	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 17/08/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50844	59352	50897						As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58
	50847	59352	50900						Transfer to 84A - Nov-64
LA308	50847	59352	50900						Noted circa Mar-68 - in plain blue with full yellow ends
LA310	50847	59352	50900						circa Feb-70 84A - Same formation, renumbered from LA308
L310	50847	59352	50900						Listed at Laira - circa May-71
	50090	59352	50132						Noted 04/07/1973 - at St. Erth1
	50090	59352	50132						Noted 08/07/1973 - at Laira depot1
P322	50090	59352	50132						Noted 13th July 1974 - at Exeter ex-works.
	50090	59352	50132						Noted 15th July 1974
P322	55025	59352	50132						Noted 27/08/75 - in Exeter St Davids, 55025 displayed P1252
	50090	59352	50132						Noted 28/02/76 - on 15.11 Exmouth – Paignton3
TS543	50090	59352	50132						Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham Moor Street2
	50090	59352	50132						Noted 15/09/1977 - at Solihull 4
TS543	50090	59352	50132						Noted circa 01/19785
TS548	50866	59352	50919						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS548	50866	59352	50919						Noted 09/08/1980 - Barmouth, on return working to the West Midlands area5
TS548	50866	59352	50919						Noted circa 01/19815
TS548	50866	59352	50919						Noted circa 10/19815
TS548	50866	59352	50919						Noted 12/06/82 - at Norwich2
TS548	50866	59352	50919						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS548	50866	59352	50919						Noted circa 01/19835
TS548	53849	59352	53919						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS548	53849	59352	53919						Noted circa 09/19835
TS624	53866	59352	53919						Noted circa 10/19835
TS624	53866	59352	53919						Noted circa 05/19845

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 26th July 1972

Set number: P322

Class 116 DMU set P322 (W50132 + W59352 + W50090) arrives into St Erth station on 26 July 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: August 1975

Set number: P322

Class 116 suburban unit P322 (presumably 50090 + 59352 + 50132) heads a six-coach train along the sea wall and into Teignmouth in August 1975. Passengers would have had a good view in return for the spartan conditions. Tony Watson.

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Date: 2nd November 1975

Set number: P322

Class 116 DMU set P322 (presumably 50090 + 59352 + 50132) passes a Western with a rake of Mk2s as it arrives into Newton Abbot with the 12:56 from Paignton on 2 November 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 1978

Set number: TS548

Tyseley Class 116 set TS548 (possibly 50919 + 59352 + 50866) at Five Ways in 1978. Michael Mensing.