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Vehicle 59354


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

w/e 01/02/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
19/05/68 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
May 1973Depot code changeSF
23/04/77 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
p/e 29/01/83 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Nov-84 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
3w/e 17/02/86 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
26/03/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
06/12/87 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Notes

3rd June 1986 - Seen without gangway connection
28th February 1987 - Seen without gangway connections

Refurbished

At unknown Works dated circa 1980 released in blue/grey livery - Exact date unknown, vehicle in refurbished condition by 1982

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50846 59354 50899 As delivered to Cathays - w/e 01/02/58
CAT326 50846 59354 50899 Listed at CAT - circa Sep-60
50846 59354 50899 Transfer to 30A - 19/05/68 - from WR
50841 59354 50881 Noted 14/02/72 - on Stratford depot1
50853 59354 50899 Noted 04/08/73 - at Ipswich2
50853 59354 50881 Noted 09/08/74 - on Colchester depot1
50841 59354 50899 Transfer to HN - 23/04/77
161 50846 59354 50894 Noted 03/09/77 - at Hamilton1
168 50846 59354 50899 Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set
388 50823 59354 50876 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
116388 50823 59354 50876 Listed at HN - 13/06/82
116388 50823 59354 50876 Noted 1983
116388 53823 59354 53876 Noted circa 11/19833
116388 53823 59354 53876 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
116388 53823 59354 53876 Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED
116388 53823 59354 53876 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
116388 53823 59354 53876 Transfer to ED - Feb-86 - from AY
116388 53823 59354 53876 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
116388 53823 59354 53876 Noted 3rd June 1986
116388 53823 59354 53876 Noted 5th June 1986
388 53823 59354 53876 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
116388 53823 59354 53876 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
53823 59354 53876 Noted 28th February 1987
53823 59354 53876 Transfer to TS - 26/03/87 - from ED
T533 53823 59354 53876 Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street4
T533 53823 59354 53876 Noted circa 06/19873
T533 53823 59354 53876 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T533 53823 59354 53876 Noted 05/09/19873
T533 53823 59354 53876 Noted 03/10/19873

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th April 1984

Set number: 116388

Class 116 DMBS Sc53823 (with 59354 and presumably 53876) leads the 1317 Glasgow Central to Barrhead service away from Central station on 7th April 1984 as a class 311 emu on the late running 1312 to Newtown follows. On the left is 86035. Bruce Galloway.

DMU

Date: 11th October 1986

Set number: 116388

The depths of Waverley station, Edinburgh on 11/10/86 as the late sunshine on an October afternoon highlights the front of what is probably 53823 in 116 388 (formed 53823/59354/53876). The unit is waiting to form the 17.24 to Hamilton West via Shotts and Motherwell. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 28th March 1987

Set number: T533

53876 Class 116, set number T533, is at Tyseley on 28.03.1987, has just been transferred down from Scotland and still carries the Trans Clyde branding as well as Greater Glasgow symbols. Centre car is presumably 59354. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 11th April 1987

Set number: T533

Trans-Clyde DMU at Droitwich Spa. Former Scottish set 116388 (53876 + 59354 + 53823) is now Tyseley set T533, seen on 11/4/87, transferred a few weeks before. Stuart Mackay Collection.