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-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 19/05/68 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 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| 06/12/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |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 1982Disposal
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:
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 Newton follows. On the left is 86035. Bruce Galloway.
Date: 24th July 1986
Set number: 388
Class 116 set 388 (presumably 53876 + 59354 + 53823) has just set down its passengers when seen at Meadowbank Stadium on 24 July 1986. It will form a special to Waverley. Hamish Stevenson.
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.
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.
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.