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Vehicle 59356


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 01/03/58 New to 88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61Depot code change88B
Mar-62Depot code change88M
Nov-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
Dec-64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Jan-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
4w/e 04/05/68 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Aug-68 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
May-86 Stored S. CF (Cardiff Canton)
24/02/87 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton)

Notes

circa Oct-79 - 50237 + 59356 downgraded to 2nd class only
circa Feb-86 - Stored location: LJ Llandudno Junction for 59326, 59342, 59440, 59623 and 59641.

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 28/07/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50848 59356 50901 As delivered to 88A - w/e 01/03/58
50848 59356 50901 Transfer to 84A - Dec-64
50848 59356 50901 Noted 01/03/68 - in Paddington in blue livery
50848 59356 50901 Noted circa May-68
50848 59356 50901 Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
CTN320 50848 59356 50901 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50848 59356 50901 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
320 50848 59356 50901 Noted 02/11/72
C314 50848 59356 50901 Noted 04/04/73 - on 2C51 0821 Rhymney-Cardiff
C320 50848 59356 50901 Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot3
C314 50848 59356 50901 Noted 21/08/74 - on 2B26 1015 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C338 + C510
50848 59356 50901 Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2
C320 50848 59356 50901 Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3
C320 50848 59356 50901 Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3
C320 50848 59356 50901 Noted 24/03/76 - on 2C17 1953 Swansea-Cardiff with C603
C314 50848 59356 50901 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
50848 59356 50901 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1
C314 50848 59356 50901 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3
C314 50848 59356 50901 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
C314 50848 59356 50901 Noted 19/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
C314 50848 59356 50901 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C314 50848 59356 50901 Noted 06/01/1978 - Cardiff Central4
C314 50848 59356 50901 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C314 50848 59356 50901 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C314 53848 59356 53901 Noted circa 09/19835
C314 53848 59356 53901 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C315 53855 59356 53908 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C314 53848 59356 53901 Listed at CF - 04/01/86

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

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Swansea Landore depot

14th December 1986

Class 116 TC 59356 is seen boarded up at Landore Depot, with yellow asbestos warning stickers applied. Taken on Sunday 14th December 1986 and on the left is C577 and on the right 51523. PJ Evans.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th February 1975

Set number: C320

Class 116 DMU set C320 (50901 and presumably 59356 + 50848) in Cardiff Bute Road station on February 28th 1975. Image by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.

DMU

Date: 25th March 1978

Set number: C314

Unit C314 at Cardiff Bute Road on 25 March 1978 on the 13.02 to Coryton. The vehicles are presumably 50848 + 59356 + 50901. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: 25th March 1978

Set number: C314

Class 116 DMU set C314 (presumably 50901 + 59356 + 50848) at Coryton station on the 13.25 departure for Cardiff Queen Street (destination blind notwithstanding) on 25 March 1978. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: 25th September 1979

Set number: C314

Class 116 set C314 (50848 + presumably 59356 + 50901) arriving at Cardiff Central on September 25, 1979. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 6th March 1981

Set number: C314

Two Class 116 sets at Taffs Well on May 6, 1981. The closest is C314, presumably 50848 59356 50901. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 30th December 1981

Set number: C314

50848 at the head of C314 at Treherbert, presumably 59356 + 50901), 30/12/81. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 1982

Set number: C314

Cardiff Canton based Class 116 set C314 seen at Taffs Well in 1982. DMBS 50848 is closest, presumably with TS 59356 and DMS 50901. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 3rd July 1982

Set number: C314

In Merthyr station on 3 July 1982 is Class 116 DMU set C314 (presumably 50848 + 59356 + 50901) on the 15.55 to Cardiff. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: March 1985

Set number: C314

Class 116 set C314 (presumably 53848 + 59356 + 53901) arriving into Treforest Estate station in March 1985. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: March 1985

Set number: C314

Class 116 set C314 (presumably 53848 + 59356 + 53901) departs from Pontypridd station in March 1985. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: circa early 1988

A Class 116 centre car is shunted under the crane at Snailwell for its bogies to be removed. Image 1 of 6, probably early 1988. The last digit in the number is obscured, five 5935x vehicles cut there (1/5/6/7/8), 5/6/7 in that period. The latter is believed to still have had a W prefix, 59356 did leaving 59355. A row of Met-Camms is on the left and the cab of a Class 116 can be seen in the distance by the cab of the 03. RichardMid67.