Vehicle 59358
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-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Oct-66 | On loan to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| Nov-66 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| Jun-82 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50850 | 59358 | 50903 | As delivered to 88A - w/e 01/03/58 | ||||||
| 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted 28/09/1969 - Tyseley open day1 | ||||||
| TY542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50077 | 59358 | 50120 | Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| TY542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot3 | |||||
| 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted 22/03/1976 - 16:02 Birmingham New Street to Stourbridge Junction4 | ||||||
| TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted 01/03/1980 - in Swindon Works 1 | |||||
| TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted 01/06/1980 - at Birmingham New Street 1 | |||||
| TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot1 | |||||
| TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS512 | 50051 | 59358 | 50113 | Noted 01/03/81 - at Thornaby for tyre turning | |||||
| TS542 | 50837 | 59358 | 50890 | Noted circa 10/19815 |
Formation Sources
1: Martin Lumley
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th April 1980
Set number: TS542
An ex-works Class 116 set formed of M50837 + 59358 + 50890 at Swindon on 12 April 1980. Although no set number is shown, this was Tyseley set TS542. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1st March 1981
Set number: TS512
Set TS512 (M50051 + M59358 + M50113) is an unusual visitor at Thornaby on March 1st, 1981, for tyre turning John Carter.