Vehicle 59359

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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)
Feb-59	Transferred to	81C (Southall)
18/06/59	Transferred to	84E (Tyseley)
18/08/59	Transferred to	88A (Cardiff Cathays)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88B
Mar-62	Depot code change	88M
Nov-64	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
p/e 09/10/82	Stored S.	RG (Reading)
16/05/85	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 20/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50851	59359	50904						As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/02/58
CTN331	50851	59359	50904						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50851	59359	50904						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
C331	50851	59359	50904						Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
	50851	59359	50904						Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central2
	50851	59359	50904						Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff1
	50851	59359	50904						Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1
C331	50857	59359	50904						Noted 26/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3
C331	50851	59359	50904						Noted 14/01/76 - at Cardiff
C331	50851	59359	50904						Noted 24/04/76 - on 2C75 1030 Treherbert-Cardiff with C327
C454	51352	59359	51394						Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C454	51352	59359	51380						Noted 09/11/1977 - Cardiff Central4
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
C454	51352	59359	51394						Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 22/01/78 - on Cardiff Canton5
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 15/10/78 - in Swindon Works5
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 02/12/78 - in Cardiff Central5
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 24/06/79 - in Cardiff Central5
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 20/01/1980 - on Cardiff Canton depot 5
C454	51352	59359	51394						Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 06/07/1980 - at Barry 5
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 09/09/1980 - at Cardiff Central 5
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 25/01/1981 - on Cardiff Canton depot 5
C454	51352	59359	51394						Listed at CF - 01/03/81
C454	51352	59359	51394						Noted 06/06/1981 - in Swindon Works 5
C454	51352	59359	51394						Listed at CF - 28/11/81
	59359								Listed at RG(S) - 15/12/1982

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Martin Lumley

Images:

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19th August 1990

Various suburban vehicles can be seen at Vic Berry's on August 19, 1990, including W59359. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 13th October 1979

Set number: C454

Class 117 DMU set C454 (presumably 51394 + 59359 + 51352) on the 14.08 Penarth-Rhymney at Caerphilly on 13 October 1979. Note that the seats on Platform 2 still have the GWR monogram cast into the ironwork. Tom Burnham.