Vehicle 59359
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) | |
| 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| 16/05/85 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |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 liveryDisposal
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 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 59359 | Listed at RG(S) - 15/12/1982 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
Images:
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:
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.