Vehicle 59360
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 22/03/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 2w/e 29/04/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| p/e 24/12/83 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 27/04/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/03/58 | ||||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 56292 | 55009 | Noted mid-1958 | |||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 31/05/69 - from WR, ex-set 338 | ||||||
| 150A | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Listed at 66C - circa Oct-69 | |||||
| 150A | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Listed at HN - Jul-70 | |||||
| 150A | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 80905 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Hamilton depot3 | ||||||
| 162 | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot4 | |||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 13/12/75 - on 10.30 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh diverted over the 'Sub' from Slateford to Portobello because of engineering works.1 | ||||||
| 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 162 | 50852 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 508524 | |||||
| TS555 | 50826 | 59360 | 50905 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS555 | 50826 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS555 | 50826 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS555 | 50826 | 59360 | 50905 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS555 | 50826 | 59360 | 50905 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS555 | 53826 | 59360 | 53905 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS555 | 53826 | 59360 | 53905 | Noted circa 09/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 4th September 1981
Set number: TS555
A London Midland Region publicity image (negative D9724/7) captioned "Three-car diesel multiple unit in West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive livery at Kings Norton on 4 September 1981." It is set TS555 with M50905 and presumably M59360 and M50826, originally a Cardiff then Hamilton set moving to Tyseley in 1978. British Rail.