Vehicle 59363
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 | 84A (Laira) | |
| Nov-66 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| Oct-87 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
Notes
19/12/88 - withdrawn vehicles 51063/9/91/7, 51302/17, 59039, 59422/69/79 (for Snailwell) and 59030/6, 59363, 59474 (for V Berry) departed Canton leaving 51322 as the only condemned vehicle there
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 26/11/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | As delivered to 88A - 4w/e 22/03/58 | ||||||
| 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Transfer to 84A - Nov-64 | ||||||
| 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN302 | 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C302 | 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3 | |||||
| C302 | 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Noted 26/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Noted 21/02/1976 - Seen at Cardiff on 16.05 Barry Island - Merthyr4 | ||||||
| C315 | 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C315 | 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Noted 07/08/1976 - on 08:00 Coryton to Bute Road5 | |||||
| 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Noted 26/03/1977 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Dowlais / Coed Ely Railtour 50122-59030-50080+50855-59363-50908 | ||||||
| C315 | 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C315 | 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C315 | 50855 | 59363 | 50908 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C315 | 53855 | 59363 | 53908 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| C315 | 53855 | 59363 | 53908 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C315 | 53855 | 59363 | 53908 | Noted 05/06/19864 | |||||
| 53855 | 59363 | 53908 | Noted 09/06/87 | ||||||
| C315 | 53855 | 59363 | 53908 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Peter Wallwork
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th September 1979
Set number: C315
The final port of call on the 16th September 1979 NREA 'shed bash' was to bag the DMU sets stabled at Rhymney. Viewed from the now demolished island platform, disused for many years, refurbished Derby Works class 116 high density suburban triple set C315 (W50855-W59363-W50908), eventually forming a Cardiff service stands in Rhymney station, in the initial but short-lived white/blue stripe livery with brown underframe. All class 116 units were new to the Western Region and were delivered in 1957-58 and were synonymous with South Wales valley services. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 13th October 1979
Set number: C315
Arriving at Aber with DMU set C315 (50908 + 59363 + 50855) leading is the 15.28 Rhymney-Cardiff train on 13th October 1979. It's in the "reversed" rail blue and white livery, applied at one point to refurbished first-generation DMUs. Tom Burnham.
Date: unknown
Set number: C315
Class 116 DMU set C315 (50855 and presumably 59363 + 50908) seen at Cardiff, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: 1982
Set number: C315
Class 116 set C315 (W50905 and presumably 59363 + 50855) departs from Taffs Well station in early 1982, with Cardiff Central on the destination blind. A Class 117 sits in the platform, thought to be set C451 with 51380 visible. Michael Mensing.
Date: 2nd April 1982
Set number: C315
Class 116 set C315 (presumably 50855 + 59363 + 50908) arriving into Cogan station with the 5.45pm Barry Island - Coryton service on April 2nd, 1982. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1985
Set number: C315
Class 116 set C315 lead by 53855 (presumably with 59363 + 53908) near Pontypridd in early 1985. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1985
Set number: C315
Class 116 set C315 (W53908 at the front, presumably with 59363 + 53855) enters Taff's Well in 1985. Michael Mensing.
Date: 8th March 1985
Set number: C315
Class 116 set C315 (presumably 53855 + 59363 + 53908) passing Maesmawr's Up Distant near Treforest Estate Halt on March 8, 1985. Michael Mensing.
Date: unknown
Set number: C315
Class 116 unit C315, 53855 leading travels north through the old Gelli colliery site at Ystrad in the Rhondda Fawr in the mid-1980s. The other two vehicles are presumably 59363 + 50908. Peter Brabham.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: C315
C315 (53855 + 59363 + 53908) enters Radyr, circa 1987. Mac Winfield.
Date: 18th July 1987
Set number: C315
C315 approaches Cardiff Queen Street on the 14:06 Ystrad Mynach to Barry Island, Saturday 18th July 1987, with W53855 closest and presumably 59363 + 53908. PJ Evans.