Vehicle 59366
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
| 3w/e 19/04/58 | 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 | |
| 2w/e 11/11/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Jul-85 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 31/12/1975 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | As delivered to 88A - 3w/e 19/04/58 | ||||||
| 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN346 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C346 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot3 | |||||
| 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| 50827 | 59366 | 51299 | Noted 17/03/75 - at Cambridge3 | ||||||
| C346 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 13/08/75 - on 2C15 1850 Barry Island-Newport with C353 | |||||
| C346 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 26/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C317 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 50086 | 59366 | 50128 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C317 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C317 | 50858 | 59366 | 50911 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| TS550 | 50082 | 59366 | 50124 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS550 | 50082 | 59366 | 50124 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 51136 | 59366 | 51149 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| TS550 | 50082 | 59366 | 50124 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS549 | 51136 | 59366 | 51149 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS549 | 51136 | 59366 | 51149 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| TS549 | 51136 | 59366 | 51149 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS549 | 51136 | 59366 | 51149 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS549 | 51136 | 59366 | 51149 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS620 | 53834 | 59366 | 53887 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS620 | 53834 | 59366 | 53887 | Noted circa 04/19845 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa January 1976
An official image (9 of 13, negative D3054/9) from a internal BR photo album titled "Refurbished Class 116 DMU Prototype". It shows the interior of freshly refurbished Class 116 TS W59366, with declassified first class seating, circa January 1976. British Rail.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 27th April 1974
Set number: C346
Class 116 DMU set C346 (presumably 50911 + 59366 + 50858) on the 10.47 from Cardiff at Penarth on 27 April 1974. Tom Burnham.
Date: circa 1981
Set number: TS550
Class 116 set TS550 in Spring Road station, undated. Closest is presumably 50082 which was painted into blue/grey in September 1980. The centre car, the the white/blue stripe refurbished livery, is probably 59366. It was replaced in the set sometime in 1981 by Class 101 59115. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
Date: 28th May 1984
Kemble station on 28th May 1984. The Class 116 DMU is 53887/59366/53834 working the 16.30 Gloucester-Swindon. The set number is displayed in the drivers window and may be TS616. The track leading away to the right of the picture is the former branch line from Kemble to Cirencester, closed to passengers on 6 April 1964 and to goods from 4 October 1965. Lewis Bevan.