Vehicle 59371
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 17/05/58 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88B | |
| Mar-62 | Depot code change | 88M | |
| Jul-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Nov-66 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 14/04/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50863 | 59371 | 50916 | As delivered to 88A - 3w/e 17/05/58 | ||||||
| 50863 | 59371 | 50916 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50863 | 59371 | 50916 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN313 | 50863 | 59371 | 50916 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50863 | 59371 | 50916 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| 50863 | 59371 | 50916 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| 50863 | 59371 | 50916 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| C313 | 50863 | 59371 | 50916 | Noted 26/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C313 | 50863 | 59371 | 50916 | Noted 18/07/76 - on 2B76 1840 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B575 | |||||
| C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Noted 07/08/1976 - on 11:50 Merthyr to Cardiff with C3024 | |||||
| 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Noted 02/01/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Noted 06/09/79 - on 10.48 Barry Island - Treherbert service | |||||
| C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C319 | 50868 | 59371 | 50918 | Formation change - circa Aug-82 - may be running with centre car other than this official listing | |||||
| C319 | 50868 | 59371 | 50918 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C319 | 53868 | 59371 | 53918 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C319 | 53868 | 59371 | 53918 | Noted 26/04/19866 | |||||
| C319 | 53868 | 59371 | 53918 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd May 1979
Set number: C451
South Wales valleys line bashing - Maytime and it's snowing quite heavily! This is set C451 (presumably 51380 + 59371 + 51338) at Rhymney on 2 May 1979. This pic was taken less than an hour after I had been at Coryton in 70 degree heat. Alistair Ness.
Date: 6th August 1979
Set number: C451
The 10.48 Barry Island - Treherbert service arrives at Cardiff on 6th August 1979 formed of set C451 (W51338 + W59371 + W51380). Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 12th April 1980
Set number: C451
Refurbished Class 117 DMU set C451 (51380 and presumably 59371 + 51338) drops off its passengers at Penarth with the 14:26 from Cardiff Central on 12 April 1980. Robert Thomas.
Date: circa 1981
Set number: C451
C451 was formed of vehicles 51338, 59371 and 51380 and is seen here arriving at Barry station in the very early 1980s. Curly42.
Date: 1982
Set number: C451
A Class 117 set arrives into Taffs Well station in early 1982. The DMBS is W51338, so it is presumably set C451 with 59371 + 51380 which would be transferred to Bristol in mid-May for the start of the summer timetable. Michael Mensing.
Date: 10th April 1982
Set number: P319
Class 116 set P319 (presumably 50918 + 59371 + 50868) at Barnstaple Junction on 10 April 1982. The following month the set was transferred to Cardiff where it remained until withdrawal. Rob Paterson.
Date: 29th December 1983
Set number: C319
Class 116 DMU set C319 (W53868 + W59371 + W53918) in Cardiff Bute Road station with a service for Coryton on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.
Date: 29th December 1983
Set number: C319
Class 116 DMU set C319 (W53868 + W59371 + W53918) in Coryton station with a service to/from Cardiff Bute Road on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.
Date: 1984
Set number: C319
Set C319 at Llanishen - W53868 closest, presumably with W59371 + W53918 - early in 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: 24th April 1984
Set number: C319
British Rail 'Derby Suburban' set C319 (53918+59371+53868) is seen at the terminus station of Penarth waiting to depart north with train 2C83 the 11.30 to Merthyr Tydfil on 24/04/84. This station had become a single track branch from Cogan Junction after track rationalisation by British Rail which followed the closure of the section south from here via Sully to Cadoxton on 06/05/1968. The former down line track bed still being evident in the foreground. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 21st July 1984
Set number: C302
The 12:05 Barry Island - Rhymney service arrives into Cadoxton station on 21 July 1984. Leading is C302 (53128 + 59036 + 53086) and C319 (53868 + 59371 + 53918) is on the rear. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 21st July 1984
Set number: C319
A six-car DMU formation arrives into Cadoxton station on 21 July 1984. 53918 + 59371 + 53868 / 53086 + 59036 + 53128 are working the 10:19 Treherbet-Barry Island service. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 29th July 1986
Set number: C319
Class 116 DMU set C319 (presumably 53918 + 59371 + 53868) in Barry station with the 17:13 Merthyr - Barry Island service on 29 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th September 1986
Set number: C319
Class 116 DMU set C319 (presumably 53868 + 59371 + 53918) departs from Lydney with the 13:10 Cardiff - Gloucester service on 20 September 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.