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Vehicle 59438


Class 116

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30448
Diagram: 555

Allocations

2w/e 12/07/58 New to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
Jan-64 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
May-73Depot code changeTS
14/02/86 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
16/02/86 Stored S. - at Cathays
01/12/87 Withdrawn

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 28/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Goldpawn Limited, on location at Margam Yard

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51128 59438 51141 As delivered to 82B - 2w/e 12/07/58
50860 59438 50913 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
TY535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa Jun-69
TY535 50860 59438 50913 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50860 59438 50913 Noted 06/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50860 59438 50913 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
50860 59438 50913 Noted 25/05/1974 - at Worcester2
55004 59438 50913 Noted 04/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 01/19784
50860 59438 50913 Noted 04/01/78
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 01/19814
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 10/19814
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 05/19824
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS535 50860 59438 50913 Noted circa 01/19834
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 09/19834
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 06/19844
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 01/19854
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 03/19854
TS535 53860 59438 53913 Noted circa 09/19854
59438 Listed at WR - Summer 1986 - stored at Cardiff Cathays

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th April 1969

Set number: TY535

Class 116 set TY535 (presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913) stopping at Tyseley on April 28, 1969. Despite what the destination blind shows this is the 5.25pm service to Shirley. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: February 1975

Set number: TY535

Class 116 sets TY535 (50860 at the front, presumably with 59438 + 50913) and TY531 arriving at Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: February 1975

Set number: TY531

Class 116 sets TY531 and TY535 (50860 at the far end, presumably with 59438 + 50913) in the staggered platforms of Cradley Heath station in February 1975. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 22nd May 1976

Set number: TY535

Tyseley Class 116 set TY535 (presumably 50913 + 59438 + 50860) at Hall Green on May 22, 1976. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: mid-1976

Set number: TY535

Class 116 DMU set TY535 (presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913) seen south of Blake Street in mid-1976. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1977

Set number: TY535

Two Class 116 sets at Four Oaks station on a Lichfield City service in the summer of 1977. Closest is set TY535 formed 50913 + 59438 and presumably 50860. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1977

Set number: TY535

Class 116 set TY535 in Four Oaks station with a Lichfield City service in the summer of 1977. Visible are 50913 and 59438. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 23rd August 1978

Set number: TY535

A nine-car Class 116 formation leaves Tyseley with the 8.44am Birmingham Moor St - Leamington Spa service on August 23, 1978. Set TY535 is closest, presumably 50860 + 59438 + 50913. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1979

Set number: TY535

Refurbished Class 116 set TY535 (50913 leads, presumably with 59438 + 50860) south of Selly Oak in the spring of 1979. Michael Mensing.