Vehicle 59440
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
| 3w/e 31/08/58 | New to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 29/10/59 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Jan-60 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| 15/08/60 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 24/10/60 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 05/01/61 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 03/03/61 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| Dec-63 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| Mar-75 | On loan to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| w/e 12/11/75 | Transferred to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| w/e 05/11/76 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| circa Jul-84 | Stored S. | TS (Tyseley) | |
| circa Sep-85 | Stored U. | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 22/03/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Notes
circa Feb-86 - Stored location: LJ Llandudno Junction for 59326, 59342, 59440, 59623 and 59641.
Disposal
Scrapped by Texas Metals, on location at Tyseley depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51130 | 59440 | 51143 | As delivered to 82B - 3w/e 31/08/58 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 51143 | Transfer to 84E - Jan-61 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 51143 | Listed at BL - circa Jun-61 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 28/09/1969 - Tyseley open day1 | ||||||
| TY537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Kidderminster3 | ||||||
| TY537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 05/09/74 - in Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| 50058 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 25/07/1976 - Swindon Works. Outshopped following C3 or C1 Overhaul 7/761 | ||||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted circa 01/19785 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 02/12/1978 - Birmingham New Street1 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley1 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted 28/10/1979 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C3 Overhaul 11/791 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59440 | 50108 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS522 | 50078 | 59440 | 50109 | Noted circa 03/19825 | |||||
| TS522 | 50078 | 59440 | 50109 | Noted 16/03/1982 - at Leamington Spa1 | |||||
| TS522 | 50078 | 59440 | 50109 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| TS522 | 50078 | 59440 | 50109 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS522 | 53078 | 59440 | 53109 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS522 | 53078 | 59440 | 53109 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| TS522 | 53078 | 59440 | 53109 | Noted 21/11/1983 - at Birmingham New Street1 |
Formation Sources
1: Martin Lumley
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
14th February 1987
Class 116 centre car M59440 at Tyseley TMD on the 14th February 1987. Amongst the other DMU vehicles are two Class 108 driver trailers, the closest being 54223. S Gaskell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1983
Set number: TS522
Tyseley Class 116 set TS522 (presumably 53109 + 59440 + 53078) waits to depart from Redditch station for Birmingham New Street in July 1983. John Crooks.