Vehicle 59443
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) | |
| 3w/e 01/02/64 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 14/02/86 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 16/02/86 | Stored S. | - at Cathays | |
| May-87 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) | - also noted as 01/12/87 |
Disposal
Scrapped by Goldpawn Limited, on location at Margam Yard
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | As delivered to 82B - 3w/e 31/08/58 | ||||||
| BL307 | 51135 | 59443 | 59447 | 51148 | Noted circa Oct-59 | ||||
| BL305 | 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Listed at BL - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 01/04/69 - at Tyseley1 | ||||||
| TY539 | 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Worcester Shrub Hill2 | ||||||
| 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| TY539 | 51131 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3 | |||||
| TS539 | 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 20/06/76 - on Tyseley depot | |||||
| 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| TS539 | 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 09/04/77 - at Ely3 | |||||
| TS539 | 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted circa 01/19784 | |||||
| 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| TS539 | 51133 | 59443 | 50119 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS539 | 51133 | 59443 | 50119 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS560 | 50063 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS560 | 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| TS560 | 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS560 | 51133 | 59443 | 51146 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 06/19844 | |||||
| TS525 | 53830 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 11/19844 | |||||
| TS525 | 55000 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||
| TS525 | 53835 | 59443 | 53883 | Noted circa 10/19854 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
A Derby suburban triple DMU in Bristol Temple Meads, date unknown. W51146 is closest, its partners are presumably W59443 + W51133. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: mid-1975
Set number: TY539
Class 116 DMU set TY539 (M51146 and presumably 59443 + 51133) arriving into Yardley Wood station with a Henley-in-Arden service in mid-1975. Michael Mensing.
Date: 20th June 1976
Set number: TS539
Tyseley set TS 539 - formed of 51146 59443 51133 - sits in its home depot on 20 June 1976. Robert Frise.
Date: 1980
Set number: TS539
A couple of Class 116 DMUs seen near Bournville in 1980 on a cross-city working to Four Oaks. The closest set is still in plain rail blue (and seems to be TS539, presumably 51133 + 59443 + 50119), the rear set is in refurbished livery. Ian Docwra.
Date: 26th May 1980
Set number: TS539
Class 116 set TS539 (presumably 51133 + 59443 + 50119) arrives into Stratford-upon-Avon station on Monday 26 May 1980. It it in the process of changing platforms having arrived into platform 1, which is why the marker lamps are red. On the left is Class 100 DMBS 51112. David Russon.