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| May-87 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) | - also noted as 01/12/87 |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.