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Vehicle 59444


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

w/e 06/09/58 New to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Oct-66 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
17/07/90 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 09/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51134 59444 51147 As delivered to 82B - w/e 06/09/58
51134 59444 51147 Transfer to 86A - Oct-66
51134 59444 51147 Noted 30/10/70 - on Cardiff Canton depot1
CTN307 51134 59444 51147 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
51134 59444 51147 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
51134 59444 51147 Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2
C307 51134 59444 51147 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot3
C332 51134 59444 51147 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
51134 59444 51147 Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot3
51245 59444 50290 Noted 07/07/77 - on 1615 Edinburgh-Dundee with 50746 + 59557 + 51232
C332 51134 59444 51147 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
C332 51134 59444 51147 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C332 51134 59444 51147 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C332 51134 59444 51147 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C332 51134 59444 51147 Noted circa 09/19835
C332 51134 59444 51147 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C333 51135 59444 51148 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C332 51134 59444 51147 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C332 51134 59444 51147 Noted 31/01/19875
51134 59444 51147 Noted 09/06/87
C332 51134 59444 51147 Listed at CF - Aug-87
T417 51877 59603 59444 53893 Noted circa 01/19885
T417 51877 59444 59603 51146 Formation change - TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 51146 (ex-T402) replaced 53893 (to T402)
T417 51877 59444 59603 53893 Formation change - TS - circa early Apr-88 - 51146 (to T402) replaced by 53893 (ex-T402)
T417 51877 59603 59444 53893 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T417 51877 59603 59444 53893 Noted circa 05/19885
T 51071 59444 51101 Noted circa 05/19895
T327 51071 59444 51101 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T327 51071 59444 51101 Noted circa 11/19895
51859 59444 59592 53114 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2
T408 51859 59444 59592 53114 Listed at TS - mid May-90

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 116 DMU at Cardiff Central

1987

Class 116 W59444 in Cardiff Central in 1987. Shayne Lewis.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 6th October 1958

51147 + 59444 + 51134 in Bristol Temple Meads station on the 6th October 1958. It's working an Avonmouth service, this is the first day of diesel services on the line. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1959

A Derby suburban triple DMU at Swindon circa 1959. W51134 is closest, presumably with W59444 + W51147, this was a Bristol Marsh Junction set and Bristol (T.M.) is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 2nd April 1972

Set number: C307

Two Class 116 DMUs seen in Penarth Station on the 2nd of April 1972. The closest is carrying set number C307, the vehicles are presumably 51134 + 59444 + 51147. The KDH Archive.

DMU

Date: 2nd April 1972

Set number: C307

Two Class 116 DMUs in Penarth Station on the 2nd of April 1972. Closest is set number C307, the vehicles are presumably 51134 + 59444 + 51147, with the driver out giving the DMBS closest some attention. The KDH Archive.

DMU

Date: 2nd May 1979

Set number: C332

Class 116 dmu set C332 (W51134 + W59444 + W51147) at Merthyr on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1979

Set number: C332

The 11.48 Barry Island to Treherbert service calls at Cardiff Central 6/8/79. Class 116 dmu set C332, W51134 + W59444 + W51147. Note the cab end has one cut and one oval buffer. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 19th July 1984

Set number: C332

Class 116 Derby DMU C332 with DMS 51147 closest (and presumably 59444 + 51134) at Barry Island with the 16:47 to Merthyr on 19-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: circa 1985

Set number: C332

Class 116 DMU set C332 (presumably 51147 + 59444 + 51134) at Dinas Powys, circa 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1985

Set number: C332

Cardiff-based Class 116 DMU set C332 (presumably 51147 + 59444 + 51134) leaves Reading heading west. Circa 1985. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C332

Class 116 set C332 (presumably 51134 + 59444 + 51147) and another set departs from Cardiff Central with a Treherbert service - date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: C332

Set C332 sits at Cardiff Central in 1987, with 51134 closest and presumably 59444 + 51147. Shayne Lewis.

DMU

Date: 1989

Set number: T327

Set T327, formed of Class 119 power cars and a high density centre car, enters Langley Green in 1989. Records show that the set at this time was formed of 51071 + 59444 + 51101. John Law.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1989

Set number: T327

Hybrid st T327 51101 + 59444 + 51071 departing from Walsall on 04/07/89. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1989

Set number: T327

51101/59444/51071 at Ryecroft Junction, Walsall on 04/07/89. The service is the the 10.48 arrival at Walsall from Hednesford. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1989

Set number: T327

51101/59444/51071 at Walsall on 04/07/89. The service is the 11.02 departure for Hednesford. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1989

Set number: T327

51071/59444/51101 at Ryecroft Junction, Walsall on 04/07/89. The service is the 10.48 arrival at Walsall from Hednesford. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1989

Set number: T327

Hybrid set T327 51071 + 59444 + 51101 arriving into Walsall on 04/07/89. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1989

Set number: T327

119/116 hybrid T327 (51101 + 59444 + 51071) arriving at Walsall on 04/07/89. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1989

Set number: T327

Hybrid Class 119/116/119 DMU set T327 - presumably 51101 + 59444 + 51071 - in Hednesford station circa summer 1989. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: circa August 1989

Set number: T327

Tyseley's hybrid class 119/116 unit T327, believed at the time to comprise cars 51071, 59444 and 51101, is seen near Budbrooke Junction, Hatton, Warwickshire in the summer of 1989. Bob Belcher.