close

Sign In


Not registered?
Forgot Your Password?

<- 59630 | 59631 | 59632 ->

Vehicle 59631


Class 127

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square / Red Triangle
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30523
Diagram: 590

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 51615 during the unknown period are:

29/08/59 New to Chaddesden - stored pending allocation
3w/e 26/09/59 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
5w/e 02/01/60 Stored Chaddesden
4w/e 30/01/60 Transfer 14A (Cricklewood)

Then the allocations for 59631 are:

10/06/84 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
27/01/89 Stored CP
06/07/90 Withdrawn from CP PXXZ

59631 was involved in the following incident:


8/11/77 - Napsbury, LMR

Collision involving Class 127 / Class 127

Info from Peter Mullen

A set (5C26) travelling from Bedford to St. Pancras collided at about 40mph with the rear of a St. Albans to St. Pancras empty coaching stock train (2C65) which was standing at a signal. The collision resulted in the derailment of the two leading coaches of the passenger train as well as the rear coach of the empty stock train. The driver, guard and two passengers in the passenger train were injured and taken to hospital. Both trains were 4-car Class 127 DMUs comprising of vehicles 51626, 59609, 59643 and 51641 (5C26) and 51617, 59617, 59631 and 51601 (2C65) respectively. The accident was a result of the signalman forgetting about the stationary train at the St. Albans Up Slow Starting Signal and instructing the driver of the passenger train to pass the St. Albans Inner Home signal at Danger into an already occupied section.


Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51615 59601 59631 51616 As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 29th August 1959 - stabled pending allocation
51626 59631 59593 51647 Noted 09/08/1974 - at St Pancras1
51626 59631 59593 51649 Noted 25/08/74 - at Bedford2
51624 59607 59631 51645 Noted circa 09/19783
51600 59598 59631 51627 Noted 28/12/78 - on 15.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras4
51598 59598 59631 51621 Noted 21/02/79 - on 14.03 Luton – Cricklewood4
51598 59598 59631 51621 Noted 04/03/79 - on 19.52 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51598 59598 59631 51621 Noted 05/03/79 - on 18.22 Luton – Cricklewood4
51598 59598 59631 51621 Noted 14/03/79 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51598 59598 59631 51621 Noted 16/03/79 - on 10.15 Luton – Bedford4
51626 59609 59631 51635 Noted 31/03/79 - on 05.05 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51626 59609 59631 51635 Noted 03/04/79 - on 12.03 Luton – Cricklewood4
51634 59609 59631 51635 Noted 01/05/79 - on 16.17 Cricklewood – Luton with 51622 + 59616 + 59637 + 516334
51634 59609 59631 51635 Noted 07/05/79 - on 23.22 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51605 59609 59631 51638 Noted 18/05/79 - on 14.09 Cricklewood – Luton4
51605 59609 59631 51638 Noted 20/05/79 - on 10.02 Cricklewood – Harpenden4
51605 59609 59631 51638 Noted 26/05/79 - on 15.15 Luton – Cricklewood4
51605 59609 59631 51612 Noted 28/05/79 - on 12.09 Cricklewood – Luton with 51614 + 59603 + 59629 + 516434
51605 59609 59631 51617 Noted 20/06/79 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51614 59609 59631 51617 Noted 11/07/79 - on 19.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans4
51614 59609 59631 51617 Noted 12/07/79 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton4
51614 59609 59631 51617 Noted 12/07/79 - on 13.09 Cricklewood – Luton4
51614 59609 59631 51617 Noted 13/07/79 - on 17.56 Cricklewood – St. Albans4
51614 59609 59631 51617 Noted 24/08/79 - on 06.47 Cricklewood – Luton and 22.40 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51614 59609 59631 51617 Noted 27/08/79 - on 19.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood4
51603 59609 59631 51637 Noted 06/09/79 - on 05.35 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51619 59609 59631 51624 Noted 16/10/79 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51619 59609 59631 51624 Noted 17/10/79 - on 06.47 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51624 59609 59631 51625 Noted 25/10/79 - on 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford4
51624 59609 59631 51625 Noted 26/10/79 - on 21.25 Luton - Bedford 4
51624 59605 59631 51625 Noted 08/11/79 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton and 12.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood4
51624 59605 59631 51625 Noted 21/11/79 - on 11.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood4
51600 59605 59631 51618 Noted 06/01/80 - on 18.52 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51611 59593 59631 51623 Noted 28/01/80 - on 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford and 20.07 St. Albans – Bedford4
51623 59593 59631 51638 Noted 13/02/80 - on 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford4
51597 59593 59631 51598 Noted 28/03/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood4
51597 59593 59631 51598 Noted 02/04/80 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51597 59593 59631 51624 Noted 03/05/80 - on 22.16 Cricklewood – St. Pancras 4
51619 59631 59645 51637 Noted 02/09/80 - on 15.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras (no TSL)4
51608 59592 59631 51639 Noted 10/09/80 - on 12.00 Luton – Cricklewood4
51608 59592 59631 51643 Noted 08/10/80 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51608 59592 59631 51643 Noted 17/10/80 - on 16.47 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51608 59592 59631 51643 Noted 28/10/80 - on 03.30 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51608 59592 59631 51643 Noted 09/11/80 - on 11.30 St. Albans – Bedford4
51595 59589 59631 51627 Noted 01/12/80 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51595 59589 59631 51621 Noted 12/12/80 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51595 59589 59631 51621 Noted 18/12/80 - on 11.16 Luton – Bedford4
51646 59600 59631 51649 Noted 29/01/81 - on 2C37 12.00 Luton – St. Pancras4
51646 59600 59631 51649 Noted 30/01/81 - on 2C14 07.30 St. Albans – St Pancras4
51646 59600 59631 51649 Noted 13/02/81 - on 2G08 09.27 St Pancras – Bedford4
51646 59600 59631 51649 Noted 16/02/81 - on 2C48 16.47 Bedford – St Pancras4
51646 59600 59631 51649 Noted 17/02/81 - on 2G30 22.25 St Pancras – Bedford4
51646 59600 59631 51649 Noted 19/02/81 - on 2C61 23.10 (PN) Bedford – St. Pancras4
51646 59600 59631 51649 Noted 20/02/81 - on 2H15 19.05 St Pancras – Luton4
51646 59610 59631 51649 Noted 07/03/81 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood4
51646 59610 59631 51649 Noted 20/03/81 - on 21.20 Cricklewood – St. Pancras4
51646 59610 59631 51649 Noted 23/03/81 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51627 59607 59631 51645 Noted 23/06/81 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood4
51619 59607 59631 51645 Noted 05/07/81 - on 09.10 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51619 59607 59631 51645 Noted 19/07/81 - on 06.42 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51619 59607 59631 51645 Noted 23/07/81 - on 16.29 St. Pancras – Luton4
51619 59607 59631 51645 Noted 30/07/81 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood4
51619 59607 59631 51645 Noted 03/08/81 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51615 59607 59631 51619 Noted 03/09/81 - on 12.16 Luton – Bedford4
51615 59607 59631 51619 Noted 4th September 1981
51615 59607 59631 51619 Noted 07/09/81 - on 17.59 Cricklewood – St. Pancras4
51636 59613 59631 51642 Noted 23/01/82 - on 22.35 Cricklewood – Luton4
51636 59613 59631 51642 Noted 02/02/82 - on 22.34 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51612 59613 59631 51642 Noted 22/02/82 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51614 59591 59631 51638 Noted 18/03/82 - on 09.57 St. Pancras – Kentish Town4
51591 59631 59639 51595 Noted 29/03/82 - on 11.36 Hendon – St. Pancras4
51614 59591 59631 51638 Noted 15/04/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood4
51640 59591 59631 51645 Noted circa 05/19823
51640 59591 59631 51645 Noted 14/05/82 - on 10.16 Luton – Bedford4
51593 59610 59631 51645 Noted 24/06/82 - on 08.01 Luton – Bedford4
51625 59610 59631 51645 Noted 02/08/82 - on 07.54 Cricklewood – St. Pancras4
51597 59603 59631 51624 Noted 21/08/82 - on 03.30 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51597 59603 59631 51624 Noted 26/08/82 - on 10.09 Cricklewood – Luton4
51597 59603 59631 51624 Noted 27/08/82 - on 07.44 St. Pancras – Harpenden and 08.48 Harpenden – Bedford4
51597 59603 59631 51624 Noted 01/09/82 - on 15.00 Bedford – Luton4
51597 59603 59631 51624 Noted 01/09/82 - on 22.35 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51597 59603 59631 51624 Noted 03/09/82 - on 21.35 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51597 59603 59631 51624 Noted 21/09/82 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51597 59603 59631 51624 Noted 05/10/82 - on 04.25 Bedford – Cricklewood4
51597 59603 59631 51624 Noted 07/10/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood4
51637 59603 59631 51647 Noted 10/11/82 - on 23.14 Luton – Bedford4
51610 59631 59607 51611 Noted circa 02/19833
51611 59607 59631 51625 Noted 29/03/83 - on 09.11 Mill Hill Broadway – Cricklewood4
51591 59631 59608 51618 Noted circa 05/19833
51613 59602 59631 51618 Noted 14/05/83 - on 21.44 Luton – Bedford4
51613 59602 59631 51618 Noted 19/05/83 - on 20.54 Cricklewood – St. Pancras4
51591 59608 59631 51618 Noted 02/06/83 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford4
51591 59608 59631 51618 Noted 21/06/83 - on 01.45 Bedford – St. Pancras4
TS503 53076 59631 53118 Noted circa 09/19843
TS503 53076 59631 53118 Noted circa 12/19843
TS503 53076 59631 53118 Noted circa 05/19853
spare 59631 Listed at TS - Aug-85
TS503 53076 59631 53118 Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86 - 59631 replaced 59448
TS503 53076 59631 53118 Noted circa 02/19863
TS503 53076 59631 53118 Noted circa 03/19863
TS503 53076 59631 53118 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS503 53076 59631 53118 Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - 59631 in plain rail blue5
53076 59631 53118 Noted 16/05/87 - at Norwich2
TS503 53076 59631 53118 Noted circa 06/19873
T503 53076 59631 53118 Listed at TS - Jul-87

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 127 DMU at Tyseley

22nd February 1986

Class 127 59631 centre trailer car is seen at Tyseley on 22.02.1986 still in all over BR blue livery. These Class 127 trailers were transferred to Tyseley to replace Class 116 centre cars which still contained asbestos. Andy Cole.

Class 127 DMU at Snailwell

21st February 1992

Class 127 centre car M59631 at Snailwell on February 21, 1992. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: T503

Most of the suburban passenger trains on the Birmingham Cross City Line were class 116 units but odds and ends turned up from time to time. On this occasion a BR blue centre coach (Class 127 TS 59631), probably one of the few remaining at this time in 1986, made a contrast with the standard blue and grey colour scheme (of presumably 53076 + 53118). I took this slide at Longbridge where most of the trains from either Lichfield or Four Oaks terminated and then crossed over and reversed for the return journey. The British Leyland car factory dominated the background. Following the collapse of BL the whole site was closed and is now a retail park while the railway infrastructure has changed with the advent of OHL electrification going to Redditch and Bromsgrove. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 25th July 1987

Set number: TS503

The 14.13 Longbridge – Lichfield City sets off from Longbridge on its cross-Birmingham journey on 25 July 1987 formed of a class 116 unit comprising vehicles 53076, 59631 and 53118 (closest). The centre vehicle, a class 127 trailer, was one of only a handful of suburban DMUs still to retain its blue livery at this time. Robert28194.