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Vehicle 59649


Class 115

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30531
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 51651 during the unknown period are:

26/03/60 New to 9E (Trafford Park)
Nov-60 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
4w/e 30/09/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
4w/e 30/12/61 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
Feb-62 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D

Then the allocations for 59649 are:

31/12/64 Listed at 1D (Marylebone)
May-73Depot code changeME
26/10/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
11/05/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
02/06/88 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Notes

2nd June 1988 - Hauled from Newton Heath depot to Humberstone Yard via Toton depot by 31 230

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51651 59649 59664 51652 As delivered to 9E - 26th March 1960
51670 59668 59649 51868 Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1
51670 59649 59668 51868 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Marylebone2
51678 59668 59649 51909 Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot3
51669 59649 59677 51887 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51676/59664/59730/518701
51678 59753 59649 51886 Noted 27/08/79 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51671 59649 59759 51862 Noted circa 02/19824
51679 59762 59649 51656 Noted circa 02/19844
51887 59649 59762 51889 Noted 25/04/84 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51865 + 59651 + 59748 + 51678
51895 59675 59649 51671 Noted circa 11/19844
51895 59675 59649 51671 Noted circa 12/19844
51671 59649 59675 51872 Noted 27/05/85 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51675 59763 59649 51865 Noted circa 10/19854
TS511 53832 59649 53913 Noted circa 06/19874
T511 53832 59649 53913 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS511 53832 59649 53913 Noted 31/10/19874
TS511 53832 59649 53913 Noted circa 01/19884
T511 53832 59649 53913 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988

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

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Vic Berrys

circa June 1988

Class 115 TS M59649 is seen in Vic Berry's scrapyard in Leicester, circa June 1988. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 27th August 1979

At Aylesbury on 27/8/79 working The Quaintonian shuttle to Quainton Road are 51886 - 59649 - 59753 - 51678. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 27th August 1979

51886 - 59649 - 59753 - 51678 at Quainton Road while working The Quaintonian shuttle, 27/8/79. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1984

51865 at the head of the Quaintonian at Quainton Road on 25/4/84 which also contained 59651 + 59748 + 51678 / 51887 + 59649 + 59762 + 51889. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1984

The Quaintonian has an audience as it makes a smoky departure from Quainton Road on 25/4/84, containing 51865 + 59651 + 59748 + 51678 / 51887 + 59649 + 59762 + 51889. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1984

The Quaintonian shuttle departs from Quainton Road for Aylesbury on 25/4/84, containing 51865 - 59651 - 59748 - 51678 + 51887 - 59649 - 59762 - 51889. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1984

Two Class 115 sets formed 51865 - 59651 - 59748 - 51678 + 51887 - 59649 - 59762 - 51889 arrive at Quainton Road while working the Quaintonian on 25/4/7/84. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 27th May 1985

Working the Quaintonian on 27/5/85 are 51872 + 59675 + 59649 + 51671. Seen at Quainton Road. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 27th May 1985

Sitting in Quainton Road are 51671 + 59649 + 59675 + 51872 while working the Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury on 27/5/85. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 19th July 1985

A Marylebone based class 115 passes on the down main line at Leamington Spa with am 1L04 High Wycombe to Matlock charter operated by Chiltern Trains on on 19 July 1985, long before privatisation and the official adoption of that name by the TOC. The set comprised of vehicles 51675, 59763, 59649 and 51671 and with 4 coaches was a relatively unusual sight at Leamington. The signal for the up main was on green so there had been a reasonable chance of a really messy picture with a third train in shot as the special passed a class 116 unit in platform 2 but all was well on this occasion. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 11th July 1987

Set number: TS511

A bit of paint makes all the difference when applied to a class 116 DMU; the ubiquitous type of unit in the West Midlands in 1987. On 11 July of that year T511 with 53832 + 59649 + 53913 was approaching Bearley Junction when I photographed it working a Leamington Spa to Stratford-upon-Avon train. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 24th September 1987

Set number: TS511

At Birmingham Moor Street 1987 on 24/9/87, 2 days before the closure of the terminal platforms, a class 116 DMU awaits departure with a Leamington Spa service. It carries set number TS511 in the window, by this date it would probably be known as set T511, presumably with 53832 closest with 59649 + 53913. Stephen Burdett.