Vehicle 59738
Class 115
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30599
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 51887 during the unknown period are:
| 01/10/60 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
| 4w/e 31/12/60 | On loan to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 2w/e 08/04/61 | Stored | Marylebone | - ex-loan |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transfer | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59738 are:
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| 23/12/91 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NXXZ |
Disposal
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51887 | 59738 | 59758 | 51888 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 1st October 1960 - stabled pending allocation | |||||
| 51887 | 59738 | 59758 | 51888 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 31/12/60 - on loan from LMR | |||||
| 51887 | 59738 | 59758 | 51888 | Transfer to Marylebone - 2w/e 08/04/61 - ex-loan 30A | |||||
| 51672 | 59738 | 59675 | 51894 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51882 | 59738 | 59747 | 51898 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51661 | 59668 | 59738 | 51676 | Noted 13/01/79 - on emergency special from Marylebone to High Wycombe with 51674-59733-59676-51891 to connect with delayed ECS for railtour to Merseyside. Also noted as 51886-59738-59668-51894. | |||||
| 51886 | 59738 | 59668 | 51894 | Noted 13/01/79 - Noted 13/01/79 - on emergency special from Marylebone to High Wycombe with 51674-59733-59676-51891 to connect with delayed ECS for railtour to Merseyside. Also noted as 51661-59738-59668-51676.2 | |||||
| 51677 | 59738 | 59756 | 51896 | Noted 12/04/82 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51870 + 59673 + 59728 + 51665 | |||||
| 51869 | 59738 | 59675 | 51867 | Noted circa 09/19823 | |||||
| 51658 | 59678 | 59738 | 51879 | Noted 24/02/1987 - at Marylebone4 | |||||
| 51890 | 59738 | 59678 | 51896 | Noted circa 02/19883 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1975
BR (Derby) Class 115 4-car suburban dmu No.M51889 (Class 115), M59738 (173), M59672 (177), M51674 (115) in BR Rail Blue and all yellow front ends at Marylebone on an Aylesbury service, 07/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: September 1975
BR (Derby) Class 115 4-car suburban dmu No.M51889 (Class 115), M59738 (173), M59672 (177), M51674 (115) in BR Rail Blue and all yellow front ends at Marylebone on an Aylesbury service, 09/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 12th April 1982
51677 at the head of an 8-car Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on the afternoon of 12/4/82. The other vehicles were 59738 - 59756 - 51896 + 51870 - 59673 - 59728 - 51665. Robert Frise.
Date: 12th April 1982
51677 at the head of an 8-car Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on the afternoon of 12/4/82. The other vehicles were 59738 - 59756 - 51896 + 51870 - 59673 - 59728 - 51665. Robert Frise.
Date: 21st June 1986
Class 115 DMUs in Aylesbury station on 21 June 1986. Closest is 51863, the other vehicles in the set noted as 59672 + 59738 + 51657. Stuart Mackay Collection.