Vehicle 59760

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Class 115

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30600
Diagram: 599

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 51891 during the unknown period are:

15/10/60	New to	Chaddesden	- stabled pending allocation
4w/e 31/12/60	On loan to	30A (Stratford)
4w/e 01/04/61	Stored	Marylebone	- ex-loan
4w/e 01/07/61	Transfer	14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63	Depot code change	1D

Then the allocations for 59760 are:

4w/e 05/08/78	Transferred to	AN (Allerton)
11/02/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
p/e 10/11/90	Sector Change to	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ
27/11/90	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Modifications

Jul-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 09/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51891	59740	59760	51892					As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 15th October 1960 - pending allocation
	51891	59740	59760	51892					Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 31/12/60 - on loan
	51891	59740	59760	51892					Transfer to Marylebone - 4w/e 01/04/61 - ex-loan
	51675	59730	59760	51888					Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
AN803	51854	59760	51884						Noted 31/05/19822
	51853	59760	51849						Noted circa 09/19822
	51853	59760	51856						Noted circa 11/19822
	53935	59760	51853						Noted 27/03/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street2
	53071	59760	53880						Noted 13/12/87 - on 12:26 Lichfield City - Barnt Green3
T322	53071	59760	53880						Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T322	53071	59760	53880						Noted 07/05/19882
	53071	59760	53880						Noted 02/08/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
T322	53071	59760	53880						Noted 13/08/1989 - Special Train Birmingham New Street-Ironbridge and return
T322	53071	59760	53880						Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T322	53071	59760	53880						Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T322	53071	59760	53880						Noted 28/12/89 - in Nottingham Midland4
	53073	59760	53132						Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot5
T328	53073	59760	53132						Listed at TS - mid May-90

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

Images:

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23rd December 1987

Set number: T322

Class 115 TS(L) M59760 at Sutton Coldfield on 23/12/87. Steve Jones.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 23rd December 1987

Set number: T322

Tyseley set T322 (M53880/M59760/M53071) leaves Sutton Coldfield with a cross-city service to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street on 23/12/87. This is a Class 116 set with a Class 115 TS(L) in the middle. Steve Jones.

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Date: 23rd December 1987

Set number: T322

Tyseley set T322 (M53071/M59760/M53880) at Sutton Coldfield with a cross-city service to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street on 23/12/87. This is a Class 116 set with a Class 115 TS(L) in the middle. Steve Jones.

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Date: 23rd April 1988

Set number: T322

Class 116 set T322 (53880 + 59760 + 53071) passes through Bingley station with a return excursion from the Severn Valley to the Worth Valley on April 23rd, 1988. Rex Holt.

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Date: 23rd April 1988

Set number: T322

Class 116 DMU set T322 (53071 + 59760 + 53880) lays over at Keighley prior to working a return excursion to the Severn Valley Railway on April 23rd, 1988. Rex Holt.

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Date: 2nd July 1988

Set number: T322

Class 116 3-car DMU with set number T322 at Selly Oak on 2 July 1988, presumably formed of 53071 + 59760 + 53880. Lewis Bevan.

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Date: 28th April 1990

Set number: T328

53073 is at the rear of set T328 with 59760 + 53132 leaving Kidderminster, on the 09:32 Birmingham New Street - Great Malvern, 28/4/90. Hamish Stevenson.

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Date: 18th May 1990

Set number: T328

T328 awaiting departure from Worcester, 18/5/90. The DMBS is 53073, presumably with 59760 + 53132. Mike Cooper.