Vehicle 59761
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 51893 during the unknown period are:
| 29/10/60 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
| Jan-61 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Stored | Derby Friargate | |
| Jul-61 | Transfer | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59761 are:
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| 21/01/92 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX | |
| 27/08/92 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) |
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 27/03/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51893 | 59741 | 59761 | 51894 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 29th October 1960 | |||||
| 51873 | 59657 | 59761 | 51892 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51666 | 59728 | 59761 | 51874 | Noted 23/10/1971 - at Denham2 | |||||
| 51666 | 59728 | 59761 | 51874 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51675 | 59652 | 59761 | 51879 | Noted 03/09/76 - in Marylebone station3 | |||||
| 51876 | 59761 | 59737 | 51872 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
| 51877 | 59761 | 59737 | 51885 | Noted circa 06/19824 | |||||
| 51663 | 59744 | 59761 | 51861 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
| 51676 | 59727 | 59761 | 51878 | Noted circa 04/19844 | |||||
| 51897 | 59761 | 59727 | 51870 | Noted circa 12/19844 | |||||
| 51897 | 59761 | 59727 | 51870 | Noted circa 04/19854 | |||||
| 51874 | 59761 | 59728 | 51893 | Noted 21/11/86 - on Bletchley depot3 | |||||
| 51663 | 59728 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 15/07/19874 | |||||
| 51663 | 59651 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 12/09/19874 | |||||
| 51663 | 59651 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 16/09/19874 | |||||
| 51663 | 59651 | 59761 | 51665 | Noted circa 12/19874 | |||||
| 51857 | 59761 | 59739 | 51664 | Noted circa 02/19884 | |||||
| 51863 | 59727 | 59761 | 51885 | Noted 20/06/90 - on services to Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51885 | 59761 | 59727 | 51863 | Noted circa 07/19904 | |||||
| 51665 | 59761 | 59659 | 51885 | Noted 19/10/91 - at Marylebone | |||||
| 51655 | 59761 | 59764 | 51855 | Noted 25/02/92 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| 51659 | 59761 | 51886 | Noted 07/08/92 - on 12:47 Paddington - Twyford |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
Images:
9th September 1985
Class 115 DMUs at Marylebone on 9th September 1985 including TCL M59761 on the right. Jonathan Hazan.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: December 1982
Class 115s in Aylesbury station in December 1982, including M59761 on the left. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 19th October 1991
51885 + 59659 + 59761 + 51665 depart Marylebone on 19/10/91. Sparegang.
Date: 7th August 1992
When the 115s were withdrawn from Chiltern a few were used on Thames 117 turns for a short time, such as this image of 51659 with 59761 and 51886 on the 12:47 Paddington - Twyford, seen at Hayes on 7/8/92. Gazza Prescott.