Vehicle 59654
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 51661 during the unknown period are:
| 18/06/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 5w/e 05/08/61 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| 4w/e 02/09/61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59654 are:
| 31/12/64 | Listed at | 1D (Marylebone) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | - from ME |
| 23/12/91 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NXXZ |
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 18/01/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51661 | 59654 | 59669 | 51662 | As delivered to 14A - 18/06/60 | |||||
| 51659 | 59674 | 59654 | 51671 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51653 | 59752 | 59654 | 51893 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Marylebone2 | |||||
| 51652 | 59759 | 59654 | 51655 | Noted 22/01/19773 | |||||
| 51661 | 59654 | 59675 | 51869 | Noted 26/05/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51663 | 59665 | 59654 | 51665 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
| 51659 | 59654 | 59672 | 51880 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
| 51652 | 59654 | 59667 | 51666 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| 51895 | 59654 | 59753 | 51671 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| 51671 | 59753 | 59654 | 51676 | Noted 02/06/84 - on RESL The Midland Engineer railtour | |||||
| 51655 | 59654 | 59745 | 51663 | Noted circa 04/19854 | |||||
| 51655 | 59654 | 59754 | 51663 | Noted 31/08/85 | |||||
| 51663 | 59745 | 59654 | 51655 | Noted circa 10/19854 | |||||
| 51679 | 59745 | 59654 | 51871 | Noted circa 11/19854 | |||||
| 51874 | 59664 | 59654 | 51677 | Noted circa 07/19874 | |||||
| 51874 | 59665 | 59654 | 51667 | Noted 16/09/19874 | |||||
| 51874 | 59665 | 59654 | 51667 | Noted 06/10/19874 | |||||
| 51874 | 59665 | 59654 | 51667 | Noted 21/12/19874 | |||||
| 51667 | 59654 | 59665 | 51900 | Noted circa 02/19884 | |||||
| 51667 | 59654 | 59665 | 51900 | Noted 15th April 1988 | |||||
| 51674 | 59747 | 59654 | 51888 | Noted circa 01/19894 | |||||
| 51676 | 54274 | 59654 | 51894 | Noted 19/02/90 - on services to Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51678 | 59763 | 59654 | 51894 | Noted 21/02/90 - on services to Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51894 | 59654 | 59763 | 51900 | Noted 30/03/90 - on services to Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51894 | 59654 | 59749 | 51900 | Noted 18/06/90 - on services to Marylebone5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
Images:
Unknown date
A bunch of loose Class 115 DMU vehicles stabled at Bletchley depot, date unknown. Probably in the 1970s, the freshly painted TS seems to be M59654. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th May 1980
51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661 on the Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road, 26/5/80. Robert Frise.
Date: 26th May 1980
An Aylesbury-Quainton Road shuttle-service, consisting of a 4-car Class 115 DMU (51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661), waits at Quainton Road station for passengers returning to Aylesbury after attending the Bank Holiday Open Day (May 26, 1980) at what is now known as the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 2nd June 1984
Bedford on the 2nd of June 1984 and we have the 1T08 RESL Midland Engineer Railtour worked by Class 115 DMU set 51676 59654 59753 and 51671. The tour ran from Marlyebone to Crewe and returned to St Pancras, outward via Neasden, High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Bedford, Leicester and Derby, return via Derby and the Midland Main line. Details are on Six Bells Junction. The KDH Archive.