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Vehicle 59668

Class 115

BR Diagram 599

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30532
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 51659 during the unknown period are:

16/04/60 New to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 04/11/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
4w/e 02/12/61 Stored
4w/e 30/12/61 Reinstated 18A (Toton)
Feb-62 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D

Then the allocations for 59668 are:

31/12/64 Listed at 1D (Marylebone)
May-73Depot code changeME
16/06/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
05/10/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RFXX

Modifications

Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51659 59653 59668 51660 As delivered to 14A - 16/04/60
51651 59668 59655 51654 Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
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
51658 59756 59668 51876 Noted 11/09/76 - (2 x TC) in London Marylebone with 51671/59650/59754/518911
51885 59668 59650 51900 Noted 18/06/77 - on Marylebone depot3
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 51661-59738-59668-51676.4
51660 59658 59668 51863 Noted circa 08/19815
51660 59729 59668 51662 Noted circa 02/19825
51668 59731 59668 51680 Noted circa 08/19825
51865 59663 59668 51675 Noted circa 11/19845
51888 59668 59737 51893 Noted 11/10/85 - on 09.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 10.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone4
51888 59668 59737 51893 Noted 29/10/85 - on 17.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 18.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone4
51888 59737 59668 51893 Noted circa 11/19855
51888 59668 59737 51893 Noted 05/12/85 - on 14.01 High Wycombe – Marylebone4
51888 59668 59737 51893 Noted 11/01/86 - on 18.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 20.42 Banbury – Marylebone4
51888 59668 59737 51893 Noted 14/01/86 - on 05.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 08.04 Banbury - Marylebone4
51888 59668 59737 51893 Noted 28/01/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51657 + 59662 + 59665 + 518854
51661 59658 59668 51669 Noted 17/05/86 - on 05.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 08.04 Banbury - Marylebone4
51652 59658 59668 51661 Noted 22/05/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51862 + 59662 + 59665 + 518884
51867 59668 59740 51885 Noted 03/07/86 - on 15.05 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 16.00 High Wycombe – Marylebone4
51671 59668 59740 51885 Noted 08/08/86 - on 05.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 08.04 Banbury – Marylebone4
51671 59668 59740 51885 Noted 10/08/86 - on Marylebone (09.15) - Princes Risborough (10.10) and 10.23 Princes Risborough – Marylebone4
51657 59651 59668 51663 Noted 12/09/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51653 + 59734 + 59762 + 518934
51657 59651 59668 51663 Noted 30/09/86 - on Marylebone (08.19) – Aylesbury (09.19) and 09.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone with 51667 + 59650 + 59673 + 516704
51657 59651 59668 51663 Noted 08/10/86 - on 14.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51668 + 59729 + 59756 + 518754
51661 59651 59668 51880 Noted 11/12/86 - on 12.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and High Wycombe (14.38) – Marylebone (15.31)4
51661 59651 59668 51880 Noted 17/12/86 - on Marylebone (16.53) – Aylesbury (18.19) via Princes Risborough4
51655 59651 59668 51880 Noted 29/12/86 - on Marylebone (17.06) - High Wycombe (17.55) and High Wycombe (18.11) – Marylebone (19.02)4
51655 59651 59668 51880 Noted 06/02/87 - on Marylebone (06.44) – High Wycombe (07.36) and High Wycombe (07.55) – Marylebone (08.48)4
51655 59651 59668 51880 Noted 10/02/87 - on 15.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and High Wycombe (16.38) – Marylebone (17.31)4
51655 59651 59668 51880 Noted 12/02/87 - on 15.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and High Wycombe (16.38) – Marylebone (17.31)4
51655 59651 59668 51880 Noted 18/02/87 - on Marylebone (15.53) – Banbury (17.28) and Banbury (18.39) – Marylebone (20.18)4
51655 59651 59668 51880 Noted 23/02/87 - on Marylebone (23.55) – Neasden South (00.02) ECS4
51655 59651 59668 51880 Noted 03/03/87 - on 11.38 Marylebone – Banbury and Banbury (14.45) – Marylebone (16.31)4
51665 59651 59668 51865 Noted 06/04/87 - on Marylebone (18.20) – Banbury (20.06) and Banbury (21.05) – Marylebone (22.50)4
51655 59651 59668 51865 Noted 08/04/87 - on Marylebone (13.38) – Banbury (15.22), 16.48 Banbury – Marylebone and Marylebone (18.50) – Aylesbury (20.07) via Princes Risborough4
51655 59651 59668 51865 Noted 15/04/87 - on 11.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 12.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone4
51655 59651 59668 51865 Noted 18/04/87 - on morning Marylebone – High Wycombe duties4
51655 59651 59668 51865 Noted 14/05/87 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone4
51655 59651 59668 51865 Noted 15/05/87 - on 05.35 Marylebone – Banbury and 07.47 Banbury – Marylebone4
TS807 51897 59666 59668 53871 Noted circa 06/19875
51668 59660 59668 51675 Noted 10/06/87 - on morning Marylebone – Aylesbury services4
T807 51897 59666 59668 53871 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T807 51897 59666 59668 53871 Noted 19/07/87 - at Norwich3
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted circa 10/19875
T326 53822 59668 53881 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted circa 05/19885
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted 20/08/88 - at Norwich3
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted circa 05/19895
T326 53822 59668 53881 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T326 53822 59668 53881 Noted circa 12/19905
T326 53822 59668 53881 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T326 53822 59668 53881 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T326 53865 59668 53881 Noted circa 09/19915
T326 53865 59668 53881 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T401 51865 59668 59516 53907 Noted circa 02/19925

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

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Tyseley Depot

15th July 1992

Class 115 TCL 59668 (declassified to TSL) heading a line of discarded vehicles in the withdrawn siding at Tyseley Depot on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1987

Taken from the signal box this was the scene looking back towards the station at High Wycombe before rationalisation in the late 1980s, A scene which basically hadn't changed, apart from the modern buildings and the traction, for donkeys years. Not only is the area awash with semaphore signals, some, i believe, dating back to pre WWI but the station boasts virtually full length canopies, high walls built using engineering brick and up and down through roads. Here the 1207 Aylesbury - Marylebone, via Princes Risborough service, departs from the up platform road and crosses back to the up main as it passes 'Sword House' the "Wilkinson Sword" HQ on its way towards the capital on 23rd April 1987. Allocated to Marylebone depot this 4-Car Class 115 DMU set, formed of M51655 + M59668 + M59651 + M51865, has plied this route for virtually thirty years and is generally the only Class of DMU that ever has, making the Chiltern Lines a virtually self contained route. Nigel Mack.

DMU

Date: 17th November 1990

Set number: T412

Tyseley's set T412 at Small Heath station, which should have been headed by 53102 but had been reformed with 53116, followed by 59591, 59668 and 51867, on 17/Nov/1990. The formation was a mixture of class 116, 127 and 115 which was normal for most of the four-car sets at Tyseley at the time. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 23rd March 1991

Set number: T326

230391 T326 53881 + 59668 + 53822 arrive at Droitwich Spa, bound for Great Malvern Jason Hall.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1991

Set number: T326

Class 116 DMU set T326 (53881 and presumably 59668 + 53822) at Nottingham with an additional to Skegness on 6 July 1991. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 26th July 1991

Set number: T326

Tyseley's hybrid 3-car suburban set T326 formed class 116 DMS 53881 (nearest), 59668 (class 115 TCL) & 53865 (class 116 DMBS) arrives at Longbridge en-route from Redditch to Lichfield City on 26/Jul/1991. Robert Chilton.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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