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Vehicle 59668

Class 115

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-63	Depot code change	1D

Then the allocations for 59668 are:

31/12/64	Listed at	1D (Marylebone)
May-73	Depot code change	ME
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05/10/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RFXX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
	51863	59668	59658	51660	Noted circa 08/1981⁵
	51662	59668	59729	51660	Noted circa 02/1982⁵
	51668	59731	59668	51680	Noted circa 08/1982⁵
	51865	59663	59668	51675	Noted circa 11/1984⁵
	51888	59737	59668	51893	Noted circa 11/1985⁵
TS807	51897	59666	59668	53871	Noted circa 06/1987⁵
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:

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:

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.

Date: 23rd March 1991

Set number: T326

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

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.

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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